Keep Running Songtext
von The TVC

New York City born, bred in Skid Row
Let me tell you like this
You don′t like the I'm screaming, you don′t like the way I get high, you don't like the way I shout
See that concrete and that gate over there? Get your shit and get the fuck out
'Cause as far as I′m concerned this homeless people′s, and addicts people's house
So you run up to Gladys park and do your due, watch your mother fucking mouth
I know some cats that take that as a sign of disrespect, whoo I know some cats right now
You disrespect this place, they′ll break your fucking neck
I get tired of some of y'all shitting on Skid Row, feeling like you think we′re soft


Look, this is a ghetto prayer, for all my friends who ain't make it there, look
He′s in his home, thinking 'bout his history
Like how I got here, is a mystery
Picturing his past, Pippin's having flashbacks
To back when all he had was his black napsack
He′s packed again, swearing it′s the last time
Foster father gave him that look it was a bad sign
They gonna kick him out bounce around to different homes
He's gonna run away cause he′d rather be alone
Than be unknown, living with a stranger
They'll treat him like he′s charity, but then they'll learn to hate him
No not for me, so they ain′t stopping me, I'm gonna be free
They can't keep me under lock and key
So in the dead of night, Pippin starts packing up
Steal some spam and some pepsi so he′ll have enough
Life was rough conceived in grief, he′s misry son
Scarred, 'cause life knocked him hard so it′s time to run

He's exhausted, he roams the streets alone
He′s exhausted nobody hears his groans
He's exhausted, he lost it all again, he′s exhausted and all he wants is a home
Keep running, keep running, oh keep running, keep running

(He's the runaway, he's the runaway, pippen is the runaway)
(He′s the runaway, he′s the runaway, pippen is the runaway)


Grey skies awake and soar from the concrete he laid in
He wakes to walk the broad path cause Jesus ain't save him
Betrayed by his father, still feels the blade on his face
Case worker came that day, he ran away and became
Life′s truant, pop pills pop bottles, to get me through it
I don't care if it kills me, I′ll be cool when life's concluded
Escaping through his music, pocket knives and street sages
Homie lives life sedated he′s only happy if he's faded
Born in hell he ain't created, had a soul, but is vacant
Walking aimless till he is followed in the distance, and he′s shaking
And baking he′s gonna shake them, he shook em' and dashes down
The sewer up the gutter, and makes moves around
In alley ways he knows, he′s home free past the barbed wire
The cops fly by,He hides in his church his desires
To purge himself of the curse that chased him since birth
Not enough holy waters or holy fathers to reverse it
Disturbed by the models hanging on the ceiling high
They worship, he's concealed behind the cross of the Christ
When the church leaves, he sleeps behind the pews and hides
He′s tired of running, Pippen's wishing he could lose his life

He′s exhausted, he roams the streets alone
He's exhausted nobody hears his groans
He's exhausted, he lost it all again
He′s exhausted and all he wants is a home
Keep running (keep running)
keep running (keep running)
Oh Keep running (keep running)
Keep running

So he awakens
To the choir singing hallelujah praise the God of deliverance
But his furnace excited ignites being burned by his bitterness
Thinking if God chose concern why I′m hurting I can't figure it
Jesus left me like the rest of them, is the way I come to picture it look

If you love me, than how′d my pops get by
With cutting me and cutting out, you tell me why
I die inside everyday I'm a shadow with two feet
Where was you when I was left alone, with no food to eat
You′re too weak to stand, answer me, be a man
Where was you, when I was torching outside that frying pan
Hell yeah I'm full of fire, you can′t claim to be messiah
Than baptize me in this cough and frost, my life is cold you liar
I'm tired of walking this road,I'm tired of carrying this load
I′m the only person on the planet, and all I wants a home
I′m sorry I'm so angry you gotta show me truth through lies
I′ll OD on these pills and die if you say you can't sympathize
He prepares for suicide his hands twist the bottle
He′s got pills to kill the pain, he wants no more tomorrows
He raise his hands and surrender, he'll swallow to end it all
Behind a whisper says son listen, someone′s heard your call

He's exhausted, he roams the streets alone
He's exhausted nobody hears his groans
He′s exhausted, and lost it all again
He′s exhausted and all he wants is a home

Keep running (keep running)
Keep running (keep running)
Oh keep running
Keep running
He's exhausted

Now that y′all feel what I'm saying, some y′all think that I'm a joke
Some people like what I′m saying, so do me a favor and shut the fuck up and let me flow