Summertime in Virginia was a oven
All the kids eating ice cream with their cousins
I was studyin’ while you was playing the dozens, dozens
Don’t act like you was there when you wasn’t
Runnin’ from the man, man runnin’ from the badge, badge
Don’t act like you was there when you wasn’t
Runnin’ toward our plans, plans and the judges hands, hands
Don’t act like you was there when you wasn’t
I know they say you crawl ‘fore you walk
But in my mind I already jog
If I stand still I cannot get far
They want the Moon, I’m on Mars
Sometime my mind dives deep
When I’m runnin’
I don’t want no free ride
I’m just sick and tired of runnin’
Some nights I cry
‘Cause I can see the day comin’
Together we fight
Oh, but no more runnin’
You and I are not different from each other
Shut our eyes, when we slumber I see numbers
Black and white, we’re computers, I am colored
Don’t act like you was there when you wasn’t
From runnin’ to exams, exams to jobs for a man, man
Don’t act like you was there when you wasn’t
In the law of the land, land the women were often banned, banned
Don’t act like you was there when you wasn’t
I know they say you crawl ‘fore you walk
But in my mind I already jog
If I stand still I cannot get far
They want the Moon, I’m on Mars
Sometime my mind dives deep
When I’m runnin’
I don’t want no free ride
I’m just sick and tired of runnin’
Some nights I cry
‘Cause I can see the day comin’
Together we fight
Oh, but no more runnin’
I know they say you crawl ‘fore you walk
But in my mind I already jog
If I stand still I cannot get far
They want the Moon, I’m on Mars
Sometime my mind dives deep
When I’m runnin’
I don’t want no free ride
I’m just sick and tired of runnin’
Some nights I cry
‘Cause I can see the day comin’
Together we fight
Oh, but no more runnin’
