BABYLON

[Intro: Joey Bada$$]

Yo yo

Badmon representin'

Yo yo

[Chorus: Joey Bada$$]

They say you never know what you got

'Til it's all up and away

And it's so lonely at the top

Sometimes you wanna throw it away

But lately I've been talking to God

He told me Heaven is a way better place

So I'm taking everything that I've got

And I'm running away, I'm running away

I just can't cope with the pain

You just won't understand

Running away (away from here)

I'm running away

I just can't cope with the pain

You just won't understand

Running away (away from here)

[Verse 1: Joey Bada$$]

Gone like the wind, I can't seem to win

I know the end is near, but I just don't know when

Turn on to CNN, look at what I see again

It's another black man, died at the white hand of justice

To tell the truth, man, I'm fuckin' disgusted

I fear for the lives, for my sisters, my brothers

Less fortunate than I, let's formulate a plan

I'm sick of holdin' grudges, I'm loadin' in all my slugs and

Aimin' it at the judges, fuck the cops

Fuck the system and the government, you fuckers not

Protectin' and servin'

You more like damagin' and hurtin'

And letting off shots 'til you motherfuckers certain

He ain't breathin', you made it clear

"Fuck your breath, nigga," don't even deserve air

Don't even deserve shit, don't even deserve nothin'

If black lives really mattered, you niggas would do somethin'

Instead we mean nothin', in fact, we being hunted

They don't want us in abundance

They know it's strength in them numbers

That's why they gave you one

The time is comin', no discussion

If you ain't got a gun, then you better start runnin'

[Bridge: Chronixx]

Run to the rock of my salvation (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Run to the stone that the builder rejected (yeah, yeah, yeah)

I run to aboriginal, Christ, Haile Selassie

Hear them call some other name

Them other guy nuh qualified

A long long time mi see ah idiot a try

Tell me America is the land of the free, that's a lie

'Cause nobody, nuh free 'bout yah

Bet how we leave Babylon, and go ah Ethiopia

And if you don't believe we can achieve that

Then you is just another idiot or another

[Verse 2: Joey Bada$$]

Motherfucker, it's the J-O-Z-I-F B-A-D-M-O-N

Come on, bring them M's on in

I'm on the upside now, you can turn 'em M's upside down

We 'bout to win, there's an L for the other side of him

Most greats that you lost, I invite 'em in

To my soul, don't you feel the vibes when I'm channelin'?

The innermost of my spirit been engulfed with plenty gold

'Cause most of them labels throw pennies so

Who you think investin' in penitentiaries though?

Same owners as them labels, same owners of your cable

Spoon feedin' you fables, tryna keep your mind stable

Your eyes blind, and your skin's hazel

The truth is under your nasal but even the air's all fucked up

How we supposed to see stars? Chemical trails above us

Plus bunch of other shit that's undiscovered

Detached from the roots since we set sail, my brothers

That's word to motherland, sold us on stolen land

Visions from brother man, he seen us all holdin' hands

Fifty years later, still see my brothers choked to death

R.I.P. to Eric Garner, only right I show respect

Nowaday they hangin' us by a different tree

Branches of the government, I can name all three

Judicial, legislative and executive

Lock your pops away, your moms, then next the kids

It's all consecutive, I'm just tryna break the cycle

I wonder if I'll do it all before they take my life, yo

Crucify my image, the Lord is my witness

If them Heaven's gates closed

I'ma break all them hinges for my niggas

Yes, I'ma break all the hinges for my niggas

Yes, I'ma break all the hinges for my niggas

Yes, I'ma break all

[Chorus: Joey Bada$$]

They say you never know what you got

'Til it's all up and away

And it's so lonely at the top

Sometimes you wanna throw it away

But lately I've been talking to God

He told me Heaven is a way better place

So I'm taking everything that I've got

And I'm running away, I'm running away

I just can't cope with the pain

You just won't understand

Running away (away from here)

I'm running away

I just can't cope with the pain

You just won't understand

Running away (away from here)

[Bridge: Chronixx]

As fast as I can to Mount Zion

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

Running away (I'm running away)

Away, running away

[Outro: Joey Bada$$]

You better start running, running

Babylon boy them ah coming, coming yeah

You better start running, running

Babylon is coming

Babylon get jealous of we, of we

Just because I walk this way

Babylon get jealous of we, of we