Big Boi - Shoes for Running Lyrics
Shoes for runningThat will race yaSun is comingIt’ll chase yaThrough this deadbeat townThrough this deadbeat townThe end is comingI would race yaBut there’s no runningIt’ll chase yaDeath will hunt you downDeath will hunt you downWhat about the people that’s barefoot with no shoes for running when the sun come up?Hey 1 procenters, the 99 say what you gonna do for us?We’ll run up in your house like the first runner upBe the first one to rock and the last one to get laid downStay down and now we lookin at the top of the poundOh the nigga, the mountain, no our cap onWe vote patrone, nigga did 2 songsBubble gum, jet poppin offLet em out like the nigga got all the hoesGot all the dope and all the womenWhy what you gonna do in the penitentiary?Got a lot of money, can’t take it with meI can’t take it with meI would’ve stayed, consent meTo the moon and back with beautiful casaAnd saved the lives of my great grandmammaMy great granddad and I’ll pass the answerTo the question, but they make money off the medicineLeave it less on stock in electionsWith no progression, just recessionsShoes for runningThat will race yaSun is comingIt’ll chase yaThrough this deadbeat townThrough this deadbeat townThe end is comingI would race yaBut there’s no runningIt’ll chase yaDeath will hunt you downDeath will hunt you downJust as I expected, life gets deadlyIt’s funny how the beloved become the beheadedThe truth can be independent of direction that you stretchinSo my niggas we’ll drop when shit gets sketchyIt’s a masterpiece, a work of art,A gallery, no photoshopPictures say a million wordsSo why does it let my photo funkEven in your local topNiggas that you know he bossEvery time our name is brought up better know it’s mobile topThat’s why she gives me geek til her shins weakI’m blazing every day, you can call it dealt weekYou’re running from a life that you didn’t seeThat’s like playing hide and seek with the grim reaperShoes for runningThat will race yaSun is comingIt’ll chase yaThrough this deadbeat townThrough this deadbeat townThe end is comingI would race yaBut there’s no runningIt’ll chase yaDeath will hunt you downDeath will hunt you downYou can run but you can’t hideSpent your whole life tryin to escapeAnd everybody’s safeBits are tired living in that lifeDifferent lights, same townsSacrifice but we try cuz we know there’s no getting outAnd when the pawns are playin themselves I just lay and wait and it’s greater myselfLet em war wet out til the rhythm sails outBreathe it back to life, give it mouth to mouthShoes for runningThat will race yaSun is comingIt’ll chase yaThrough this deadbeat townThrough this deadbeat townThe end is comingI would race yaBut there’s no runningIt’ll chase yaDeath will hunt you downDeath will hunt you downYou can fight and try to get awayBut there’s nowhere to run and hide toYou’d better know that there might come a dayEventually it’s gon find youYou can fight and try to get awayBut there’s nowhere to run and hide toYou’d better know that there might come a dayEventually it’s gon find youEventually it’s gon find you find youEventually it’s gon find youYea, Eventually it’s gon find youAnd it’s gon find your ass, it’s gon find you