Lecrae - Runners Lyrics
Lyrics
Intro:
Hey, fellas. Where are the treadmills?
Oh, they right there in the back
Ooooweee! She bad! Oh that's why I love this gym that's I love this gym!
Woo! Man forget the bench press today it is a cardio day for your boy, my goodness she bad!
Holla at yo boy!
Verse 1: Lecrae
Uh, I can't lie, I admire beauty like the next man. ( It's True)
I still remember when I used to get my check cashed
Get my hair cut, I hit the streets with my hair gassed
Lookin' out for little mommas with a fat faaasssss
That's what my auntie used to tell me
Girl in my rear view tryna tell me. (Uh oh)
Cuz she knew wasn't nothin' you could tell me
Always on a trail of another female
Well, well they say my papa was a playa
Somebody's honesty is honest in me baby
Somehow in college greek letters made me cuter
All the time online I still couldn't compute it
Uh, I pledge girls then it's on to the next girl
My next girl eventually be my ex girl
But its' funny how it all unfolds
I done finally found a woman I ain't never letting go whoa
Hook: Lecrae
Ooh she looking bad. ( Don't do it)
I wonder if she got a man. (Don't do it)
I don't see no wedding band. (Don't do it)
I promise you don't wanna go through it. (Take it from me)
Video
Lecrae - Runners (Lyric Video)
Meaning & Inspiration
Lecrae spends a lot of time in Anomaly trying to convince the world he’s just as human as the people listening to him. In this track, he’s not preaching from a podium; he’s standing in a gym, watching his own eyes wander, and admitting that the "old man" doesn't just die—he lurks.
"I can't lie, I admire beauty like the next man."
That’s the line that sticks. It’s honest, sure, but it’s the kind of honesty that makes a person in the back of the room shift their weight. We like our Christian artists to be "sanctified," but here’s Lecrae admitting that the trigger doesn’t stop pulling just because he’s got a Bible on his nightstand.
But I’m standing here with my arms crossed because I’ve seen enough "repentance" that’s really just a marketing strategy. Is this just "Cheap Grace"? It’s easy to drop a track about being tempted, acknowledge you’re a "playa," and then land on the "but now I’m married" safety net. It’s clean. It’s convenient. Real life doesn’t usually offer such a neat transition from a life of chasing women to a happy, monogamous ending. When you're sitting in a silent house, three months after a divorce or a breakup, "I finally found a woman I ain't never letting go" doesn't fix the wreckage of the years you spent treating people like temporary props.
There’s a tension in the hook—the voice in his head saying "Don't do it." That’s the battle, right? But the Apostle Paul wasn't writing about gym etiquette when he talked about the flesh warring against the spirit in Romans 7. He was talking about a visceral, miserable inability to stop doing what he hated. Lecrae’s gym chatter feels a little lighter than that. It feels like he’s playing with fire, narrating the temptation, and then walking away from the bench press.
Does it hold up when the "bad" girl is a real person, not just a passing figure in a rear-view mirror? When the consequences aren't just "I promise you don't wanna go through it," but actual broken hearts and shattered trust?
I appreciate that he’s naming the impulse. Most of the time, the guys in the front are too busy acting like they don't have eyes. But I’m still waiting for a song that admits how hard it is to stay faithful when the "new" love isn't shiny anymore, or when the gym is empty and the house is quiet and the temptation isn't a stranger, but a loneliness that feels like it’s going to swallow you whole.
It’s a start. But honesty isn't just admitting you’re tempted; it’s admitting how much you actually want to give in. Until he leans into that kind of raw, ugly truth, I’m staying in the back.