Can't Keep Running / When the Rain Comes

I heard a change was gonna come
Then what is everybody running from
Well I know for me I’ve been sowing seeds
I just hope the string don’t unravel or come undone
I guess I’m hanging on by a thread
We’re all trying to be number one
So they wanna push me off of the edge
Man this life’s so troublesome
Looking for the light at the end of tunnel
Got tunnel vision on the prize and to get it I hustle
You gotta roll with life’s punches and be ready to rumble
Like Afro Thunder
Or a fight intro from Bruce Buffer
Been running fast on life’s tread mill
Seeing old demons and I fight them still
Ain’t a damn thing funny
When the fam need money
Gotta stand my ground no I can’t keep running
I’m done
You can’t keep running away
No you can’t, no you can’t keep running away
You gotta express yourself like NWA
No you can’t keep running away
You can’t keep running away
No you can’t, no you can’t keep running away
You gotta stand for something you got something to say
No you can’t keep running away
So I’m asking
Please stop running
We’ve got nothing
To worry about
I’m assuring you now
If you keep your head up
Things will get better
I promise you
We all have problems too
So what are you running from
What are you running from
What are you running from
What are you running from
Don’t let it all come undone
Don’t let it come undone
Just slow down
There’s nowhere left to run
Where will you go now
I’m tired of running
I hope my time is coming
I’ve been soul searching
And haven’t been finding nothing
I’ve been running
Running from the pain
Running from the past
Hope I run into a change
I’ve been running
Running like I’m running for my health
I’ve been running from what’s real
I been running from myself
And I’m done
You can’t keep running away
No you can’t, no you can’t keep running away
You gotta express yourself like NWA
No you can’t keep running away
You can’t keep running away
No you can’t, no you can’t keep running away
You gotta stand for something you got something to say
No you can’t keep running away
This world works in mysterious ways but
We keep praying that a miracle saves us
A lot of people that was here when I came up
Probably won’t be here when the rain comes
It washes all away
It will all disappear when the rain comes
It washes all away
Or maybe we could see clear when the rain comes
Looked in the mirror this morning
And saw a person I haven’t seen in a while
He greeted me with a smile
I’ve seen a lot in these eyes
Think back to being a child
And how I’m finally felling like myself again
Play by my own rules
Follow no one else’s plan
And this world never seems to lend a helping hand
But that’s okay, at the end of the day
I had to be the one to get through all things that I dealt with then
And deal with now
But for a minute
I was running from it all
Looking back I’d probably run into a wall
If I kept it up
Now my head is up and I’m just strutting onward
Pouring oil on these troubled waters
Yes I’m gonna prosper
And when it comes to an end
I hope I get a chance to see my brother again
I was younger than him
Now I’m older than he was when he died
And I’m only 21
So it’s got me like
This world works in mysterious ways but
We keep praying that a miracle saves us
A lot of people that was here when I came up
Probably won’t be here when the rain comes
It washes all away
It will all disappear when the rain comes
It washes all away
Or maybe we could see clear when the rain comes