Chords with lyrics
INTRO:
E minorEm DmDm
Verse 1:
E minorEm DmDm
Summertime in Virginia was a oven(oven)
E minorEm DmDm
All the kids eating ice cream with their cousins (cousins)
E minorEm DmDm
I was studyin' while you was playing the dozens (dozens)
E minorEm DmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
Refrain 1:
E minorEm DmDm
Runnin' from the man (man) runnin' from the badge (badge)
E minorEm DmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
E minorEm DmDm
Runnin' toward our plans (plans) and the judges hands (hands)
E minorEm DmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm DmDm
I know they say you crawl for your own
E minorEm DmDm
But in my mind I already jog
E minorEm DmDm
If I stand still I cannot get far
E minorEm DmDm
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars
Chorus:
DmDm F#F# FF
Sometime my mind dives deep
E minorEm
When I'm runnin'
DmDm F#F#
I don't want no free ride
FF E minorEm
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
DmDm F#F#
Some nights I cry
FF E minorEm
Cause I can see the day comin'
DmDm F#F#
Together we fight
FF BB
Oh, but no more runnin'
E minorEm DmDm
Verse 2:
E minorEm DmDm
You and I are not different from each other (other)
E minorEm DmDm
Shut our eyes, when we slumber I see numbers (numbers)
E minorEm DmDm
Black and white, we're computers, I am colored (colored)
E minorEm DmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
Refrain 2:
E minorEm DmDm
From runnin' to exams (exams) to jobs for a man (man)
E minorEm DmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
E minorEm DmDm
In the law of the land (land) the women were often banned (banned)
E minorEm DmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm DmDm
I know they say you crawl for your own
E minorEm DmDm
But in my mind I already jog
E minorEm DmDm
If I stand still I cannot get far
E minorEm DmDm
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars
Chorus:
DmDm F#F# FF
Sometime my mind dives deep
E minorEm
When I'm runnin'
DmDm F#F#
I don't want no free ride
FF E minorEm
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
DmDm F#F#
Some nights I cry
FF E minorEm
Cause I can see the day comin'
DmDm F#F#
Together we fight
FF BB
Oh, but no more runnin'
Instrumental:
E minorEm DmDm
E minorEm DmDm
E minorEm DmDm
E minorEm DmDm
E minorEm DmDm
Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm DmDm
I know they say you crawl for your own
E minorEm DmDm
But in my mind I already jog
E minorEm DmDm
If I stand still I cannot get far
E minorEm DmDm
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars
Chorus:
DmDm F#F# FF
Sometime my mind dives deep
E minorEm
When I'm runnin'
DmDm F#F#
I don't want no free ride
FF E minorEm
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
DmDm F#F#
Some nights I cry
FF E minorEm
Cause I can see the day comin'
DmDm F#F#
Together we fight
FF BB
Oh, but no more runnin'
Outro: