"Runaway Love" is the third single released from Ludacris' fifth album, Release Therapy (2007). The song, which features Mary J. Blige on the vocals, was produced by Polow da Don and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song was the first single from Release Therapy in the UK and was released as a double A-side with "Girls Gone Wild" included. The song was performed at the 2007 Grammy Awards show by Ludacris, Mary J. Blige and Earth, Wind & Fire. A remix of the song is available by T-Pain featuring Cassie.
[Verse 2 - Ludacris]
Little Nicole is only 10 years old
She`s steady trying to figure why the world is so cold
Why she`s not pretty and nobody seems to like her
Alcoholic step-dad always wanna strike her
Yells and abuses, leaves her with some bruises
Teachers ask questions she making up excuses
Bleeding on the inside, crying on the out
It`s only one girl really knows what she about
Her name is lil Stacy and they become friends
Promise that they always be tight `til the end
Until one day lil Stacy gets shot
A drive by bullet went stray up on her block
Now Nicole stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothing else to do but get some clothes and pack
She says she`s `bout to run away and never come back.
| Disc | Track | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Release Therapy | 2006 |
| 1 | 1 | Runaway Love | 2007 |