In the Long Run - Lilywhite

I used to hurry a lot I used to worry a lot I used to stay out 'til the break of day Oh, that didn't get it It was high time I quit it I just couldn't carry on that way Oh, I did some damage I know it's true Didn't know I was so lonely 'til I found you You can go the distance We'll find out in the long run (In the long run) We can handle some resistance If our love is a strong one (Is a strong one) People talkin' about us They got nothin' else to do When it all comes down We will still come through In the long run Ooh, I want to tell you It's a long run You know, I don't understand Why you don't treat yourself better Do the crazy things that you do 'Cause all the débutants in Houston, baby Couldn't hold a candle to you Did you do it for love? Did you do it for money? Did you do it for spite? Did you think you had to, honey? Who is gonna make it? We'll find out in the long run (In the long run) I know we can take it If our love is a strong one (Is a strong one) We were scared but we ain't shakin' Kinda bent, but we ain't breakin' In the long run Ooh, I want to tell you It's a long run Ay-ay In the long run Ooh, uh, ay In the long run Gonna find out Ooh fi-fi-fi-nd out Long, long, long, long Long, long, long Ooh, run, run, run, baby Run, run, baby Long, long, long, long Ooh, run, baby

Stuck in the past for my own selfish needs I don't need you around me for my self-esteem I got word from my angel, this shit's meant to be It's the long run I danced in the fire created for me I don't look down on shit that my brain's meant to see Man, I think we're too close to be arch enemies It's the long run I don't give a fuck, I gotta go Man, I've done the things I need to show Don't need you to make me feel controlled As long as I play it right As long as I pray it right I don't wanna know you if you think about fuckin' on my bitch When you horny You just gotta look me in the face, all you ever see is grace If you need some space, all you gotta do is Back up, back up, get all you facts up Rollin' through the city with my windows and they blacked out We had altercations 'cause we knew we knew the same stuff So, please get offended, I just wanna let you finish Yeah, my knowledge is extended Man, this life is so expensive That's a funny way to put it Shout to $crim and Ruby, I'm just rollin' with my woadies I'm just wakin' up and I'm still here with all the homies Yeah, my soul is growing', but my face still the same, uh Name still same, uh, brain still the same, uh Changes never change me I've been gettin' brain a lot, that shit will never change, uh 88 is on my neck, I wear it like my faith, uh Living life with all the shit the universe has taught me If you're seeing what I'm seeing, man, this shit is out of body I don't care if she your girl, 'cause either way she call me "Papi" Man, your life is not paradise, you never went to Bali, uh Being at peace is the mission Don't get near me when I'm pissed off Man, you got too much ambition Plottin' on me, I don't think so Man, I got too much to waste I've been investing and I'm doin' great I got no worries of being replaced I just been cruisin' the roads that I paved If we talking' about passions, I got four to five Heard you feel like you the shit, well, so do I I got no ego, man, it's empty Don't expect your ass to feel me I got angels riding' with me now 'cause Yeah, my soul is growing', but my face still the same, uh Name still same, uh, brain still the same, uh Changes never change me I've been gettin' brain a lot, that shit will never change, uh 88 is on my neck, I wear it like my faith, uh Living life with all the shit the universe has taught me If you're seeing what I'm seeing, man, this shit is out of body I don't care if she your girl, 'cause either way she call me "Papi" Man, your life is not paradise, you never went to Bali, bitch

Get a dose of dirty code to go, been cold since Co-Flow I got wire or two unlodgin', I'll set a fire down below I'll hang it up when you say, "sorry, I didn't know" Prolly got a year or ten to go, so let's go I don't really know how to go slow Just got done walkin' in the snow Goddamn, that motherfucker's cold (Ayy) You in the wrong mode, you open and closin' your hole, it's a no go This whole world's a shit moat, filled to the brim like GitMo When you think it don't get mo' low it limbo 'til the sticks on flo' All oppression's born of lies, I don't make the rules, I'm just one guy All due respect, if getting spit on's how respect is now defined Hungry for truth but you got screwed and drank the Kool-Aid, there's a line It end directly at the edge of a mass grave, that's their design Funny fact about a cage, they're never built for just one group So when that cage is done with them and you're still poor, it come for you The newest lowest on the totem, well golly gee, you have been used You helped to fuel the death machine that down the line will kill you too (oops) Pseudo-Christians, y'all indifferent Kids in prisons ain't a sin? shit If even one scrap a what Jesus taught connected, you'd feel different What a disingenuous way to piss away existence, I don't get it I'd say you lost your goddamn minds if y'all possessed one to begin with Just got done walkin' in the snow Goddamn, that motherfucker cold Just got done walkin' in the snow Goddamn, that motherfucker cold Just got done walkin' in the snow Goddamn, that motherfucker cold Just got done walkin' in the snow Goddamn, that motherfucker cold (Cold, cold) Yeah, ho, Gangsta Boo, Run the Jewels We back on our shit, and it's cold as fuck The way I see it, you're probably freest from the ages one to four Around the age of five you're shipped away for your body to be stored They promise education, but really they give you tests and scores And they predictin' prison population by who scoring the lowest And usually the lowest scores the poorest and they look like me And every day on evening news they feed you fear for free And you so numb you watch the cops choke out a man like me And 'til my voice goes from a shriek to whisper, "I can't breathe" And you sit there in the house on couch and watch it on TV The most you give's a Twitter rant and call it a tragedy But truly the travesty, you've been robbed of your empathy Replaced it with apathy, I wish I could magically Fast forward the future so then you can face it And see how fucked up it'll be I promise I'm honest, they coming for you The day after they comin' for me I'm readin' Chomsky, I read Bukowski I'm layin' low for a week I said somethin' on behalf of my people And I popped up in Wikileaks Thank God that I'm covered, the devil is smothered And you know the evil don't sleep Dick Gregory told me a couple of secrets before he laid down in his grave All of us serve the same masters, all of us nothin' but slaves Never forget in the story of Jesus, the hero was killed by the state Just got done walkin' in the snow Goddamn, that motherfucker cold Just got done walkin' in the snow Goddamn, that motherfucker cold Just got done walkin' in the snow Goddamn, that motherfucker cold Just got done walkin' in the snow Goddamn, that motherfucker cold (cold, cold) Who really wanna run it with the Jewel Runners? Go hellfire hot in a new sauna It's a cold winter, baby, and a cruel summer I suicide bomb in the blue Hummer And emerge out the side, not a bruise on 'em Bad news come in two, son, do somethin' Treat beats like a wet thigh, chew on 'em Got a stroke row crew on 'em, move on 'em We be the heroes, the breakers of chains and the busters of locks (locks, locks) You be them suckers supportin' them snitches that talk to the cops This the Illmatic of turning your face into fucker foie gras I'm not so sure opportunities knocking, it's prolly the law Word to the old school tape decks I get Radio Raheem respect My Nike pendant sacred, similar to the Ghostface bracelet Fire in the hole, oh, no joke Prolly go broke just off smoke Fuck are we gonna do, not smoke? Get a job, play the role, be adults? Nah, I'ma do me, arigato Instrumental First of all, they cheated (uh-huh) 'Cause if one of them black and the other one white (uh-huh) So if you don't like 'em, you automatically racist (ah, oh, well)

We all been to the worst of life We all been to that point in life When you determined to do it big When I'm determined to be that girl It's like I was holding it then it slipped off I am in a small room and its caving in It's like I was in a bad dream I've just woken up And depression is When you living in a body That is fighting to survive With a mind that is ready to die My own thoughts just grounded me I kinda feel like I already lost the game I'm in I see these people doing great they all peace Ain't nobody else around I'm all alone There's a sad girl always staring out the window Is there hope is there anything to live for Was this life meant for everybody in it tho Keep on trying but it keeps on getting difficult Just a bad day you ain't got a bad life How you doing feed yourself with some pretty quotes So affirmative how we keep it all day Smile on your face but the real you heartbroken boy Got my people blindfolded by the media Check the socials Men they wanna be somebody else Impressing people we don't even know Look around everybody We ain't talking everybody on they phone Maybe the world is rotating so fast Took us in circles we getting confused We was supposed to be kings in this place We was supposed to be free in this place Grounded, Grounded I'm feeling grounded I wanna be free from this I wanna be free I wanna be free I wanna be free from this