Jill Scott: 8 Minutes to sunrise

{Common}Yeah, yo, yo, yo-yo, yo, yoYo, a touch of jazz y'all, yeah, yeah?? y'all, yo they got us on the run, like{Jill Scott}8 minutes to sunriseOh baby now, what are we gonna do? (I don't know..)Pressure is mountinOh baby now, how we gonna get through? (I, don't, know)Can't go left (uh-uh) can't go right (uh-uh)Don't know, how we made it through the night (c'mon c'mon c'mon)7 minutes to sunriseOh baby now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it..){Common}It was once said by Black Thought that +Things Fall Apart+Knew I shouldn't have been messin with dude's girl from startBut I pimp from the heart, the art of it made it interestinPlus me and sister blend before we got intimateFriend or no friend, my man caught windThis chick is payin me, it'll either cost me or cost himTold her she shoulda lost him (when?) a while agoCause dude'll drink a pile of Mo' and defile her yoI ain't here to start on this {nigga} for me to wreck his broadyou 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 deckso I wasn't tryin to call his bluff, by his personayou could see, he think he tough!If that wasn't enough, old girl had his sonThis is Wild like the West I'm like Jesse on the run, uhh{Jill Scott}6 minutes to sunriseOh baby now, what are we gonna do? (I don't know..)Pressure is mountinOh baby now, how we gon' get through? (I, don't, know)Can't go left and (uh-uh) can't go right and (uh-uh)Don't know, how we made it through the night (yo, we got..)5 minutes to sunriseOh baby now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it..){Common}I understand that time is runnin out, I'm thinkin of town-skippinGot a Chevy but the alternator be trippinI'm hittin rum straight, thinkin of a route to truncateThe streets is watchin, out is one way I put myself in his Nike'sHis position is, "Aight man, somebody bonin my lady"Probably snap like Rod-manMy plan was to meet at this bar called the Tiki (when?)'round four, when she was comin she would beep meI sat deep in the corner, drinkin zombies, becomin one by nowWonderin if my style would support her and her childOut the corner of my eye saw this stud I recognized (who?)One of Smoke's guys, to stay out of sight I triedTold Jill Scott to meet we coulda picked a better spotOn some "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" {shit} like Deborah CoxLooked at my watch, {shit} I don't even got a watchFelt for my glock, damnit I don't even got a glock, yo{Jill Scott}4 minutes to sunriseOh baby now, what are we gonna do? (I don't know..)Pressure is mountinOh baby now, how we gon' get through? (I, don't, know)Can't go left and (uh-uh) can't go right and (uh-uh)Don't know, how we made it through the night (c'mon c'mon)3 minutes to sunriseOh baby now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it..){Common}Pressure puh-pressure what? The pressure's cookinIt ain't good lookin, like a black promoter I'm talkin bookinNot that I'm spooked of dude, I could whup himBut he was on the horn informin the rest of them hoodlums (aight)Usually I wouldn't fight over a woman, old girl had a sun-shinewas messed up, on Smoke's payroll was one-timeMy pager went off, it read one line: "Come get mefrom Halsted," I'm thinkin this is monkey bar {shit}Went to the phone quick, called her (what happened?) Her line was busySituation number nine, got my mind dizzyWondered if this plan was designed to get meI've been drinkin too strong to be thinkin too longLike 40 goin North I'm doin 50, headed for the spotAskin God to be with me, and latelyshe has been actin shifty -- (but what?)But then it hit me (hit me) it hit me (hit me)It hit me (hit me) it hit me{Jill Scott}2 minutes to sunriseOh baby now, what are we gonna do? (I don't know..)Pressure is mountinOh baby now, how we gonna get through? (Yo -- I said I, don't, know)Can't go left and (uh-uh) can't go right and (nope)Don't know, how we made it through the night (yo, we got)1 minute to sunriseOh baby now, what are we gonna do? (one-one, one.. ha?)1 minute.. (we got, we got) one, one1 minute.. (ahh shit, we got) one, one1 minute.. (what we got girl?) one, one1 minute.. (baby, Com Sense on the run) now, now1 minute.. (Com Sense on the run) one..1 minute.. (just got on the run, just got on the run)(Com Sense on the run, Com 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)(uhh, yo, they got us on the run)(they got us on the.. yo, they got us on the run)(and we out..)