Don't Run

[Intro: Joyner Lucas] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Statik Selektah) Yeah, Joyner, yeah [Hook: Joyner Lucas] My mama told me don't run Don't run-run away, away, away, away, away, away Mama don't told me don't run, don't run, don't [Verse 1: Joyner Lucas] I see with my eyes, recognize it's my time Took a drink, two Mai-Tais, find a way, that's my lie Celebrate in my prime, get away, I'ma leave you Take a break, I need to, hold on, wait, I need you Z-Z ma, I'm dreaming though Who got the keys to the Beamer though? Who got the keys to the older one? I know Khaled ain't the only one Tryna play golf with the older sluts Just a young nigga tryna get a hole in one Sick of being broke not owning much And all I wanna do is have Oprah's son I see with my eyes, recognize it's my time Reminisce, yeah, time flies, I'm a prince, uh, CyHi Dream big, yeah, fly high, get away, I'ma leave you Take a break, I need to, baby wait, I need you [Pre-Hook: Joyner Lucas] Black on black whip, my black on black bitch Got black on black kids and shit Black on black crime to black on black violence Black on black witnesses And it's my project and you can't stop 'less You just say I did the shit that I did And if I die, then I bring back God And just get all my benefits [Hook: Joyner Lucas] My mama told me don't run Run away, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way Yeah, yeah, yeah My mama told me don't run Don't run-run away, away, away, away, away, away Mama don't told me don't run, don't run, don't run [Verse 2: Joyner Lucas] All I wanna do is give high fives With all the pretty women in the white tights And tell all of my enemies bye bye You can never imitate a nigga, why try? I'm a truth, I ain't never tell a white lie I used to push drugs in the night time Tryna hit the plug on the Wi-Fi Wondering how many are wishing that I died Look, back before I had a buzz nigga I was nothing but a drug dealer Ain't nobody show me love nigga Never knew who I was God damn I was looking for a buzz bigger Than anyone on a Hot 100 So broke, I ain't got one hundred You a real, no you not 100 I ain't never had a lot though But I work with what I got though Any nigga that was ever hating I just say, "I'll see you at the top door" Don't nobody know who you are Yeah you just another John Doe Just another day of old news Just another PS2 console [Pre-Hook: Joyner Lucas] Black on black whip, my black on black bitch Got black on black kids and shit Black on black crime to black on black violence Black on black witnesses, wait And it's my project and you can't stop 'less You just say I did the shit that I did And if I die then I bring back God And just get all my benefits, yeah [Hook: Joyner Lucas] My mama told me don't run Don't run-run away, away, away, away, away, away Mama don't told me don't run, don't run, don't run [Verse 3: Joyner Lucas] Yeah, yeah Never will I ever tell a motherfucking bold face lie But I might just hop up in a Bronco and make OJ drive Dammit, I've been nothing but a fuck up for my whole damn life Momma told me never run away and now I still can't hide, yeah, yeah Ain't nobody ever give me nothing, everything I got, a nigga got it on his own Ain't too much that you can tell a nigga I already know Listen, you can get it, you can get it, you can get it however you want Been around the way a little, honestly, I'd rather be alone Yeah, that'll be-that'll be the day I leave Why you gotta act needy? You don't really hope things change Why you gotta be so greedy? You just want the whole damn thing No can do nigga, no can-no can say Big fuck you to your whole damn-whole damn face Look, I told my niggas be patient, it's only a matter of time 'fore we winning They never want us to shine They been praying we failing way from the beginning I told my girl that I love her but truth is I'm young and I'm gonna keep sinning How the hell I'ma be faithful when trapped with these beautiful women? I wanna fuck all of them-all of them Never will I ever try to make you stay the whole damn time Never will I ever tell a motherfucking bold face lie Dammit, I've been nothing but a fuck up for my whole damn life Mama told me never run away and now I still can't hide Still can't hide, yeah [Hook: Joyner Lucas] My mama told me don't run Don't run-run away, away, away, away, away, away Mama don't told me don't run, don't run, don't run My mama told me don't run Don't run-run away, away, away, away, away, away Mama don't told me don't run, don't run, don't run