Keep on Running

I used to pedal down the street just on the other way

My heart began to race like every time they'd call my name

They sneaking up beside every time they came

Find me then they'd chase me until I got away

Fast forward right into the 7th grade

I'm on the bus and I could see it's just another day

Turned around and I could hear him calling out my name

Running off his mouth that's the time now when he came

Stood my ground didn't run away

Bloodied his lip but he went and stomped on my face

Got my nose split plus my shirt is stained

Next day all I heard was the kids say

Boy you better get on up and just keep on running

Keep on running just keep on running running

Boy you better get on up and just keep on running

Keep on running just keep on running running

I live amongst these spaces they was not my home

I'm staring into these faces they was not my own

I'm dealing with these racists every time I roam

Trying to find some places up in the mazes all up in my zone

I pedal on my bike I pray I make it home

They chased me to the light my heart was in my throat

They want to fight I hate my life nobody knows

What it's like when your white but in the hood you all alone

Higher than a kite in all the space I go

I can not break this pain that's taking hold

Every night I punch the pillow till I make a hole

The middle of a life that's grown so very cold

Boy you better get on up and just keep on running

Keep on running just keep on running running

Boy you better get on up and just keep on running

Keep on running just keep on running running

9th grade got me filled up just in a rage

At the kids that used to mess with me every day

Never thought that I'd become the same

As the very ones that I'd grown up now to hate

But the summer just when I moved away

I lost everything I was so ashamed

At every single screw up that I made

Plus Jesus came in and took every sin away

And I was saved and I was changed

And I prayed the pain would go away

Sometimes I reminisce the day

When I'm walking down the hall then I just heard the say

Boy you better get on up and just keep on running

Keep on running just keep on running running

Boy you better get on up and just keep on running

Keep on running just keep on running running