Aye, ooh
Hip-hop ain't a trend man
Everybody nowadays gets offended
Simply look up and now you get caught
But yesterdays news now just a thought
People look, judge and discriminate yeah
That's why failure is our cultures own fate yeah
We think change is a choice for the greats yeah
But we stagnant stayin' in the same place yeah
Making songs tryna keep up with the race man
But every time we end up in last place man
Staying true, staying real, you won't change tho
People got you locked up you wearin' chains tho
This ain't gunna last if we all turn our backs on
The one thing that can make us keep the lights on
We can't just sit, we can't just stop, we can't just turn it up
This is a change we all need, we gotta Run It Up
We gotta be the change that we want, yeah
Don't wanna be the one you haunt, yeah
We only got one chance at this, yeah
Take your aim we can't afford to miss, yeah
Now this might not be your last shot, yeah
But didn't work this hard to get the last spot, yeah
We're overtime, we're overdue, this the last call
Whatever happens next, yeah, it's our own fault
And this life ain't a practice run, yeah
A bunch of actin' activists tryna make one
Yeah that's cool, yeah that's great, yeah that sounds fair
But y'all actin like kids this a nightmare
We took it too far, ain't no going back, yeah
And now you getting stumbled in your own tracks, yeah
So this is it, this the end, this the clean up
This the change we all need we gotta Run It Up
We gotta be the change that we want, yeah
Don't wanna be the one you haunt, yeah
We only got one chance at this, yeah
Take your aim we can't afford to miss, yeah
We gotta be the change that we want, yeah
Don't wanna be the one you haunt, yeah
We only got one chance at this, yeah
Take your aim we can't afford to miss, yeah