[INSTRUMENTAL — ominous violin stabs over finger snaps, 808 punching in] [VERSE 1 — bouncy, taunting, playful menace, claps knocking] My cousin hit my line like "bro, it's been a minute" (a minute?) Two years of silence, now suddenly we kin again He need five hundred by Friday, said it with a grin Same mouth at the cookout swore I wasn't gonna win I keep receipts in a shoebox, names up in my head Uncle preach "family first" then charged me for the bread My ex told her new man I was broke, a bum, a joke (a joke) Now she texting "thinking 'bout you" off his sofa, blowing smoke Pops left a voicemail, ten seconds, no hello Just "your mama said you doing good, thought you'd like to know" I played it twice, then once more, then saved it to the vault Twenty years to dial my number, somehow that's my fault [HOOK — gang chant, call and answer, claps doubled, everything slamming] Run me mine (run me mine), run me mine (run me mine) Every dollar, every favor, every "bro, I got you" line Run me mine (run me mine), run me mine (run me mine) You was quiet when I needed you — don't smile this time [VERSE 2 — quicker clipped flow, strings stabbing between the lines] New watch, old grudges, I polish 'em both the same (the same) Y'all was laughing at the bus stop, now you asking for my lane Trey kept my charger, then he kept my whole Accord Brought it back on fumes with a dent in the door Little homie from the block do my walk, do my slang Posted it like scripture, never mentioned where it came Drea called me crying 'bout her man, I held the line Next week at the brunch she swear I never had the time I don't want the credit back, credit don't spend I want the respect you spent on people who pretend [HOOK — gang chant, call and answer, claps doubled, everything slamming] Run me mine (run me mine), run me mine (run me mine) Every dollar, every favor, every "bro, I got you" line Run me mine (run me mine), run me mine (run me mine) You was quiet when I needed you — don't smile this time [BRIDGE — beat drops to snaps and violins, voice cold and close] I ain't mad (nah), I ain't even trippin' (nah) I just underline the names when the same ones come slippin' Keep the smile (keep it), keep the plate (keep it) Don't say my name at the table like we still straight [VERSE 3 — hardest flow, beat back in full, violins sawing] Mama kept the lights on when the lights was cut (yeah) Paid my first session off her overtime, so what Every dollar that I owe got her name in the corner Every dollar y'all owe me, I done wrote it in the water Forgave the money, I ain't forget a face (nah) Yours is in the front row, grinning, out of place When my song come on at the function, don't you cheer You had your chance to love me back when love was cheap right here [HOOK — biggest one, both chants stacked, crowd energy] Run me mine (run me mine), run me mine (run me mine) Every dollar, every favor, every "bro, I got you" line Run me mine (run me mine), run me mine (run me mine) You was quiet when I needed you — don't smile this time [OUTRO — chant fading out, violins holding one long note, snaps to the end] Run me mine (run me mine), run me mine (run me mine) You was quiet when I needed you — don't smile this time (don't smile)
