E _ _ _ _ _ Summer time in Virginia with the oven All the kids eating ice cream
N with their cousins.
I was studying while you was
D# playing in the dozens.
Don't act like you was there when you
E wasn't Running
Em from the plans, running from the bad.
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't Running from our plans, and the kids' friends.
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't I know they say you can't for you all.
But in my
E mind I already know If
Em I stand still I cannot get far.
They want the moon,
E I'm on Mars Sometimes my
F# mind does.
F When
Em I'm running
E I don't want no
F# free ride.
F I'm just sick of
Em running
E Some
F# nights I cry.
F Cause I can see the
Em day coming
E Together
F# we'll fly.
F.
Over no more running
E _ You
Em and I are different from each other.
Shut our eyes and slumber I see numbers.
Black and white were the futures I am colored.
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't Running through exams, jobs for a man.
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't And the law of the land, women were often banned.
Don't
Dm act like you was there when you
Em wasn't I know they say you can't for you all.
But in my mind I
F already know
E Em If I stand still I cannot get far.
They want the moon, I'm on Mars Sometimes
F# my mind does.
F When
Em I'm running I don't want
F# no free ride.
F.
I'm just sick
Em of running Some
F# nights I cry.
F.
Cause I can see
Em the day coming Together
F# we'll fly.
F.
Over no
Em more running.
I _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _
Bm _
E _
Em _ _ .
_ _ know _ they
E say you can't for you all But in my mind I already know.
If I stand still I cannot get far They want the moon, I'm on Mars.
Sometimes
F# my mind does.
F.
When
Em I'm running I don't want
F# no free ride.
F.
I'm just sick
Em of running _ Some
F# nights I cry.
F.
Cause I can see
Em the day coming Together
F# we'll fly.
F.
Over no
E more running.
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Em _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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