Running In Place

[Intro]
I know how you feel, lil' nigga
Keep at it though, just keep goin'
Ayy, shout out Blurry, nigga, ayy, free my nigga
(Palaze, what you cookin'?)
Be straight, ayy, free Mustard

[Verse 1]
We still in the struggle, so I'm tryna make a way
You ever felt stuck and kind of lost your faith?
You ever woke up and felt like runnin' away?
My people say they straight but I see their pain
Grew up to my mama, always workin' like a slave
Grew up with no dad, but I'm a man, no bitch ways (Nah)
I dropped out, I ain't get to graduate (Yeah)
I dropped out, look, now I'm on stage (Ayy, ayy)

[Chorus]
Look, mama, everybody know my name, like the nigga I became (Yeah, ayy, ayy)
I don't want the love that I ain't get before the fame, that I ain't get when I was arraigned (Nah, for real)
It's like you suffer, lose a lot but you gain (But you gain)
I'm happily married with the game (Ah)
When I ain't have it, it was lookin' at your plate
You want it right now, but now it's too late

[Verse 2]
I don't think your love was for me
You say you love me, you ain't show me
Fuck it, 'cause I know how to ride by my lonely (Yeah)
I used to care, but, prrt, that's the old me (Yeah)
Late at night, I be prayin' for the whole team (For the whole team)
Shorty wanna fuck me on the lowkey (On the lowkey)
Yeah, she a thot, but she won't fuck if you got no cheese (Ha)
She for you, she for me, she for the homies
Shit lowkey fucked up where I'm from
Lil' homie just got robbed (Ah), so now he wanna get a gun (Ayy, ayy)
Everybody geeked, all this shit like this shit fun (Nigga)
In your city, that shit rare, in my city, that shit none
Free my nigga Polo, say he barely see the sun
Free my nigga Mustard, said he wanna see his son (Free my nigga)
Don't get caught up in the mix, nigga, run
Don't be playin' with your life, with your love
All them broke nights I remember
Dropped out for my teacher in that lecture (Facts)
You don't wanna meet me in my temper (Nah, nigga)
Keep it on me, block be hot in December (Blaow, nigga)
A nigga like me, I want respect (I want respect)
Keep it on my waist just in case shit go left
Tell me that you love me right now, not when I'm dead (Not when I'm dead)
Tell me that you love me right now, not when I'm dead

[Chorus]
Look, mama, everybody know my name, like the nigga I became (Yeah, ayy, ayy)
I don't want the love that I ain't get before the fame, that I ain't get when I was arraigned (Nah, for real)
It's like you suffer, lose a lot but you gain (But you gain)
I'm happily married with the game (Ah)
When I ain't have it, it was lookin' at your plate
You want it right now, but now it's too late

[Outro]
Now it's too late, it's like play with the same
Ayy, shit, I know I ain't personal, I be shittin'
Like the nigga I became, everybody know my name
Ayy, it's too late, yeah, don't play with your life