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Runnin

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[INTRO]
Em Dm
[Verse 1]
EmSummertime in Virginia was a oven(Dmoven)
EmAll the kids eating ice cream with their cousins (Dmcousins)
EmI was studyin' while you was playing the dozens (dDmozens)
EmDon't act like you was there when you Dmwasn't
[Refrain 1]
EmRunnin' from the man (man) runnin' from the badge (Dmbadge)
EmDon't act like you was there when you Dmwasn't
EmRunnin' toward our plans (plans) and the judges hands (Dmhands)
EmDon't act like you was there when you Dmwasn't
[Pre-Chorus]
EmI know they say you crawl for your ownDm  
EmBut in my mind I already jogDm  
EmIf I stand still I cannot get faDmr
EmThey want the Moon, I'm on DmMars
[Chorus]
DmSometime my mind dF#ives deepF  
EmWhen I'm runnin'
I don't want no Dmfree rideF#  
FI'm just sick and tired of runnin'Em  
DmSome nights I F#cry
FCause I can see the day Emcomin'
Together Dmwe F#fight
FOh, but no more Brunnin'
Em Dm
[Verse 2]
EmYou and I are not different from each other (Dmother)
EmShut our eyes, when we slumber I see numbers (Dmnumbers)
EmBlack and white, we're computers, I am colored (Dmcolored)
EmDon't act like you was there when you Dmwasn't
[Refrain 2]
EmFrom runnin' to exams (exams) to jobs for a man Dm(man)
EmDon't act like you was there when you Dmwasn't
EmIn the law of the land (land) the women were often banned Dm(banned)
EmDon't act like you was there when you Dmwasn't
[Pre-Chorus]
EmI know they say you crawl for your ownDm  
EmBut in my mind I already jogDm  
EmIf I stand still I cannot get farDm  
EmThey want the Moon, I'm on DmMars
[Chorus]
DmSometime my mind dF#ives deepF  
EmWhen I'm runnin'
I don't want no Dmfree rideF#  
FI'm just sick and tired of runnin'Em  
DmSome nights I F#cry
FCause I can see the day Emcomin'
Together Dmwe F#fight
FOh, but no more Brunnin'
[Instrumental]
Em Dm
Em Dm
Em Dm
Em Dm
Em Dm
[Pre-Chorus]
EmI know they say you crawl for your ownDm  
EmBut in my mind I already jogDm  
EmIf I stand still I cannot get farDm  
EmThey want the Moon, I'm on DmMars
[Chorus]
DmSometime my mind dF#ives deepF  
EmWhen I'm runnin'
I don't want no Dmfree rideF#  
FI'm just sick and tired of runnin'Em  
DmSome nights I F#cry
FCause I can see the day Emcomin'
Together Dmwe F#fight
FOh, but no more Brunnin'
[Outro]
Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm
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