[Wyclef]
  To my people doing time
  To my people rest in peace (y'all ready for the refugee camp?)
  Introducing Earth, Wind & Fire
  Yah yah yah
  Come on come on come on
  
  No money in my pocket
  Gotta get a no limit
  So I became America's most wanted
  All I ever wanted was a fancy car
  A crib for my mom and a mastercard
  Baby you know it's in Hollywood
  New cop flicks with Clint Eastwood
  Went from a teen to a young adult
  No excuses aint't my fault
    [Bridge]
  Runaway
  We living like runaways
  Wake up
  Stretching in the morning
  Trying to make it through the day
  Brush my teeth
  Hit the streets
  Where there's heat
  We afford to beef
  Hoping one day
  We don't have to run away
  (Gotta Escape)
    [Chorus]
  I didn't want to runaway
  But I had to get a way yo (gotta get away)
  We didn't want to runaway
  But we had to get away yo (gotta get away)
  I didn't want to leave astray
  But sometimes I gotta get away yo (gotta get away)
  I didn't want to go away
  But I had to go away yo
    Yo G&B where you at?
    [Product G&B]
    Momma came home from a hard days work
  At day time a maid at night time a nurse
  Work so hard to make sure we survived
  Living a ghetto paradise
  Sometimes I wake up screaming in the middle of the night
  Hoping that darkness brings me light
  Praying for that better day where we won't have to runaway
    [Bridge]
  Runaway
  We living like runaways
  Wake up
  Stretching in the morning
  Trying to make it through the day
  Brush my teeth
  Hit the streets
  Where there's heat
  We afford to beef
  Hoping one day
  We don't have to run away
    [Chorus]
  I didn't want to runaway
  But I had to get a way yo (gotta get away)
  We didn't want to runaway
  But we had to get away yo (gotta get away)
  I didn't want to leave astray
  But sometimes I gotta get away yo (gotta get away)
  I didn't want to go away
  But I had to go away yo
    Ladies and gentleman Earth, Wind & Fire
    [Earth, Wind & Fire]
    Ba dow bo ba dow bo ba dow bo ba dow bo ba dow bo ba dow bo
  (da da da da da da ) (Feeling melly y'all)
  Ba dow bo Ba dow bo
  (More peace y'all)
  Ba dow bo Baw dow bo
  Ba dow bo Baw dow bo
  Bow da da da da
    [Bridge]
  Runaway
  We living like runaways
  Wake up
  Stretching in the morning
  Trying to make it through the day
  Brush my teeth
  Hit the streets
  Where there's heat
  We afford to beef
  Hoping one day
  We don't have to run away
    [ChorusX2]
  I didn't want to runaway
  But I had to get a way yo (gotta get away)
  We didn't want to runaway
  But we had to get away yo (gotta get away)
  I didn't want to leave astray
  But sometimes I gotta get away yo (gotta get away)
  I didn't want to go away
  But I had to go away yo
    Yo y'all gonna make me do it I don't want to do it but here we go
    [Earth, Wind & Fire]
  ba y ya bay y ya bay y ay y ay y ay y ay y ya
  ba da ba ba ba
  (Ain't no samples this is original baby)
  ba y ya bay y ya bay y ay y ay y ay y ay y ya
  (Put em up y'all)
  ba da ba ba ba
  (Refugees)
  Ba da ba ba ba ba ba
  Ba da ba ba ba ba ba da
  Ba da ba ba ba ba ba
  (I want to see everybody's hand in the air right now)
  y ay y ay y ay y ay y ya y ya (recognize the legends up in here)
    Uh!