Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Keepin' your head above water, hustlin' to survive
Why? Why?
I can't sleep yo I'm paranoid, it's code orange
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Gotta move me a mountain, I'm a git up and shout it
To see the world get stripped out of every resource
Or is anybody listenin' without a pot to piss in
When the leaders is posers we needing some soldiers
Rewarded with small change and bullets in they brains
Or stand up, be counted while I cast my ballot?
Some people blind leading the blind, they chasin' a lie
Puttin' pockets on our jeans, mining diamonds for them rings
It's the X generation, the anger in a nation
I can feel they only inches behind, I escape, I survive
As if the land of money and oil funny how ain't none of it's yours
And people pray to Coca-Cola now instead of the Gods
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
I gotta do my thing, I'm kinda getting a little tired of all that's hidden
'Cause we vulnerable and naked gotta show 'em we can make it
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Why? Why?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Some people chokin' backs broken barely makin' it by
Why? Why?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Now should I pull the hammer, clap it out and laugh about it?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
I'm tired, can't get uninspired or quit runnin'
If I disappear I wonder if the world will know I'm missin'
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
We in the last innin', the world keeps spinnin'
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
People 'neath the microscope 'cause we defining the culture
Sky's the limit so you know I'm gonna rise and shine
Why? Why?
Givin' everything they got to stitch them swishes on ya Nike's
When I dream it's hounds on my heels gainin' momentum
Them old heads say we need a modern day Moses
Why? Why?
My people steady losin' while the rich keep winnin'
Young teen joins the marines, says he'll die for the core
Inducted up into the government's war
What's goin' on?
Got the writing on the wall so clear that I can taste it
Who my support system, it's not the court system
Gotta letter which said that you're not avoiding prison
And it makes me feel strange everything we take for granted
At times I feel stranded on this planet of mine
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Keep from going insane now work with it
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
People livin' in fear because they vision is clouded
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
They smile and insult you like you shinin' their loafers
It's far from right, I guess that's why it feels so wrong
2K4, livin' above and under the law
Some how I gotta decide how much I want it
It's like we neva smilin' and the devil steady grinnin'
But the sky's the limit, I ain't cryin' you a river
That's the reason I'ma speak my mind
Killin' what we representin' even our children and women
Like a kid sniffing glue somewhere trying to escape
Some people chasin' a dream, others just chasin' a high
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Why? Why?
When the undertaker's busy and the prison's is crowded
But still they workin' all they life, they pushin' for the light
