Are you all ready for the refugee camp? c'mon
 Introducin Earth Wind and Fire.

 yea yea yea
 c'mon c'mon c'mon
 no money in my pocket
 gotta get a new limit
 so i became Americas most wanted
 all i really wanted was a fancy car
 a crib for my mom and a mastercard
 livin all good in Hollywood
 wakin up to flims of clint eastwood
 went from a teen to a young gun
 no excusses it aint my fault

 (refrain)
 Runaway
 we livin like runaways
 WAKE UP!
 stretch yup money on it
 tryin to make it through the day
 brush my teeth hit the streets
 where we be we can afford no beef
 hopin one day we dont have to runaway
 i dont wanna runaway
 but i had to get away
 we didnt wanna runaway
 but we had to get away
 we didnt wanna lead astray
 but sometimes i got to get away
 i didnt wanna got way
 but i had to get away

 Momma came home from mondays work
 a day time maid
 a night time a nurse
 workin so hard tryin to survive
 livin a ghetto paradise
 but sometimes id wake up
 in the middle of the night
 hopin that they darkness brings me light
 prayin for that better day
 when we wont have to runaway

 (refrain)
 ladies and gentleman
 earth wind and fire

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