Why

Yeah
Can you tell me WHY
Can you tell me WHY

Why there's so much violence
Why there's never a night that goes by without a siren
No one even cares, our communities are dying
The young don't have a choice, cause their fathers have deprived them
Why is it that guns are now called best friends
And drugs are the only method to make real ends
What happened to the jobs, we barely make a cent
Our taxes are too high, we can't even pay the rent
This doesn't make sense
Why is so many struggling
While others be sitting at home, watching their bank account bubbling
Your friends got I made, you don't, so they make fun of it
They push until you rage, and you say that's enough with it
When is this gonna end, all the discrimination
The color of our skin is not what revives nations
We must first begin with society's relation
To be reunified with divine liberation

Can you tell me WHY
Can you tell me WHY
Can you tell me WHY
Man, can you tell me WHY
Can you tell me WHY

So many young are taking their lives
Pressure by bullies at school, you can see pain in their eyes
How could we expect them to survive when almost every night
they're taken advantage of by those who supposed to care, right
Dang, how can men treat women so bad
They disrespect and abuse them, but then they go back
Say whatever it takes just to get them to come back
But once they hear them I'm Pregnant words, they fall back
And leave them stuck raising kids on their own
Don't even have the funds to buy them new clothes
Cabinets have no food, PG&E turned off
Water is so cold, and dad ain't concerned at all, Man
What can we do to change this
Be responsible for every action we're taking
Rise up all my men, no more flaking
It's time for us to stand and leave no room for replacements

Can you tell me WHY
Can you tell me WHY
Can you tell me WHY
Man, can you tell me WHY
Can you tell me WHY