Escape the killing fields   Escape the killing fields   Escape the killing fields   Escape the killing fields      Here we go   I'm movin' off death row   You gotta keep up hops   You can't be slow   'Cause their towers are high   They got the hype gats   Check the perimeters good   Read the maps   It's night   They might not see us   'Cause if they catch us out there   They'll bleed us   Shoot us, kill us   Dump us in a dark ditch   Clean it up, call it a gang hit   I gotta make my move   'Cause I'm a renegade   I recognize   When mind techniques   Are being played   It's a plot they use   To keep down another   Here comes another   Brainwashed brother      Shut up, do you know   How dumb you sound?   That mentality   What keeps my people down   Nobody wants to   Live in an urban war   You live there 'cause   Your parents were poor   They live there because   Theirs were also   Get yourself together   Hit the gates bro      You gotta get out   You gotta get out, why?   You gotta get out   You gotta get out, why?   You gotta get out   You gotta get out, why?   'Cause the fields   Are where you die      Escape from the killing fields   Escape from the killing fields   Escape from the killing fields   Escape from the killing fields      You try to keep us   Runnin' and runnin' faster   But I ain't runnin' from ya   I'm runnin' at ya   And my posse's thick   About a mil strong   Too late to make up now   'Cause it's on   I'm the one that's got ya   In constant fear   I'm the nigga   You shoulda killed last year   But you played yourself   You let me gain wealth   Now I can change the way   The cards are dealt   I've schooled my homeboys   Made 'em all understand   The tricks and twists   Inflicted on the black man   How ya make me think   To be down   I gotta stay around   Down in the motherfuckin'   Battleground      There'll never be any good   Schools in the hood   There'll never be any cops   That are any good   The hospital is a great place   To go to die   Real estate's cheap   Let me tell ya why?   The man's got a   Sure fire system   An economic prison      You gotta get out   You gotta get out, why?   You gotta get out   You gotta get out, why?   You gotta get out   You gotta get out, why?   'Cause the fields   Are where you die