Runaway-J. Cole

[ti:Runaway] [ar:J Cole] [al:Born Sinner (Deluxe Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Runaway - J. Cole [00:00.87]Married men act totally different when they're by themselves, don't they? [00:03.31] [00:04.49]You see them with their wife, like, "what's up Tony [00:06.23]" Hey man, how's everything going brother?" [00:07.36]"Just taking it easy, hanging out with the lady" [00:10.86]"Alright, take it easy now, God bless you" [00:12.47] [00:15.22]You be like that ni**a ain't like that [00:16.78] [00:20.21]You see him by himself, "What's up Tony?" [00:22.02]"Hey, yo, where's the b**ches at, ni**a?" [00:23.52] [00:27.76]Yeah, give me my space [00:29.07]Lord ain't enough time to chase all these dreams [00:31.75]I mean I got no time to wait [00:33.38]Love my girl but told her straight up "don't wait up" [00:36.06]Stumble home late, I'm drunk, we f**ked the maid up [00:38.93]Used to live free as a bird, now I'm laid up [00:41.36]Feeling like a ni**a got handcuffs on [00:43.36]How the f**k did my life become a damn love song? [00:46.17]She ride for a ni**a and she stand up for him [00:48.98]But a ni**a wanna be a ni**a, be a ni**a [00:51.66]Ride through the streets with freaks and real niggas [00:53.87]She never understand what it's like to be a man [00:56.36]Knowing when you look inside yourself you see a ni**a [00:59.17]And you don't wanna let her down but you too young for the settle down [01:03.97]And maybe you can thug it out, learn what is love about [01:06.34]When you can't live with it and live without [01:08.46]Oh sh*t, goddamn, I think the devil got his hands on me [01:12.40]Stripper saying: "Baby, why don't you throw these bands on me?" [01:15.65]And I came to spend, she pop a molly let the motherf**king games begin [01:18.96] [01:19.72]I'm running... [01:20.78]Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway [01:23.08] [01:26.08]I'm holding on desperately [01:28.20] [01:30.95]Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway [01:34.19] [01:35.63]I'm holding on [01:37.62]When it's all said and done everybody dies [01:39.31] [01:39.93]In this life ain't no happy endings [01:41.87]Only pure beginnings followed by years of sinning and fake repentance [01:44.43]The preacher says we were made in image of law [01:47.67]To which I replied: "Are you sure? [01:49.85]Even the murderer? Even the whore? [01:52.22]Even the ni**a running through b**ches on tour?" [01:54.40]With a good girl at home folding clothes and sh*t [01:56.97]She losing faith in him and he knows and sh*t [01:59.58]Like what the f**k is a break, don't know how much I can take no more [02:02.77]I give you all I got till it ain't no more [02:05.44]No more tears it's been ten long years, damn near [02:08.63]I don't know if I can wait no more, and who can blame her [02:11.97]You complaining 'bout every time you out, you come back she paow [02:15.33]Sleeping back to back, this is wack [02:17.45]We 'bout to go platinum in a minute, crib acting out [02:20.27]My childhood fantasies of wife and home [02:22.76]But it's a whole lot of actresses I'd like to bone [02:24.81] [02:25.64]And despite the rumors you hold out on account the guilt [02:28.26]She's has got to spend her nights alone [02:30.95]And she ride or die like Eve and 'em [02:33.43]Make home cooked meals every evening [02:35.12] [02:35.81]And even then your lowest days your lowest days [02:39.05]When you no Superman at least you got your Lois Lane [02:40.87]But you... [02:41.93]Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway [02:44.55] [02:47.73]I'm holding on desperately [02:50.17] [02:52.53]Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway [02:55.91] [02:58.15]I'm holding on [02:58.96] [03:00.33]Yeah, unbelievable seen evil that not even Knievel know [03:04.58]At age 3 I knew this world was three below [03:06.95]Listen, even know my ego low achieved the unachievable [03:09.51]Imagine if my confidence was halfway decent, yo [03:11.88]This just in, f**ked more b**ches than Bieber though [03:14.50]Still I keep it low, got my niggas on the need to know [03:17.12]Basis, my manager back in the day was racist [03:19.43]I was a young boy, passing skate and tucking laces [03:21.80]Old perverted white man who told me: "Jermaine, It's all pink on the inside [03:25.91]F**k what color their face is." wise words from an indecent man [03:29.23]Made me reflect on the times when we was three fifths of them [03:31.97]And change empower less, brave souls reduce the cowardness [03:33.97]Slaving in the baking sun for hours [03:37.27]Just to see the master creep into the shack where your lady at [03:40.96]Nine months later got a baby that not quite what you excepted [03:43.82] [03:44.70]But you refuse to neglect it cause you know your wifey love you [03:48.31]Does you refuse to accept it? [03:50.81]That's that type sh*t tell why my granny light skin [03:52.99]Rich white man rule the nation still, only difference is we all slaves know [03:56.92]The change concealed in our thoughts [03:58.04]If I follow my heart to save myself [04:00.10]Could I run away from 50 mill like Dave Chappell? [04:03.02] [04:03.71]Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway [04:06.51] [04:09.45]I'm holding on desperately [04:11.76]Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway [04:17.25] [04:18.99]I'm holding on