(feat. Talib Kweli & Colin Munroe)




[chorus]

you can run for your life

you can stay here and fight

just dont die (dont die)

just dont die, die, die, die



you can open your mind

you can fall you can fly

just dont die (dont die)

just dont die, die, die, die



[Bun B]

look here homeboy its time to stop playin'

the world is gettin' crazy especially the hood i stay in

the old ways of the world is just decayin'

for better or for worse, i dont no, but all im sayin'

is day in and day out is the same old same, the same old players and the same old game

we make a couple dollars then we spend it

herdin in the drop but we always pretend it

like its all good but its all bad cause its slow, and we really cant move it like we used to no more (no more)

so we hustle just to keep up the illusion, we always winnin' we all or we losin'

lets keep it real, dont sweep the shit under the rug

dont nobody die rich from selling drugs

they just die (just die, just die)

now thats cold but thats true, so tell me what the fuck is yo ass gon' do



[chorus]

you can run for your life

you can stay here and fight

just dont die (dont die)

just dont die, die, die, die



you can open your mind

you can fall you can fly

just dont die (dont die)

just dont die, die, die, die



[talib kweli]

damn it feels good to see people up on it

you can feel it in the air like sequel up on it

 they dont know im rich, cause i dont flaunt it

already a target like the local with the scope on it

ate the food on your plate, im back for seconds

u dude's got it backward like the black sabbath record, check it

its like they tryin to get the message

we deep in the recession people reachin for their weapons, bleh

hunger said it make a peaceful mutherfucker violent

motivation niggas b whilin when their stomach growls

express yourself to strength in numbers no one wants an honest speak your mind, but always respect the code of silence (shhhhh)

brooklyn dudes quick to buck ya

but the quick its sticky the blood is too thick

the quicker picker upers, hey

you can bring bounty, shit its in your clothes

bring dounty

you cant get rid of it



[chorus]

you can run for your life

you can stay here and fight

just dont die (dont die)

just dont die, die, die, die



you can open your mind

you can fall you can fly

just dont die (dont die)

just dont die, die, die, die



(I mean......... ill roots)