[Intro]
(Who runs things?)
Shadow
(Who runs things?)
Shadow
(Who runs things?)
Shadow
(Who runs things?)
And yes, Chimpo
(Who runs things?)
Time to get dark again, me bredren
(Bad boy sound, [?])
[Verse 1]
What them call me? The living gangster
Which part we rest? Down a Manchester
Me have the big thing, the dirty luger
Big money soundster, [?] paper
We move with boy Edison or Highlander
Shadow Demon, we a real rider
All badder man raise your middle finger
Chimpo a ban, my selecter
What them call me? Me badder than them
Money me no borrow, and money me no lend
Rise up me ting, bust half me skeng
Some of them a talk to me, bust after them
DJ a bad, pull it up again
Show a man time when we pull it up again
The pub when they have me, a pull it up a hen
When me drink done, me a pull it up again
[Chorus]
(Who runs things?)
Down a Manchester
(Who runs things?)
Down a Manchester
(Who runs things?)
Down a Manchester
(Who runs things?)
Down a Manchester
(Who runs things?)
In a corner, in a, in a corner
(Who runs things?)
In a corner, in a, in a corner
(Who runs things?)
In a corner, in a, in a corner
(Bad boy sound, [?])
[Verse 2]
Who originate, in a corner?
Double darker, big lyric squeezer
Pull up in a dirty M3 Beemer
We run tingz, with no [?], no powder
Dance fi get bust any time me enter
Burn a little weed, burn a little ganja
Watch me bring the terror like Terror Danjah
One in a the p**yclat and the chamber
Give them [?], like a razor
Money [?], me a money maker
Dark like a hood, dark like Vader
Me big [?] in a Manchester
Hold tight Zed Bias, a big producer
DJ Sly, a big producer
What them call me? The Shadow Demon solidier
(Bad boy sound, [?])
In a corner
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
(Who runs things?)
A we run things, you know
(Who runs things?)
A we run things, you know
(Who runs things?)
A we run things, you know
(Who runs things?)
A we run things, you know
(Who runs things?)
A we run things, you know
(Who runs things?)
A we run things, you know
(Who runs things?)
A we run things, you know
(Bad boy sound, [?])
[Chorus]
[Outro]
London crew raise your trigger finger
Birmingham crew raise your trigger finger
Manchester crew raise your trigger finger
Sheffield crew raise your trigger finger
Nottingham crew raise your trigger finger
And the Leeds crew raise your trigger finger
Wolverhampton crew raise your trigger finger
(Bad boy sound, [?])