[Verse 1]
I used to pedal down the street just on the other way
My heart began to race like every time they'd call my name
They sneakin' up beside every time they came
Find me then they'd chase me until I got away
Fast forward right into the 7th grade
I'm on the bus and I could see it's just another day
Turned around and I could hear him callin' out my name
Runnin' off his mouth, that's the time now when he came
Stood my ground, didn't run away
Bloodied his lip but he went and stomped on my face
Got my nose split plus my shirt is stained
Next day all I heard was the kids say

[Chorus]
Boy, you better get on up and just keep on runnin'
Yeah, just keep on, keep on (Keep on)
Keep on runnin', just keep on runnin', runnin'
Boy, you better get on up and just keep on runnin'
Just keep on runnin', just keep on runnin', runnin'

[Verse 2]
Yeah, I live amongst these spaces, they was not my home
I'm starin' into these faces, they was not my own
I'm dealin' with these racists every time I roam
Tryna to find some places up in the mazes all up in my zone
Pedal on my bike, I pray I make it home
They chased me to the light, my heart was in my throat
They want to fight, I hate my life, nobody knows
What it's like when you're white but in the hood, you all alone
Higher than a kite in all the space I go
I can not break this pain that's takin' hold
Every night I punch the pillow 'til I make a hole
The middle of a life that's grown so very cold
[Chorus]
Boy, you better get on up and just keep on runnin'
Yeah, just keep on, keep on (Keep on)
Keep on runnin', just keep on runnin', runnin'
Boy, you better get on up and just keep on runnin'
Just keep on runnin', just keep on runnin', runnin'

[Verse 3]
9th grade got me filled up just in a rage
At the kids that used to mess with me every day
Never thought that I'd become the same
As the very ones that I'd grown up now to hate
But the summer just when I moved away
I lost everything and I was so ashamed
At every single screwup that I made
Plus Jesus came in, He took every sin away
And I was saved, and I was changed
And I prayed the pain would go away
Sometimes I reminisce the day
When I'm walkin' down the hall then I just heard Him say

[Chorus]
Boy, you better get on up and just keep on runnin'
Yeah, just keep on, keep on (Keep on)
Keep on runnin', just keep on runnin', runnin'
Boy, you better get on up and just keep on runnin'
Just keep on runnin', just keep on runnin', runnin'
[Outro]
Nana nana nana na
Nana nana nana na (Keep on runnin')
Nana nana nana na (Keep on runnin')
Nana nana nana na, yeah (Runnin')
Nana nana nana na
Nana nana nana na (Runnin')
I just keep on runnin'
Nana nana nana na (Keep on runnin')
I'm runnin', I run
Nana nana nana na (Runnin')