Run the Place

Run the place (run it)
Whole crew in, we run the place

Coins in a coffee tin under the bed
Bus fare counted while the whole house slept
One good shirt with a tear in the sleeve
Mama stitched it, said, "No one will see"
First show, six heads by a speaker stack
Three were my crew, and they shouted it back
I keep that tin where the trophies should sit
First backstage pass still folded in it

Same three faces, I know who's who
I lift one hand and the room does too

Run the place, make the whole floor shake (run it)
Left off the list, now my name lights the stage
Same crew with me, nobody replaced
Run the place, we run the place (run it)

Run it, run it (whole crew in)
Run it, run it (whole crew in)

Man at the rope tried to turn my friend
I showed him my wristband: "Check again"
Same one who split his last meal in two
"If he stays out, then I stay out too"
Rope came down and the three walked through
Front row saved for the ones I knew
Mama's old phone got the whole thing saved
Her laugh comes through when they shout my name

Same three voices, they cut straight through
I lift one hand and the room does too

Run the place, make the whole floor shake (run it)
Left off the list, now my name lights the stage
Same crew with me, nobody replaced
Run the place, we run the place (run it)

I still count the change when the bill's been paid
Still hear "not enough" when they shout my name
That first backstage pass in the coffee tin
Some nights I read it just to prove I got in

Run it, run it (whole crew in)

Run the place, make the whole floor shake (run it)

Run the place, make the whole floor shake (run it)
All our names on the list at the gate
Same crew with me, nobody replaced
Run the place, we run the place (run it)

Run the place, we run the place (run it)

Run the place, we run the place (run it)

Run the place, we run the place (run it)

Run the place (run it)