《Why (What’s Goin On?)(Explicit)》歌词

[00:00:05] Why (What's Goin On?) (Explicit) - The Roots

[00:00:07] Written by：Ranaldo Evans

[00:00:19] Why

[00:00:23] Sky's the limit so you know I'm gonna rise and shine

[00:00:26] I gotta do my thing I'm kinda getting a little tired of all that's hidden

[00:00:30] That's the reason I'm a speak my mind keep from going insane

[00:00:32] Now work with it we in the last innin'

[00:00:35] The world keeps spinnin' my peoples steady losin' while the rich keep winnin'

[00:00:39] It's like we neva smilin' and the devil steady grinnin'

[00:00:42] Killin' what we representin'

[00:00:44] Even our children and women 2 k4 livin' above and under the law

[00:00:48] Young teen joins the marines says he'll die for the core

[00:00:51] Inducted up into the government's war as if the land of money and oil

[00:00:55] Funny how ain't none of it yours

[00:00:57] I can't sleep yo I'm paranoid it's code orange

[00:01:00] It's far from right I guess that's why it feels so wrong

[00:01:03] To see the world get stripped out of every resource

[00:01:06] And people pray to coca cola now instead of the gods

[00:01:09] What's goin' on

[00:01:11] Why

[00:01:31] Keepin' your head above water hustlin' to survive

[00:01:34] Some people chasin' a dream others just chasin' a high

[00:01:37] Some people blind leading the blind they chasin' a lie

[00:01:40] Some people chokin' backs broken barely makin' it by

[00:01:43] But still they workin' all they live they pushin' for the light

[00:01:46] Givin' everything they got to stitch them swishes on ya nike's

[00:01:49] Puttin' pockets on our jeans mining diamonds for them rings

[00:01:51] Rewarded with small change and bullets in the brains

[00:01:54] And it makes me feel strange everything we take for granted

[00:01:58] At times I feel stranded on this planet of mine

[00:02:00] Now should I pull the hammer clap it out and laugh about it

[00:02:03] Or stand up be counted while I cast my ballot

[00:02:06] When the undertaker's busy and the prison's is crowded

[00:02:09] People livin in fear because they vision is clouded

[00:02:12] But the sky's the limit I ain't cryin' you a river

[00:02:15] Gotta move me a mountain I'm a git up and shout it

[00:02:18] Why

[00:02:41] When I dream it's hounds on my heels gainin' momentum

[00:02:43] I'm tired can't get uninspired or quit runnin'

[00:02:46] I can feel they only inches behind I escape I survive

[00:02:50] Some how I gotta decide how much I want it

[00:02:53] Or is anybody listenin' without a pot to piss in

[00:02:55] If I disappear I wonder if the world will know I'm missin'

[00:02:59] Who my support system it's not the court system

[00:03:01] Gotta letter it said that you're not avoiding prison

[00:03:04] People 'neath the microscope 'cause we defining the culture

[00:03:07] They smile and insult you like you shinin' their loafers

[00:03:09] Them old heads say we need a modern day moses

[00:03:12] When the leaders is posers we needing some soldiers

[00:03:15] It's the x generation the anger is a nature

[00:03:18] Got the writing on the wall so clear that I can taste it

[00:03:22] Like a kid sniffing glue somewhere trying to escape

[00:03:24] Cause we vulnerable and naked

[00:03:25] Gotta show em we can make it

[00:03:27] Why