Jill Scott - 8 Minutes To Sunrise Lyrics

8 minutes to sunrise
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? I don't know
Pressure is mounting
Oh baby now, how we gonna get through? I don't know

Can't go left, uh uh, can't go right, uh uh
Don't know, how we made it through the night
Come on, come on, come on
7 minutes to sunrise
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? Do it, do it

It was once said by Black Thought that 'Things Fall Apart'
Knew I shouldn't have been messing with dude's girl from start
But I pimp from the heart, the art of it made it interesting
Plus me and sister blend before we got intimate

Friend or no friend, her man caught wind
This chick is paying me, it'll either cost me or cost him
Told her she shoulda lost him, when? A while ago
'Cause dude'll drink a pile of Mo' and defile her yo

I ain't here to start on this *** for me to wreck his broad
You could tell what I thought of this ***
Nickname was Smoke, don't know if that was 'cause of cigarettes
Or what, or guns he tote, he called shots on the deck

So I wasn't trying to call his bluff, by his persona
You could see, he think he tough
If that wasn't enough, old girl had a son
This is Wild like the West, I'm like Jesse on the run, uh

6 minutes to sunrise
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? I don't know
Pressure is mounting
Oh baby now, how we gon' get through? Yo, I don't know

Can't go left and, uh uh, can't go right and, uh uh
Don't know, how we made it through the night, yo, we got
5 minutes to sunrise
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do?

I understand that time is runnin' out, I'm thinkin' of town skippin'
Got a Chevy but the alternator be trippin'
I'm hittin' rum straight, thinkin' of a route to truncate
The streets is watchin', out is one way, I put myself in his Nike's

His position is, "Aight man, somebody bonin' my lady"
Probably snap like Rodman
My plan was to meet at this bar called the Tiki, when?
'Round four, when she was comin', she would beep me

I sat deep in the corner, drinkin' zombies, becomin' one by now
Wonderin' if my style would support her and her child
Out the corner of my eye saw this stud I recognized, who?
One of Smoke's guys, to stay out of sight I tried

Told Jill Scott to meet, we coulda picked a better spot
On some "Nobody's supposed to be here" *** like Deborah Cox
Looked at my watch, *** I don't even got a watch
Felt for my glock, damn it I don't even got a glock, yo

4 minutes to sunrise
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? I don't know
Pressure is mounting
Oh baby now, how we gon' get through? I don't know

Can't go left and, uh uh, can't go right and, uh uh
Don't know how we made it through the night, come on, come on
3 minutes to sunrise
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? Do it, do it

Pressure puh-pressure what? The pressure's cookin'
It ain't good lookin', like a black promoter I'm talkin', bookin'
Not that I'm spooked of dude, I could whup him
But he was on the horn informin' the rest of them hoodlums, aight

Usually I wouldn't fight over a woman, old girl had a sunshine
Was messed up, on Smoke's payroll was one time
My pager went off, it read one line: "Come get me, from Halsted”
I'm thinkin' this is monkey bar ***

Went to the phone quick, called her, what happened?
Her line was busy, situation number nine, got my mind dizzy
Wondering if this plan was designed to get me
I've been drinkin' too strong to be thinkin' too long

Like 40 goin' North I'm doin 50, headed for the spot
Askin' God to be with me, and lately
She has been actin' shifty, but what?
But then it hit me, hit me, it hit me, hit me, it hit me, it hit me

2 minutes to sunrise
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? I don't know
Pressure is mounting
Oh baby now, how we gonna get through? Yo, I said I don't know

Can't go left and, uh uh, can't go right and nope
Don't know how we made it through the night, yo, we got
1 minute to sunrise
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? One, one, one, ha

1 minute, we got, we got one, one
1 minute, ah ***, one, one, we got
1 minute, what we got girl? one, one
1 minute, baby, Common Sense on the run now, now

1 minute, Common Sense on the run, one
1 minute, Jill Scott on the run, Jill Scott on the run
Common Sense on the run, Com Sense on the run
Jill Scott on the run, Jill Scott on the run

They got us on the run like, they got us on the run
They got us on the, yo, they got us on the run
Uh, yo, they got us on the run
They got us on the, yo, they got us on the run and we out