She knows, she knows, ayy

Bad things happen to the people you love
And you find yourself praying up to heaven above
But honestly I've never had much sympathy
'Cause those bad things always saw them coming for me
I'm gonna run-run away, run

Oh, I (run away, run away)
Oh, I-I-I (run away and never come back)
Well, alright (run-run away, run-run away)
Oh, I (run away)
Oh, I-I-I (show 'em which color is black)
Well alright

Damned if I do
Damned if I don't
You know I got a girl back home
You got a man, what you want, what you want
What these bitches want from a nigga
On some DMX shit
I know them other niggas love tricking
On some BMX shit
But not me
Now I'm sure you done heard about me
A black star, Mos Def, Kweli
Good southern bad hoes try me, they try me
This is Martin Luther King in the club
Getting dubs
With a bad bitch in his ear sayin'
That she down for whatever
In the back of his mind is Coretta

And she knows, she knows
(Bad things happen to the people you love)
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
(And you find yourself praying up to heaven above)
And deep down she knows, she knows
(But honestly I've never had much sympathy)
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
('Cause those bad things always saw them coming for me)

Well, alright
(I'm gonna run-run away, run)