Running In Place

Lyrics

(Go) x8 Verse 1: I know a girl who lost it all The system took her son, labeled her an unfit mom Finding marks on her arm, she cutting herself Plus she feelin' like she got nobody but herself So she calls a different man and gives him treasure— Her booty, all for a few minutes of pleasure Hoping that the pain she feels decay 'cause sex got her thinking it can take it away The last boyfriend she had was her son baby-dad And he dashed 'cause he don't want no part of that So she makes a phone call just to feel that erection And on top of that, she sexin' with no protection Cold tears fillin' her eyes while she realize They don't care about her, it was all lies And now she runnin' in place, she don't know where to go Tryna find hope Chorus (SkyBlew & Sarah Kaboom): They try to run from they problems Hopin' they can solve 'em With no direction They don't know where to go So they just runnin' in place Tryna fill up that space They try to run from they problems Hopin' they can solve 'em With no direction They don't know where to go So they just runnin' in place Tryna fill up that space Verse 2: Now let me tell you 'bout her baby-dad, a addict Not a bit of shame from the drugs he shot in his vein He thinks, all the trouble he has, see he don't need those Tryna drown them away puffin' weed smoke 'cause he need hope so he sniffs coke 'til his nostrils bleed and his lungs choke You see the son he has he wasn't ready for He never met him before, he's already four And the girl that he once loved Can't compare to the substance they call drugs They called drugs for a reason, they drug him in a hole That he can't get out of, his soul's turning cold People tryna tell him that he needs help But he wasn't hearing it, walking towards death And now he running in place, he don't know where to go Tryna find hope Chorus: They try to run from they problems Hopin' they can solve 'em With no direction They don't know where to go So they just runnin' in place Tryna fill up that space They try to run from they problems Hopin' they can solve 'em With no direction They don't know where to go So they just runnin' in place Tryna fill up that space Verse 3 (Dasan Ahanu): To the former high school track star still facing hurdles Full of the souls of black people who fought 'til the pressure turned them purple No do-boys only dope-boys, false-hope-boys She didn't fall for one who slang, she fell for Eddie Kane A heart is a house condemned when you paying the mortgage in pain He got a photographic memory 'cause only snapshots can make him snapback to a time when he fitted Relationship capped, baggage lined up She figured him like he did it Can't stand to be bitter so when he do talk sweet, she wit' it He let that white girl take her place Her smile neon-signing out some vacancies in her place He know it won't work out She tryin' to erase her hurt with a workout Treadmill mentality, she just runnin' in place She lost custody then lost the composure He lost his grip on reality when he lost the ability to be sober She callin' out 'baby' whenever she sees her son's features in the eyes of the man between her legs He callin' the [?] to get rid of the demons in his head He runnin' in place trippin' She lost in a empty embrace slippin' Their son's cries or the tears in their eyes aren't any different