RUNNIN’ - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

I'm still runnin'

Runnin' out of time

Ultimatums comin' and they runnin' through my mind

"I'ma be fine, it could get worse"

Lies I told myself so much, it was rehearsed

Sitting in a hearse, killing my pride

Them throwing shade only dimming my shine

Countin' the ways my life never been mine

In a few days, my soul finna decline

I just keep rhyming

Keep in step with the timing

Haven't been dressed for this climate

It's hot, it's cold where I've been

Civil talks become violent

[Bridge]

You can't tell me nothing

I haven't heard before

I just keep on runnin'

Past the waves on the shore

It's all that and more

[Chorus]

Keep on runnin'

Got to keep on runnin'

Day might not be sunny

Shade from the stormcloud cover

Lace your feet up and keep runnin'

[Post-Chorus]

You know where I been, not where I'm going

Going, no

On the track or the trail, baby, I'm still showing up

Don't load me up no more

[Verse 2]

Pardon me if I come off cold

Baggage I been dragging is starting to get old

Not an origami swan, I could never fold

You getting mad now that I'm getting bold

Runnin' down the block, beating personal records

But personally feel my joy coming second

In five seconds, I could run hundred yards

All from the ankle weights holding me down

Chip on my shoulder, I brush it off

Still in the trench like soldiers in a war

Anxieties, I cast 'em to the Lord

Empirically, I'm talking to a wall

Brick wallin', my facial expression crestfallen

Got demons and they still callin'

Still starvin', we don't speak often, I'm off them

But I gotta keep runnin', right?

Last stretch 'til I stretch out my life

And I'm blessed, ran through pain and strife

But I'm stressed, I don't roll the dice

It's no overnight, ain't no overtime

It's just me and mine, 'til the end comes

In the meantime, runnin' up my income

'Til I sprint through the gates of His kingdom