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Runnin Lyrics

Artist: The Pharcyde
Album: LabCabInCalifornia

Can't keep runnin' away.....

Verse One: Fat Lip

I must admit on some occasions I went out like a punk
and a chump or a sucka or something to that effect
Respect I usedto never get when all I got was upset
when niggas use to be like 'What's up fool!' and tried
to seat a nigga like the Lip for no reason at all I can
recall crip niggas throwin' c in my face down the hall
I'm kickin' it in the back of the school eatin' chicken at
three, wonderin' why is everybody always pickin' on me
I tried to talk and tell tham chill I did nothing to deserve
this But when it didn't work I wasn't scared just real
nervous and unprepared to deal with scrappin' no doubt
cuz my pappy never told me how to knock a nigga out
But now in 95 I must survive as a man on my own Fuck
around with Fatlip yes ya get blown I'm not tryin to show
no macho is shown but when it's on, if it's on, then it's on!

Verse Two: Slim Kid Tre

There comes a time in every mans life when he's gotta
handle up on his own Can't depend on friends to
help you in a sqeeze, please they got problems of their
own Down for the count on seven chickens shits don't
get to heaven til they faced these fears in these fear
zones Used to get jacked back in high school I played
it cool just so some real shit won't get full blown Being
where I'm from they let the smoke come quicker than an
evil red-neck could lynch a helpless colored figure And
as a victim I invented low-key til the keyhole itself got
lower than me So I stood up and let my free form form
free I don't sweat it I let the bullshit blow in the breeze
in other words just freeze

Verse Three: Knumbskull #1

It's 1995 now that I'm older stress weighs on my shoulders
heavy as boulders but I told ya
till the day that I die I still will be a soldier and that's all I told
ya and that's all I showed ya
and all this calamity is rippin' my sanity
Can it be I'm a celebrity
whose on the brink of insanity
Now don't be wishin's of switchin' any positions with me
cuz when you in my position, it ain't never easy
to do any type of maintaining cuz all this gaming and famin' from
entertainin' is hella straining to the brain and...
But I can't keep runnin I just gotta keep keen and cunnin'...

Comments/Interpretations

by Moms in the Bed on 6/7/2008 10:53pm
TOTALLY AWESOME SONG

by qween of hearts on 10/26/2008 8:19pm
thats wrong in the first verse its not seat its sweat

by rj on 12/8/2008 3:52pm
this is da number one song of all time

by wyso on 3/13/2009 7:16am
pharcyde rox they r the best yo!

by Foxtrot Lima 22 on 6/13/2009 10:45pm
1995? Wow, kickin' it older now,how time does fly, by...(sigh)

by owd skool hip hop 4eva on 6/18/2009 3:33pm
this is well good shit.this scene aint alive no mor

by abstact on 7/13/2009 11:01am
thx! verry fucking well coming song!

by strait haze on 7/21/2009 1:04am
man i could chill to this song all day

by its me the 5fter on 10/21/2009 2:07pm
its too bad music isnt like this anymore

by wanna b on u on 1/2/2010 8:23pm
dude this sock is a classic, straight up

by SuzieMarie on 4/4/2010 4:33pm
-- awesome.ness

by dan on 7/1/2010 6:44am
whats a song 'ITS 1995!!!!'

by sk8mafia4life on 8/14/2010 1:04am
the lyrics are off, its a shame on such a good song, the last line in tre's verse and multiple parts throughout

by LarsHiphop on 8/19/2010 5:36pm
man 1995 was my year of birth ;)
pz from holland

by j-quik on 9/29/2010 4:45pm
just hearing pharcyde hip hiop is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by 23 on 6/4/2011 5:35pm
What a dope song. My kids will be listening to The Pharcyde, I don't care what they have to say.

by wow on 12/1/2011 7:02pm
You have so many wrong words.
Horrible lyrics...

by C on 2/6/2012 9:30am
Hey there,
I'm from Germany and I really love "The Pharcyde". There's a wonderful flow in their music, the melody is just neat, melting with the voices... Great sound!

by Matt on 3/3/2012 12:03am
I miss the 90s when music was good...

by Marj on 9/9/2012 4:12am
I am from Japan. I can't believe this song is 17 years old, and this reminds me that I am getting old. I really miss this song and loved the video clip...