Bad things happen to the people you love

And you'll find yourself praying up to heaven above

But honestly, I've never had much sympathy

'cause those bad things, I always saw them coming for me.

I'm gonna run run away, run run away

Run away, run away and never come back

Run run away, run run away, run away

Show 'em that your color is black.

Bad things happen to the people you love

And you'll find yourself praying up to heaven above

But honestly, I've never had much sympathy

'cause those bad things, I always saw them coming for me.

It would take some time just to see me shine

For the whole world to see me here with all of my light

But honestly, I've given up on all those fights

So that one day I'll have you all wrapped up in my light.

I'm gonna run run away, run run away

Run away, run away and never come back

Run run away, run run away, run away

Show 'em that your color is black

I'm gonna run run away, run run away

Run away and never come back

Run run away, run run away, run away

Show 'em that your color is black.

(And I don't think we should sit here) and take any more time for our children to be endangered, for if they come after our children and we give them our children, then our children will suffer forever...

You had to be honest and you stayed. if you'd have wanted to run, you'd have had to run with them because anybody coulda run today, they would have wanted to. I know you're not a runner and your life is precious to me. it's as precious as john's. and I don't... what I do, I do with weight and justice and judgment...

Bad things happen to the people you love

And you'll find yourself praying up to heaven above

But honestly, I've never had much sympathy

'cause those bad things, I always saw them coming for me

Bad things happen to the people you love

And you'll find yourself praying up to heaven above

But honestly, I've never had much sympathy

'cause the next time they'll probably be coming for me.