can t keep runnin away verse one fat lip i must admit on some occasions i went out like a punk and a chump or a sucka or something to that effect respect i usedto never get when all i got was upset when niggas use to be like what s up fool and tried to seat a nigga like the lip for no reason at all i can recall crip niggas throwin c in my face down the hall i m kickin it in the back of the school eatin chicken at three wonderin why is everybody always pickin on me i tried to talk and tell tham chill i did nothing to deserve this but when it didn t work i wasn t scared just real nervous and unprepared to deal with scrappin no doubt cuz my pappy never told me how to knock a nigga out but now in 95 i must survive as a man on my own fuck around with fatlip yes ya get blown i m not tryin to show no macho is shown but when it s on if it s on then it s on verse two slim kid tre there comes a time in every mans life when he s gotta handle up on his own can t depend on friends to help you in a sqeeze please they got problems of their own down for the count on seven chickens shits don t get to heaven til they faced these fears in these fear zones used to get jacked back in high school i played it cool just so some real shit won t get full blown being where i m from they let the smoke come quicker than an evil red neck could lynch a helpless colored figure and as a victim i invented low key til the keyhole itself got lower than me so i stood up and let my free form form free i don t sweat it i let the bullshit blow in the breeze in other words just freeze verse three imani 1 it s 1995 now that i m older stress weighs on my shoulders heavy as boulders but i told ya till the day that i die i still will be a soldier and that s all i told ya and that s all i showed ya and all this calamity is rippin my sanity can it be i m a celebrity whose on the brink of insanity now don t be wishin s of switchin any positions with me cuz when you in my position it ain t never easy to do any type of maintaining cuz all this gaming and famin from entertainin is hella straining to the brain and but i can t keep runnin i just gotta keep keen and cunnin 