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Thursday in the Danger Room (feat. Kamasi Washington)

Run The Jewels

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

EL-P

Vocals

Killer Mike

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Kamasi Washington

Kamasi Washington

Composer

Jaime Meline

Songwriter

Michael Render

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

EL-P

Producer

Wilder Zoby

Co-Producer

Joe LaPorta

Mastering Engineer

Leon Kelly

Engineer

Little Shalimar

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Co-Producer

Joey Raia

Mixing Engineer

Todd Monfalcone

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Recording Engineer

Young Leon

Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Right for a right, wrong for a wrong

This is clearly not life's design

Figure out quickly that nothing gets answered

When you ask the universe why

Life is a journey, to live is to worry

To love is to lose your damn mind

But living's a blessing so I am not stressing

'Cause some of my friends ain't survived

Death's a release, but a much bigger beast

Is a living on limited time

Like how do you look in the eyes of a friend

And not cry when you know that they're dying?

How do you feel 'bout yourself when you know that

Sometimes you had wished they were gone?

Not because you didn't love 'em

But just because you felt too weak to be strong

[Verse 2]

You couldn't bear to see someone

Who prided themselves on the strength to feel weak

The cruelty of randomness, holding for ransom

Their life and their fate and their dreams

You see that they're fighting and know that they're losing

But still, you make jokes and you laugh

'Cause you know despite all the sadness

That you better get the good times while they last

Now every new word that they speak

You are already feeling like it's in the past

And when they are gone, you just try to move on

'Cause the memory's hurting too bad

Grown up so much, and I wonder

Who you'd've become if you stuck for a while

Just know that I love you, good friend

Ain't forget you, now when I remember, I smile

[Chorus]

And I guess I'd say I'll see you soon (I'll see you soon)

But the truth is that I see you now (I see you now)

Still talk to you like you're around (Like you're around)

And I guess I say you left too soon (You left too soon)

But the truth is that you never left (You never left)

'Cause I never let myself forget (Never forget, woo)

[Verse 3]

An eye for an eye and a tooth for the tooth

Will leave us all mumbling and blind

So we stumble blind through depths of the dark

Looking for something divine

Life is a journey, to live is to suffer

And I have been suffering through mine

But living's a blessing, so I ain't no stressing

'Cause some of my **** ain't 'round

And he got no drama, but his baby mama

Is still on my line, and she cryin'

I searched for the words to give her some comfort

For her soul and spirit and mind

I tell her that it'll be fine

But deep down, I know that I'm lying

The family came, took rings and his chains

The bank took the house and the rides

[Verse 4]

The only thing left was his child

And she had his smile and his eyes

So much to the soul, when the grandmama kept her

She'd look at her sometime and cry

The very next day, she cried

And day after day, she cried

Then called baby mama and told her

"I'm sorry, can't keep her no more, I have tried"

No killer was captured, but I know he listening

So, I'd like to tell you in song

The streets was a jungle, I pray that you made it

I hope that you righted your wrongs

I hope that you learn, I hope that you changed

So your mama won't know this pain

So my homie's name will mean something more

Than a **** got killed for a chain

[Chorus]

And I guess I'd say I'll see you soon

But the truth is that I see you now (I see you now)

Still talk to you like you're around, aye (Like you're around, woo)

And I guess I say you left too soon (You left too soon)

But the truth is that you never left (You never left)

'Cause I never let myself forget (Never forget, woo)

Written by: Jaime Meline, Kamasi Washington, Michael Render, Torbitt Schwartz, Wilder Zoby

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