Could A Runaway - Delly Ranx, Gappy Ranks

Even though it’s hard

It gets rough

Looking out mi life I’ve been through so much stuff

A million times mi could a runaway

But mi stand firm

Because mi know seh mi must make it one day

Nuff people playa hate

The devil and him friends dem a try test mi faith

And a million times mi could a runaway

Like a plane pon di runway

They say I never make it

But on the road mi coulda turn mi never take it

It was so easy to be a drug dealer (Jah know)

Peer pressure coulda turn mi inna killer

Gappy dem fool nuh get you down

Mi stand up pon solid grund

As a ghetto youth from Kingston town

Words dem a fling out a road coulda break my bone

Mi know dem from in di first round

When push come to shove mi nuh sell out

Sometime mi feel like mi locked up and mi wan fi get di hell out

True badmind a gwan mi have some fake friend fell out

When problems arise dem a dip out

But true, me purer than the water dem a drink

I’m nothing false, I know when dem I?

And I go make dem never push me over the brink

For me foresee the things dem a think

I was born as a Ranks

Grow up as a Ranks

Like the great Delly Ranx so mi have fi give thanks

Mi a shine like a star dem see mi from a distance

Oo when badmind a chat mi, mi nuh response

I was born as a Ranks

Raised as a Ranks

Like the great Shabba Ranks, Gappy Ranks, Cutty Ranks

Badmind keep yuh distance

The hypocrite people they need no response