RUNNING by Intelligenz

Duration

4:25

Genres

Urban

Description

Lyrics

copyright (c) 2011 I Am Intelligenz Running from myself I was running from the wealth I would look into the mirror, be concerned for my health Scared to be alone, my temperature so cold I would battle my demons in spring banging to be gone And free from the worries and never making thrown or escaping the revelations of freedoms I didn't know... ...Nine years 10 years, I was but a youngin' Everybody left and I was feeling like an orphan Moved from the city; delivered to the doorstep Stranger to my eyes opened wide I was cautious Yearning for the blood of the family I was born in I am what I was never supposed to achieve. From the windy to the west I rose to believe. A soldier for my country I chose to take to a lead And now I'm everything you never thought I could ever be I am what I was never supposed to achieve. From the windy to the west I rose to believe. A soldier for my country I chose to take to a lead And now I'm everything you never thought I could ever be Didn't understand what it meant, so focused I decided to keep quiet and take notice Everybody watching and waiting for my reaction My sister embraced their arms Me, I was acting Pretending to be ok, heart feeling shattered, mind felt battered This is a disaster What happened to my family? Yesterday I was chasing after the American dream, but now I am racing Tell me what my fate is Tell what's the case? Do I get a choice or do you leave me speculating? Do I even get a say? Wait, let me get this straight I was pulled from my home to be placed with foreign faces Told me this was better for me Here is where I stay Taken from my moms, no pops, no way The evolution of the system, the American way, But I survived and realized that life is what you make it. I am what I was never supposed to achieve. From the windy to the west I rose to believe. A soldier for my country I chose to take to a lead And now I'm everything you never thought I could ever be I am what I was never supposed to achieve. From the windy to the west I rose to believe. A soldier for my country I chose to take to a lead And now I'm everything you never thought I could ever be Schools after schools abandoned with no rules Lost in the city when the breeze so crude Sister by my side to help, still confused Kids so cruel cause they blinded from the truth Ashamed to show my face and I didn't settle to surround us Unclear who I was, not a thug, but I was drowning Disoriented, re.a.lizing I was pounding up against the storm in a fight so astounding I was smart for my age, quickly I expounded Developed a demeanor that would determined my outcome Fought for my last name Here is where I am founded Try to hold me down, but they couldn't keep me grounded So I had your boss started writing and redounding Releasing all the pain, rebirth, I started sounding off on the struggles and the hustles of my childhood This is where I met hip hop, forever bonded I am what I was never supposed to achieve. From the windy to the west I rose to believe. A soldier for my country I chose to take to a lead And now I'm everything you never thought I could ever be I am what I was never supposed to achieve. From the windy to the west I rose to believe. A soldier for my country I chose to take to a lead And now I'm everything you never thought I could ever be copyright (c) 2011 I Am Intelligenz