Running - Pip Millett, Ghetts

Running, I’m always out of breath

when I get shit off my chest

Down (Down)

I know what it feels like to be down, down, down

I know what it feels like to be

On the East side, caught up in the current

Settled in the smog (Ah-ah)

I’m feelin' pretty foggy 'bout my feelings, 'bout myself

Black and free, I don’t think that’s a thing, no, no

(No, no)

I don’t think that’s a thing, no, no (No, no, no, no)

I don’t think that’s a thing, no, no (No, no, no, no, no)

(No, no, no, no)

No, no

I don’t think that’s a thing, no, no (No, no)

Something we sexualise, fantasise

Do you find it pleasing?

Pullin' on my hair, no, no (No, no)

Grippin' on my skin, no, I don’t (No, I don’t)

Playin' with your pride, no, I don’t (No, I don’t)

My life is not a game, no, I don’t (No, I don’t)

No, no

I don’t think that’s a thing, no, no

No, no, no, no

No, no, no, no

No, no, no, no

No, no

No

Another Black man lost, worried about what a handbag cost

Well, it cost to be Black

I got a price on my head, that’s not any cap

F-Feds are behind, I feel like I’m wanted, dead or alive

Even after what I have accomplished, nobody said they’ll be kind

Look at my skin, I’m fully akin

Tell me why you wanna put bullets within

Number one suspect 'cause of my colour

If I was another, couldn’t be him

I got the melanin, melanin, melanin

Feds see me and get a rush of adrenaline

What have I got on me?

Haven’t got anything

Dad told me from day one, «Just don’t let 'em in»

This time, I still lose

There’s nothing to play with

Will you try to understand this?

Fast, slow down, gotta catch my breath

Gotta make sure that I make it

She’ll tell me that I’m fakin'

She’s lyin', let’s face it

That bitch right there is basic

Not every girl is basic

Not everyone’s a racist

That’s racy, I think you’ll find that phrase is pretty dated

(You're testin' on my patience) You’re testin' on my patience

The way that shit, it weighs me down

Black and free, I don’t think that’s a thing, no, no

(No, no)

I don’t think that’s a thing, no, no (No, no, no, no)

I don’t think that’s a thing, no, no (No, no, no, no, no)

(No, no, no, no)

No, no

I don’t think that’s a thing, no, no (No, no)

No, no, no, no, no

No, no, no

No, no, no