Run, Run, Run

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**Run, Run, Run** is a song by *Catey Shaw* featured on *The Brooklyn EP.*

## Background

Catey had to drop out of an arts college because she couldn't afford the cost, and she began busking in subways, which is where her manager *Jay Levine* discovered her. He brought her to a studio, where she began writing jingles for commercials. She worked with samples, and one of them turned into *Run, Run, Run,* which she reworked for *The Brooklyn EP.* The song is about being broke at 21.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

I'm goin' broke, can't find no work

I'm only twenty-one.

The shit they sold, must be a joke,

Out here it ain't no fun.

I'm twenty-one, I'm twenty-one,

I want to go back home,

But I can't go, my mom foreclosed,

I guess I'll run, run, run.

[Pre-Chorus]

I've got

Debt up to my neck.

Debt collectors makin' me sweat.

Paycheck to paycheck, bad credit.

Impossible for me to pay my rent.

[x2]

[Chorus]

I'm just twenty-one,

Tryin' to find a way to have a little fun.

Just wanna dance 'til the morning sun.

If I see the landlord I'ma run, run, run.

[x2]

See the landlord I'ma run run run.

[Verse 1]

Is it secondhand? No, that's vintage.

Sippin' free wine, party crashin' in the village

Doin' what I can to try and live wealthy

Bet you can't tell 'cause I stay so stealthy.

Change in our pockets but we look like stars.

Don't you know our limo is a subway car?

Got a fish in a bowl, call it an aquarium

Up on the rooftop, that's my planetarium.

Workin' on a Benz but I've only got a wheel,

Gotta be entrepreneurial to bring home the cereal.

Out here the fire escape is a terrace.

If you squint your eyes, looks just like Paris.

Pardon my french but fuck this shit,

Had more cash in the piggy when I was a kid.

[Pre-Chorus]

I've got

Debt up to my neck.

Debt collectors makin' me sweat.

Paycheck to paycheck, bad credit.

Impossible for me to pay my rent.

[x2]

[Chorus]

I'm just twenty-one,

Tryin' to find a way to have a little fun.

Just wanna dance 'til the morning sun.

If I see the landlord I'ma run, run, run.

[x2]

[Verse 2]

Runs in my hose? No, that's fishnets.

Mice in the kitchen, we treat 'em like house pets.

Doin' what I can to stay out the rent,

Came up short so I gotta sublet my bed.

Change in our pockets but we make it go far,

Let's find a wedding with an open bar.

Under the radar, turn up the fader.

Croutons in my pockets, save 'em for later.

Rich kids, I'm nice cause I need an investor.

But I really think you're better off spinnin' in a blender

Trust fund baby, wanna be like us.

You take the jet, we take the bus.

Don't go talking like you get this shit.

If you wanna play you gotta pay for it.

[Pre-Chorus]

I've got

Debt up to my neck.

Debt collectors makin' me sweat.

Paycheck to paycheck, bad credit.

Impossible for me to pay my rent.

[x2]

[Chorus]

I'm just twenty-one,

Tryin' to find a way to have a little fun.

Just wanna dance 'til the morning sun.

If I see the landlord I'ma run, run, run.

[x4]

## Videos

Run, Run, RunCatey Shaw - "Run, Run, Run" (@cateyshaw)-0Catey Shaw - "Run, Run, Run" - Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, NYC - 3 24 2014
## Trivia

* This song was a free promo song for one week on Video Star in April 2013.

## References

1. ↑ http://pancakesandwhiskey.com/2015/07/20/interview-catey-shaw/
2. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/02/catey-shaw-brooklyn-ep\_n\_5753558.html
3. ↑ https://m.facebook.com/VideoStarApp/posts/432455756849683