Runaway (feat. Pusha T)

Look at ya, look at ya, look at ya, look at ya (look at ya)
Look at ya, look at ya, look at ya, look at ya (look at ya)
Look at ya, look at ya, look at ya, look at ya (look at ya)
Look at ya, look at ya, look at ya, look at ya

And I always find, yeah, I always find something wrong
You been puttin' up with my shit just way too long
I'm so gifted at finding what I don't like the most
So I think it's time for us to have a toast

Let's have a toast for the douchebags
Let's have a toast for the assholes
Let's have a toast for the scumbags
Every one of them that I know
Let's have a toast for the jerk-offs
That'll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan
Run away fast as you can

She find pictures in my email
I sent this bitch a picture of my dick
I don't know what it is with females
But I'm not too good at that shit
See, I could have me a good girl
And still be addicted to them hoodrats
And I just blame everything on you
At least you know that's what I'm good at

And I always find, yeah, I always find
Yeah, I always find something wrong
You been puttin' up with my shit just way too long
I'm so gifted at finding what I don't like the most
So I think it's time for us to have a toast

Let's have a toast for the douchebags
Let's have a toast for the assholes
Let's have a toast for the scumbags
Every one of them that I know
Let's have a toast for the jerk-offs
That'll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan
Run away fast as you can

Run away from me, baby
Ah, run away
Run away from me, baby (look at ya, look at ya, look at ya)
Run away
When it starts to get crazy (look at ya, look at ya, look at ya)
Then run away
Babe, I got a plan, run away as fast as you can

Run away from me, baby
Run away
Run away from me, baby (look at, look at, look at, look at, look at, look at, look at ya)
Run away
When it starts to get crazy (look at ya, look at ya, look at ya, look at ya)
Why can't she just run away?
Baby, I got a plan
Run away as fast as you can (look at ya, look at ya, look at ya)

Twenty-four seven, three sixty-five, pussy stays on my mind
I, I, I, I did it, alright, alright, I admit it
Now pick your next move, you could leave or live with it
Ichabod Crane with that motherfuckin' top off
Split and go where? Back to wearing knockoffs?
Haha, knock it off, Neimans, shop it off
Let's talk over mai tais, waitress, top it off
Hoes like vultures, wanna fly in your Freddy loafers
You can't blame 'em, they ain't never seen Versace sofas
Every bag, every blouse, every bracelet
Comes with a price tag, baby, face it
You should leave if you can't accept the basics
Plenty hoes in the baller-nigga matrix
Invisibly set, the Rolex is faceless
I'm just young, rich, and tasteless, P

Never was much of a romantic
I could never take the intimacy
And I know I did damage
'Cause the look in your eyes is killing me
I guess you knew of that advantage
'Cause you could blame me for everything
And I don't know how I'ma manage
If one day, you just up and leave

And I always find, yeah, I always find something wrong
You been puttin' up with my shit just way too long
I'm so gifted at finding what I don't like the most
So I think it's time for us to have a toast

Let's have a toast for the douchebags
Let's have a toast for the assholes
Let's have a toast for the scumbags
Every one of them that I know
Let's have a toast for the jerk-offs
That'll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan
Run away fast as you can

A Autocrítica e o Alerta de Kanye West em Runaway

A música 'Runaway' de Kanye West, com participação de Pusha T, é uma obra que se destaca no repertório do artista por sua honestidade brutal e autocrítica. Lançada no álbum 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' em 2010, a canção é uma reflexão sobre os próprios defeitos e a consciência de West sobre como eles afetam seus relacionamentos. A repetição da frase 'Look at ya' pode ser interpretada como um convite para que o ouvinte observe e reflita sobre suas próprias falhas, assim como West faz consigo mesmo ao longo da música.

O refrão da música é um brinde irônico aos 'douchebags', 'assholes' e 'scumbags', categorias nas quais o próprio Kanye se inclui. Ele reconhece sua habilidade em encontrar defeitos, tanto em si mesmo quanto nos outros, e sugere que talvez seja melhor para a pessoa amada se afastar dele ('Run away fast as you can'). Essa honestidade é acompanhada de uma melodia melancólica e um arranjo minimalista que reforçam a introspecção e o arrependimento expressos na letra.

Pusha T, em sua participação, traz uma perspectiva que complementa a de Kanye, abordando a superficialidade e o materialismo que muitas vezes acompanham o estilo de vida luxuoso dos ricos e famosos. Ele descreve um ciclo de consumo e ostentação, sugerindo que, apesar do brilho externo, há uma falta de substância e autenticidade. A música, portanto, não é apenas um pedido de desculpas ou um aviso para fugir, mas também uma crítica ao estilo de vida hedonista que pode levar ao isolamento e à insatisfação pessoal.