Run Joe - Maya Angelou

Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey-boy

Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey

Mo and Joe run the candy store

Tellin' fortune behind a door

The cops grabbed Mo, and as Joe ran out

Brother Mo he began to shout

Run Joe, hey 'The Man’s" at the door

Run Joe «The Man» he won’t let me go, Run Joe

Run Joe, run as fast as you can, Run Joe de police holdin' me hand'

Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey

Hide the crystal ball by de fence, So dey won’t find no evidence

Get somebody to tell a lie, So I’ll have me an alibi

Hurry home and get in your bed, Call the doctor and tie your head

Get somebody to go my bail, Don’t want to stay in that rotten jail

And, Run Joe, while the man’s at the door, Run Joe

The Man he won’t let me go, Run Joe, Run Joe, as fast as you can

Run Joe, these people is holdin' me' hand

Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey

When they take me before the Sarge

I am going to deny the charge

When the judge ask me how I plee

Not guilty judge, most decidely

You can see judge, … At-the-glance

I’m just a victim of circumstance

Run Joe, while the man at the door

Run Joe, the man he won’t let me go

Run Joe, Run Joe as fast as you can

Run Joe this police holding me' hand

Ain’tcha momma don' told ya?

Ain’tcha she don' scold ya' and scold ya?

Ain’tcha she don' warned ya' before Joe?

If they capture, you run Joe

Run Joe, Run Joe, Run Joe, Run Joe

Ohhhhhh… those police gonna be catching up with Joe

Joe run too slow