I feel our bodies getting colder And it's the road that leads to nowhere But all I want to do is go there She's got me, running from the daylight She gives me, a feeling that I can't fight Before we started it was over I'm not ready to start again And

We were running with the night Playing in the shadows The heart of the city street was beating Light from the neons turned the dark to day We were too hot to think of sleeping We had to get out before the magic got away Just you and I, 'til the morning

It's been a long time coming Ye it's been a long time coming Everyone's running from something but we don't know when it's coming So we keep running and running Now there's no light to guide me on my way home Now there's no time to shine my rusty halo

We were running with the night Playing in the shadows Just you and I, till the morning light (We were running, running with the night) oh The heart of the city street was beating Light from the neons turned the dark to day We were too hot to think of

Move your body when the sunlight dies Everybody are you runnin' from the scarecrow Everybody hide Heat burns my skin Never mattered 'bout the shape I'm in I'll keep you safe tonight yeah, yeah Love, won't stop this bomb, bomb Run, run, body run Make a

*Nas talking* "The light is there." See I come from Mississippi I was young and runnin' wild Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man

Trying to get my way home Driving towards the daylight Running from the spotlight Trying to find the daylight Running from the midnight Trying to get back home Look upon a mountain Waitin' on a train Baby I know what's wrong

How I'd love to be a child, with friends spread all around me Playing games and running wild, with nothing more to do Than to Watch the sun make light, and watch the moon take over From the day into the night, what mighty peace I'd find How I'd love to

We were running with the night Playing in the shadows The heart of the city street was beating Light from the neons turned the dark to day We were too hot to think of sleeping We had to get out before the magic got away Just you and I, 'til the morning

We will walk away from empty gold If the morning light don't steal our soul Feel like we've been falling down Like these autumn leaves Don't let our hearts freeze We're the underdogs, in this world alone I'm a believer, got a fever running through my