8 Minutes to Sunrise
Common, Jill Scott
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Yeah, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo Yo, a touch of jazz, y'all, yeah, yeah ? y'all, yo, they got us on the run like 8 minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now what are we gonna do? (I don't know) Pressure is mountin' Oh, baby, now how we gonna get through? (I don't know) Can't go left, can't go right (Uh, uh, uh, uh) Don't know how we made it through the night (Come on, come on, come on) 7 minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it) It was once said by Black Thought that "Things fall apart" Knew I shouldn't have been messin' with dude's girl from start But I pimp from the heart; the art of it made it interestin' Plus me and sister blend before we got intimate Friend or no friend, my man caught wind This chick is payin' me; it'll either cost me or cost him Told her she shoulda lost him a while ago (When?) 'Cause dude'll drink a pile of Mo' and defile her, yo I ain't here to start on this nigga, for me to wreck his broad You could tell what I thought of this nigga Nickname was Smoke, don't know if that was 'cause of cigarettes (Or what?) Or guns he tote; he called shots on the deck So I wasn't tryin' to call his bluff, by his persona You could see he think he tough If that wasn't enough, old girl had his son This is wild like the West; I'm like Jesse on the run, uh 6 minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now what are we gonna do? (I don't know) Pressure is mountin' Oh, baby, now how we gon' get through? (I don't know) Can't go left and can't go right and (Uh, uh, uh, uh) Don't know how we made it through the night (Yo, we got) 5 minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it) I understand that time is runnin' out; I'm thinkin' of town-skippin' Got a Chevy, but the alternator be trippin' I'm hittin' rum straight, thinkin' of a route to truncate The streets is watchin'; out is one way I put myself in his Nike's His position is, "A'ight, man, somebody bonin' my lady" Probably snap like Rodman My plan was to meet at this bar called the Tiki (When?)'round four When she was comin', she would beep me I sat deep in the corner, drinkin' zombies, becomin' one by now Wonderin' if my style would support her and her child Out the corner of my eye saw this stud I recognized (Who?) One of Smoke's guys To stay out of sight I tried Told Jill Scott to meet we coulda picked a better spot On some nobody's supposed to be here shit like Deborah Cox Looked at my watch; shit, I don't even got a watch Felt for my glock; dammit, I don't even got a glock, yo 4 minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now what are we gonna do? (I don't know) Pressure is mountin' Oh, baby, now how we gon' get through? (I don't know) Can't go left and can't go right and (Uh, uh, uh, uh) Don't know how we made it through the night (Come on, come on) 3 minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it) Pressure, pressure, what? The pressure's cookin' It ain't good-lookin'; like a black promoter, I'm talkin', bookin' Not that I'm spooked of dude--I could whoop him But he was on the horn informin' the rest of them hoodlums (A'ight) Usually I wouldn't fight over a woman, old girl had a sunshine Was messed up, on Smoke's payroll was one-time My pager went off; it read one line: "Come get me From Halsted"; I'm thinkin' this is monkey bar, shit Went to the phone quick, called her; her line was busy (What happened?) Situation number nine, got my mind dizzy Wondered if this plan was designed to get me I've been drinkin' too strong to be thinkin' too long Like 40 goin' North I'm doin' 50, headed for the spot Askin' God to be with me and lately She has been actin' shifty (But what?) But then it hit me, it hit me (Hit me, hit me) It hit me, it hit me (Hit me) 2 minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now what are we gonna do? (I don't know) Pressure is mountin' Oh, baby, now how we gonna get through? (Yo, I said I don't know) Can't go left and can't go right and (Uh, uh, nope) Don't know how we made it through the night (Yo, we got) 1 minute to sunrise Oh, baby, now what are we gonna do? (One, one, one, ha) 1 minute, one, one (We got, we got) 1 minute, one, one (Ah, shit, we got) 1 minute, one, one (What we got, girl?) 1 minute, now, now (Baby, Common Sense on the run) 1 minute, one (Common Sense on the run) 1 minute (Just got on the run, just got on the run) Common Sense on the run, Common Sense on the run Just got on the run, just got on the run They got us on the run like They got us on the run They got us on the, yo They got us on the run Uh, yo, they got us on the run They got us on the, yo They got us on the run And we out
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Written by: ANDRE HARRIS, JILL H. SCOTT, LONNIE RASHID LYNN
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