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, I always saw them coming for me I'm gonna run run away, run run away, run away Run away and never come back /F#/E Run run away, run run away, run away show ?em that your color is black verse 1 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 so them 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 Hook 1 She knows, she knows And I know she knows, and I know she knows And deep down she knows, she knows And I know she knows, and I know she knows Well alright Oh I, oh I-I-I I can't be what you want from me Well alright Well alright Oh I, oh I-I-I I can't be what you want from me Well alright verse 2 Damned if I do Damned if I don't I'm passing up on bad hoes Trying to be the man that she want, what she want What she want from a nigga To put a ring on it Got a bitch on my dick right now And she just want to sing on it Got me up so high Trying to get a piece of that apple pie I be up so high Trying to get a piece of that apple pie Dancehall vibes with my pants on fire Cause I told her I was sleeping Cause I creep with this pretty young thing that I chose That she could be doing the same thing I suppose She knows, she knows And I know she knows, and I know she knows And deep down she knows, she knows And I know she knows, and I know she knows Well alright Oh I, oh I-I-I I can't be what you want from me Well alright Well alright Oh I, oh I-I-I I can't be what you want from me Well alright Niggas say turn up, hoes say turn up Only bad thing about a star is they burn up Niggas say turn up, hoes say turn up Only bad thing about a star is they burn up Rest in peace to Aaliyah Rest in peace to Left Eye Michael Jackson, I'll see ya Just as soon as I die Got me up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie I be up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie Got me up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie I be up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie Outro Well alright Oh I, oh I-I-I I can't be what you want from me Well alright Well alright Oh I, oh I-I-I I can't be what you want from me Well alright