Lirik Lagu "Runaway" oleh Kanye West, Kembali Disorot Usai Konser di Jakarta

JAKARTA, GENVOICE.ID - Lagu "Runaway" milik Kanye West kembali menjadi sorotan setelah rapper yang kini dikenal sebagai Ye itu membawakannya sebagai penutup konser Ye Live in Jakarta di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno (GBK), Jakarta, pada Sabtu malam, 24 Oktober 2026.

Momen tersebut menjadi klimaks pertunjukan yang dihadiri puluhan ribu penonton. Begitu denting piano khas "Runaway" terdengar, penonton menyambutnya dengan sorakan dan ikut menyanyikan lagu yang menjadi salah satu karya paling dikenal dalam diskografi Ye tersebut.

Dirilis pada 2010 melalui album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy", "Runaway" dikenal sebagai lagu yang mengangkat tema hubungan yang bermasalah, pengakuan atas kekurangan diri, dan kecenderungan seseorang untuk merusak hubungan yang dijalaninya. Lagu ini memperlihatkan sisi reflektif Ye melalui narasi tentang kesalahan pribadi dan konsekuensi dari perilaku yang menyakiti pasangan.

Salah satu bagian paling ikonis dari "Runaway" adalah pengulangan frasa singkat yang menjadi inti pesan lagu. Bagian tersebut menggambarkan kesadaran seseorang terhadap sifat buruknya sendiri sekaligus dorongan agar orang lain menjauh sebelum kembali terluka.

Popularitas "Runaway" juga tidak lepas dari aransemen pianonya yang mudah dikenali, perpaduan vokal dengan produksi musik yang khas, serta bagian outro yang eksperimental. Unsur-unsur tersebut menjadikan lagu ini salah satu penampilan penting dalam perjalanan karier Ye.

Di konser Jakarta, pemilihan "Runaway" sebagai lagu penutup memberikan akhir yang kuat bagi pertunjukan berdurasi hampir dua jam tersebut. Setelah membawakan sejumlah hit dari berbagai era, Ye menutup malam itu dengan lagu yang memiliki tempat tersendiri dalam katalog musiknya.

Berikut lirik lagu "Runaway" oleh Kanye West:

Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you
Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you
Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you
Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you
(Ladies and gentlemen, ladies, ladies and gentlemen)

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 e-mail
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 hood rats
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 you, look at you, look at you)
Run away
When it starts to get crazy (Look at you, look at you, look at you)
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 you)
Run away
When it starts to get crazy (Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you)
Why can't she just run away?
Baby, I got a plan
Run away as fast as you can (Look at you, look at you, look at you)

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 knock-offs?
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