Artist: Joey Bada$$ f/ Chronixx
Album:  ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
Song:   Babylon
Typed by: Cedmaster3K

[Intro: Chronixx] + (Joey) + {woman}
Hm-mmmm (yo yo) {yo yo}
Hm-mmmm (Badmon representin')
Hm-mmmm (yo yo) 
{*police sirens*} Hmm
(Hey-yeah) {hey}
(Hey-yeah) {hey}
(Hey-yeah) {hey}
Hey, yea-ey-yeah

[Chorus: Joey Bada$$] + (Chronixx)
They say you never know what you got
Until it's all up and away
And it's so lonely at the top
Sometimes you wanna throw it away
But lately I've been talkin' to God
He told me Heaven is a way better place
So I'm takin' everything that I've got
And I'm runnin' away
I'm runnin' away-ay 
I just can't cope with the pain
You just won't understand, runnin' away-ay 
(Away from here)
I'm runnin' away-ay 
I just can't cope with the pain
You just won't understand, runnin' away-ay
(Away from here)

[Joey Bada$$]
Gone like the wind, I can't seem to win
I know the end is near, but I just don't know when
Turn on to CNN, look at what I see again
It's another black man, died at the white hand of justice
To tell the truth, man I'm fuckin' disgusted
I FEAR for the lives, for my sisters, my brothers
Less fortunate than I, let's formulate a plan
I'm sick of holdin' grudges, I'm loadin' in all my sluggers
And aimin' it at you judges, fuck the cops
Fuck the system and the government, you fuckers not
Protectin' and servin' you, more like damagin' and hurtin'
And lettin' off shots 'til you motherfuckers certain
He ain't breathin', you made it clear
"Fuck your breath nigga", don't even deserve air
Don't even deserve shit, don't even deserve nothin'
If black lives really mattered, you niggas would do somethin'
Instead, we mean nothin', in fact, we bein' hunted
They don't want us in abundance, they know it's strength in them numbers
That's why they gave you one, the time is comin', no discussion
If you ain't got a gun then you better start runnin'

[Chronixx]
Run to the rock of my salvation 
Yeah-ey-yeah, yeah
Run to the stone that the builder rejected 
Yeah-ey-yeah, yeah
I run to Ababa, Janhoy, Christ, Haile Selassie
Hear them call some other name, them other guy nuh qualified
A long long time mi see ah idiot a try
Tell me America is the land of the free, that's a lie
Cause nobody nuh free 'bout yah
Bet how we leave Babylon and go ah Ethiopia
And if you don't believe we can achieve that
Then you is just another idiot or another

[Joey Bada$$]
Motherfucker it's the J-O-Z-I-, F B-A-D-M-O-N
Come on, bring them M's on in
I'm on the, upside now, you can turn 'em M's upside down, we 'bout to win
There's an L for the other side of him
Most greats that you lost, I invite 'em in
To my soul, don't you feel the vibes when I'm channelin'?
The innermost of my, spirit been engulfed with plenty gold
Cause most of them labels throw pennies so
Who you think investin' in penitentiaries though?
Same owners of them labels, same owners of your cable
Spoon feedin' you fables, tryna keep your mind stable
Your eyes blind and your skin's hazel
The truth's under your nasal but even the, air's all fucked up
How we supposed to see stars? Chemical trails above us
Plus bunch of other shit that's undiscovered
Detached from the roots since we set sail my brothers
That's word to motherland, sold us on stolen land
Visions from brother man, he seen us all holdin' hands
Fifty years later, still see my brothers choked to death
R.I.P. to Eric Garner, only right I show respect
Nowaday they hangin' us by a different tree
Branches of the government, I can name all three
Judicial, legislative, and executive
Lock your pops away, trap your moms and next of kin
It's all consecutive, I'm just tryna, break the cycle
I wonder if I'll do it all before they take my life, yo
Crucify my image, the Lord is my witness
If them Heaven's gates closed, I'ma break ALL them hinges for my niggas
Yes I'ma break ALL them hinges for my niggas
Yes I'ma break ALL them hinges for my niggas
Yes I'ma break ALL... {*echoes*}
Yeah~!

[Chorus]

[Chronixx]
As fast as I can to Mount Zion
I'm running away (I'm running away)
I'm running away (I'm running away)
I'm running away (I'm running away)
I'm running away (I'm running away)
I'm running AWAY (I'm running away)
I'm running away (I'm running away)
Running away (I'm running away)
Away-ay, running away

[Outro: Joey Bada$$ + Chronixx]
You better start runnin', runnin'
Babylon boy, them ah comin', comin', yeah
You better start runnin', runnin'
Babylon is comin' 
Babylon get jealous of we, of we
Just because I walk this way
Babylon get jealous of we, of we
Hey