To my people doing time
 To my people rest in peace (y'all ready for the refugee camp?)
 Introducing Earth, Wind & Fire
 Yah yah yah
 Come on come on come on

 No money in my pocket
 Gotta get a no limit
 So I became America's most wanted
 All I ever wanted was a fancy car
 A crib for my mom and a mastercard
 Baby you know it's in Hollywood
 New cop flicks with Clint Eastwood
 Went from a teen to a young adult
 No excuses aint't my fault

 [Bridge]
 Runaway
 We living like runaways
 Wake up
 Stretching in the morning
 Trying to make it through the day
 Brush my teeth
 Hit the streets
 Where there's heat
 We afford to beef
 Hoping one day
 We don't have to run away
 (Gotta Escape)

 [Chorus]
 I didn't want to runaway
 But I had to get a way yo (gotta get away)
 We didn't want to runaway
 But we had to get away yo (gotta get away)
 I didn't want to leave astray
 But sometimes I gotta get away yo (gotta get away)
 I didn't want to go away
 But I had to go away yo

 Yo G&B where you at?

 [Product G&B]

 Momma came home from a hard days work
 At day time a maid at night time a nurse
 Work so hard to make sure we survived
 Living a ghetto paradise
 Sometimes I wake up screaming in the middle of the night
 Hoping that darkness brings me light
 Praying for that better day where we won't have to runaway

 [Bridge]
 Runaway
 We living like runaways
 Wake up
 Stretching in the morning
 Trying to make it through the day
 Brush my teeth
 Hit the streets
 Where there's heat
 We afford to beef
 Hoping one day
 We don't have to run away


 [Chorus]
 I didn't want to runaway
 But I had to get a way yo (gotta get away)
 We didn't want to runaway
 But we had to get away yo (gotta get away)
 I didn't want to leave astray
 But sometimes I gotta get away yo (gotta get away)
 I didn't want to go away
 But I had to go away yo

 Ladies and gentleman Earth, Wind & Fire

 [Earth, Wind & Fire]

 Ba dow bo ba dow bo ba dow bo ba dow bo ba dow bo ba dow bo
 (da da da da da da ) (Feeling melly y'all)
 Ba dow bo Ba dow bo
 (More peace y'all)
 Ba dow bo Baw dow bo
 Ba dow bo Baw dow bo
 Bow da da da da

 [Bridge]
 Runaway
 We living like runaways
 Wake up
 Stretching in the morning
 Trying to make it through the day
 Brush my teeth
 Hit the streets
 Where there's heat
 We afford to beef
 Hoping one day
 We don't have to run away

 [ChorusX2]
 I didn't want to runaway
 But I had to get a way yo (gotta get away)
 We didn't want to runaway
 But we had to get away yo (gotta get away)
 I didn't want to leave astray
 But sometimes I gotta get away yo (gotta get away)
 I didn't want to go away
 But I had to go away yo

 Yo y'all gonna make me do it I don't want to do it but here we go

 [Earth, Wind & Fire]
 ba y ya bay y ya bay y ay y ay y ay y ay y ya
 ba da ba ba ba
 (Ain't no samples this is original baby)
 ba y ya bay y ya bay y ay y ay y ay y ay y ya
 (Put em up y'all)
 ba da ba ba ba
 (Refugees)
 Ba da ba ba ba ba ba
 Ba da ba ba ba ba ba da
 Ba da ba ba ba ba ba
 (I want to see everybody's hand in the air right now)
 y ay y ay y ay y ay y ya y ya (recognize the legends up in here)

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