Runaway

Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
Charted: 34 12
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  • Look at ya, look at ya, look at ya, look at ya
    Look at ya, look at ya, look at ya, look at ya
    Look at ya, look at ya, look at ya, look at ya
    Look at ya, look at ya (ladies and gentlemen)
    Look at ya, look at ya (ladies, ladies and gentlemen)

    And I always find, yeah, I always find somethin' wrong
    You been puttin' up wit' my shit just way too long
    I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most
    So I think it's time (so I think it's time)
    For us to have a toast

    Let's have a toast for the douche bags
    Let's have a toast for the assholes
    Let's have a toast for the scumbags
    Every one of them that I know
    Let's have a toast for the jerk offs
    That'll never take work off
    Baby, I got a plan
    Run away fast as you can

    She find pictures in my email
    I sent this bitch a picture of my dick
    I don't know what it is with females
    But I'm not too good at that shit
    See, I could have me a good girl
    And still be addicted to them hood rats
    And I just blame everything on you
    At least you know that's what I'm good at

    And I always find
    Yeah, I always find
    Yeah, I always find somethin' wrong
    You been puttin' up wit' my shit just way too long
    I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most
    So I think it's time (so I think it's time)
    For us to have a toast

    Let's have a toast for the douche bags
    Let's have a toast for the assholes
    Let's have a toast for the scumbags
    Every one of them that I know
    Let's have a toast for the jerk offs
    That'll never take work off
    Baby, I got a plan
    Run away fast as you can

    Run away from me, baby
    Run away
    Run away from me, baby
    Run away
    When it starts to get crazy, then run away
    Babe, I got a plan, run away as fast as you can
    Run away from me, baby
    Run away
    Run away from me, baby
    Run away
    When it starts to get crazy
    Why can't she just run away?
    Baby, I got a plan
    Run away as fast as you can

    Twenty-four seven, three sixty-five
    Pussy stays on my mind
    I-I-I-I did it
    Alright, alright, I admit it
    Now pick your next move
    You can leave or live wit' it
    Ichabod Crane with that mothafuckin' top off
    Split and go where?
    Back to wearin' knockoffs? Haha
    Knock it off, Neiman's, shop it off
    Let's talk over mai tais, waitress, top it off
    Hoes like vultures, wanna fly in your Freddy loafers
    You can't blame 'em, they ain't never seen Versace sofas
    Every bag, every blouse, every bracelet
    Comes with a price tag, baby, face it
    You should leave if you can't accept the basics
    Plenty hoes in the baller-nigga matrix
    Invisibly set, the Rolex is faceless
    I'm just young, rich, and tasteless
    P

    Never was much of a romantic
    I could never take the intimacy
    And I know it did damage
    'Cause the look in your eyes is killin' me
    I guess then you at an advantage
    'Cause you could blame me for everything
    And I don't know how I'ma manage
    If one day you just up and leave

    And I always find, yeah, I always find somethin' wrong
    You been puttin' up wit' my shit just way too long
    I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most
    So I think it's time (so I think it's time)
    For us to have a toast

    Let's have a toast for the douche bags
    Let's have a toast for the assholes
    Let's have a toast for the scumbags
    Every one of them that I know
    Let's have a toast for the jerk offs
    That'll never take work off
    Baby, I got a plan
    Run away fast as you can Writer/s: Emile Haynie, Jeffrey Nath Bhasker, John Roger Branch, Kanye Omari West, Malik Yusef El Shabbaz Jones, Mike Dean, Peter Phillips, Terrence Le Varr Thornton
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Sentric Music, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Maggie from Houston, TxI think this song is very obviously about Amber Rose if you listen to any of her interviews about their break up.
  • Audioinklined from Sunnyvale, CaThe song is clearly left open to speculation. It is no coincidence that Kanye released this shortly after the "fiasco"..
    However, to chalk it up to strictly being some type of apology for what occurred at the show the previous year would be inaccurate.
  • Fabio from New Orleans, LaI'm curious. Is this what was written about the fiasco in 2009 at the VMAs? I know Taylor Swift's performance was, but I can't tell if this is. Beyonce is sure not a douche bag, so I don't see it entirely.
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