[Verse 1] Running like a bat out of Hell with blind fury Hundred-yard dash, smoking mirrors, eyes blurry Hit the porch bleeding red, seven dead Two in the trunk in the back Scanning through the goggles for the Cadillac, left it running Swiveled my body to the sound of shots, cocked back And let them fly, bullets screaming, left leg bleeding heavy Ducking the sounds of the Chevy that pulled up to the lawn Breathing heavy from the smoke [?] Jump in the passenger side and hit the pedal, dash blown Cash littered the ride, I'm half-gone Leather is hot from sittin' in the sun The chrome burning my leg The wound sewn breakin', puddles of red Screeching out, rubber smoking, I'm ghost, the wheel broken The door is half-open, my lung's, air chokin' Sick the chase kicks this way I'm headed to a small town, just outside the city walls of L.A
[Hook] Destiny ridin', just a matter of time And put it all behind me, bullet holes and bodies Motels and lobbies, going to hell find me I'll be inside the arms of fate hiding Can't run from nothing, I'll just keep fucking Search and kill, ducking 'til they're all gone Got to do something, can't just keep running I swear to God I won't stop the song
[Hook] Destiny ridin', just a matter of time And put it all behind me, bullet holes and bodies Motels and lobbies, going to hell find me I'll be inside the arms of fate hiding Can't run from nothing, I'll just keep fucking Search and kill, ducking 'til they're all gone Got to do something, can't just keep running I swear to God I won't stop the song Destiny ridin', just a matter of time And put it all behind me, bullet holes and bodies Motels and lobbies, going to hell find me I'll be inside the arms of fate hiding Can't run from nothing, I'll just keep fucking Search and kill, ducking 'til they're all gone Got to do something, can't just keep running I swear to God I won't stop the song
The song that first introduces the assassin character Grae later returned to on Assassins, a track off Pharoahe Monch’s 2011 album W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) and again on her own Gotham Down Trilogy
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