Roots - Why (What's Goin On?) lyrics

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WHY?? [6 x's]<br />

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Sky's the limit so you know I'm gonna rise and shine<br />

I gotta do my thing, I'm kinda getting a little tired of all that's hidden<br />

That's the reason I'm a speak my mind, keep from going insane<br />

Now work with it, we in the last innin'<br />

The world keeps spinnin', my peoples steady losin' while the rich keep winnin'<br />

It's like we neva smilin' and the devil steady grinnin'<br />

Killin' what we representin'<br />

Even our children and women, 2K4, livin' above and under the law<br />

Young teen joins the marines, says he'll die for the core<br />

Inducted up into the goverment's war as if the land of money and oil<br />

Funny how ain't none of it yours<br />

I can't sleep yo I'm paranoid, it's code orange<br />

It's far from right, I guess that's why it feels so wrong<br />

To see the world get stripped out of every resource<br />

And people pray to Coca-Cola now instead of the gods<br />

What's goin' on?<br />

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WHY?? [6 x's]<br />

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Keepin' your head above water, hustlin' to survive<br />

Some people chasin' a dream, others just chasin' a high<br />

Some people blind leading the blind, they chasin' a lie<br />

Some people chokin' backs broken barely makin' it by<br />

But still they workin' all they live, they pushin' for the light<br />

Givin' everything they got to stitch them swishes on ya Nike's<br />

Puttin' pockets on our jeans, mining diamonds for them rings<br />

Rewarded with small change and bullets in they brains<br />

And it makes me feel strange everything we take for granted<br />

At times I feel stranded on this planet of mine<br />

Now should I pull the hammer, clap it out, and laugh about it<br />

Or stand up, be counted while I cast my ballot<br />

When the undertaker's busy and the prison's is crowded<br />

People livin' in fear because they vision is clouded<br />

But the sky's the limit, I ain't cryin' you a river<br />

Gotta move me a mountain, I'm a git up and shout it<br />

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WHY?? [6 x's]<br />

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When I dream it's hounds on my heels gainin' momentum<br />

I'm tired, can't get uninspired or quit runnin'<br />

I can feel they only inches behind, I escape, I survive<br />

Some how I gotta decide how much I want it<br />

Or is anybody listenin' without a pot to piss in<br />

If I disappear I wonder if the world will know I'm missin'<br />

Who my support system, it's not the court system<br />

Gotta letter, what it said is you will not avoid prison<br />

People 'neath the microscope 'cause we defining the culture<br />

They smile and insult you like you shinin' their loafers<br />

Them old heads say we need a modern day Moses<br />

When the leaders is posers we needing some soldiers<br />

It's the X generation, The anger in the nation<br />

Got the writing on the wall so clear that I can taste it<br />

Like a kid sniffing glue somewhere trying to escape<br />

Because we vulnerable and naked<br />

Gotta show 'em we can make it<br />

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WHY?? [hook repeats out]