Summertime in Virginia was a oven 
All the kids eating ice cream with their cousins 
I was studyin' while you was playing the dozens
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 

Runnin' from the man (man) runnin' from the badge (badge) 
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 
Runnin' toward our plans (plans) and the judges hands (hands) 
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 

I know they say you crawl for your own 
But in my mind I already jog 
If I stand still I cannot get far 
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars 

Sometime my mind dives deep 
When I'm runnin' 
I don't want no free ride 
I'm just sick and tired of runnin' 
Some nights I cry 
Cause I can see the day comin' 
Together we fight 
Oh, but no more runnin' 

You and I are not different from each other 
Shut our eyes, when we slumber I see numbers 
Black and white, we're computers, I am colored 
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 

From runnin' to exams (exams) to jobs for a man (man) 
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 
In the law of the land (land) the women were often banned (banned) 
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't 

I know they say you crawl for your own 
But in my mind I already jog 
If I stand still I cannot get far 
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars 

Sometime my mind dives deep 
When I'm runnin' 
I don't want no free ride 
I'm just sick and tired of runnin' 
Some nights I cry 
Cause I can see the day comin' 
Together we fight 
Oh, but no more runnin' 

I know they say you crawl for your own 
But in my mind I already jog 
If I stand still I cannot get far 
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars 

Sometime my mind dives deep 
When I'm runnin' 
I don't want no free ride 
I'm just sick and tired of runnin' 
Some nights I cry 
Cause I can see the day comin' 
Together we fight