[Verse 1]
Brown skin lady, Black Star Enterprise
Ran from the past like track stars win the prize
But everything catch us, my best times end in ties
And I can't seem to get the knots out, I swear I tried
It's like every interaction a flashback
Memories want my flesh in pounds like a hashtag
That's why I got a twisted fate with this rap act
I leave a piece of me on every stage I rock, Baghdad
Now every rapper whipping up white on they record
But that work almost destroyed my life, for the record
Up nights 'cause my daddy hit them pipes on the regular
Home with stained glass like a House of Christ, where my blessings at?
And I know I got a lot to be grateful for
People dying, everyone my heart breaking for
But this pain an old friend, still can't shake the boy
What you try and leave behind, you'll soon be facing towards

[Chorus]
Catch me if you can
I'm the gingerbread man, oh
We running, we running, we running, we running, we running, oh
They ain't gon' understand
It's too rough for us to land, oh
Keep running, keep running, keep running, keep running, keep running, oh
[Verse 2]
Fam running their traps to weave tall tales
Complex textiles to cushion the fraud trail
They tiptoeing on the edge without a guardrail
The bare truth got 'em like refugees, no Praswell
Ghetto superstars out euthanizing their souls
Stuck between negative forces like nuclei of prose
Addicted to bills, so they keep an eye on the Jones
Hoping it don't blow up in their face, keep an eye on the drones
I know poor too, I know hard knocks
I done bore the bruise of entire blocks
Trying to beat me blue and black
But that's a poor excuse to tell the world what you are not
'Cause what you bury is unearthed when they exhume your plot
That's why I dive so deep in it
'Cause me and this relationship is codependent, obsessed
I got so many miles between me and my trials
I could be flying scot-free, but I'd still be running, what's next?

[Chorus]
Catch me if you can
I'm the gingerbread man, oh
We running, we running, we running, we running, we running, oh
They ain't gon' understand
It's too rough for us to land, oh
Keep running, keep running, keep running, keep running, keep running, oh
[Verse 3]
Hell of a life
My wisdom came with a heavenly price
Death of my innocence, all the remains have been severed and sliced
Evidence wiped clean
That's why I'm a little jaded, complexion a type green
I know too many men trying to make minutes last
Past the final grains of sand descending into the narrow glass
Escaping their conscience like prisoner's clasps
Instead of owning it, like an ode to Fanon, we go'n and wear the masks
This ain't finger-pointing, I'm no angel, I've been guilty of it
Now with every sentence, I can wash my sins, I'm filthy of it
Running, we've been running, now them moments creeping stealthily on up
Who am I to judge? I'm not completely healed myself, your honor
A wise woman told me you'll never change your future's odds
If you don't stop and let reflection treat your suture scars
If I keep racing, my fate will mirror the youth I lost
A cautionary tale of how an evolution's paused

[Chorus]
Catch me if you can
I'm the gingerbread man, oh
We running, we running, we running, we running, we running, oh
They ain't gon' understand
It's too rough for us to land, oh
Keep running, keep running, keep running, keep running, keep running, oh