The Pharcyde Runnin' Lyrics

[Hook X4:]
Can't keep runnin' away.....

[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 used to never get, when all I got was upset
When n____s use to be like 'What's up fool!?'
and tried to sweat a n____ like the Lip
For no reason at all I can recall crip n____s 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 them, '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
My pappy never told me how to knock a n____ out
But now in '95 I must survive as a man on my own
f___ 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!

[Hook X4]

One, two...
So listen here!
Come on...

[Slim Kid Tre]
There comes a time in every mans life when he's gotta handle s___ up on his own
Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze
please they got problems of they own
Down for the count on seven chickens s___s 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 s___ won't get full blown
Being where I'm from they let the smoke come quicker
than an evil redneck 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
Said 'I'm gonna get some before they knockin' out me'
I don't sweat it I let the bullshit blow in the breeze
in other words just freeze!

[Hook X4]

[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 that 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'...

[Hook X4]