Why (What's Goin On?) (Explicit)-The Roots

[ti:Why (What's Goin On?) (Explicit)] [ar:The Roots] [al:The Tipping Point] [by:] [offset:0] [00:05.50]Why (What's Goin On?) (Explicit) - The Roots [00:07.78]Written by：Ranaldo Evans [00:09.07] [00:19.93]Why [00:23.00] [00:23.76]Sky's the limit so you know I'm gonna rise and shine [00:26.44]I gotta do my thing I'm kinda getting a little tired of all that's hidden [00:30.02]That's the reason I'm a speak my mind keep from going insane [00:32.94]Now work with it we in the last innin' [00:35.24]The world keeps spinnin' my peoples steady losin' while the rich keep winnin' [00:39.03]It's like we neva smilin' and the devil steady grinnin' [00:42.09] [00:42.59]Killin' what we representin' [00:43.65] [00:44.56]Even our children and women 2 k4 livin' above and under the law [00:48.43]Young teen joins the marines says he'll die for the core [00:51.48]Inducted up into the government's war as if the land of money and oil [00:55.81]Funny how ain't none of it yours [00:57.84]I can't sleep yo I'm paranoid it's code orange [01:00.47]It's far from right I guess that's why it feels so wrong [01:03.99]To see the world get stripped out of every resource [01:06.52]And people pray to coca cola now instead of the gods [01:09.33]What's goin' on [01:11.13]Why [01:31.98]Keepin' your head above water hustlin' to survive [01:34.67]Some people chasin' a dream others just chasin' a high [01:37.75]Some people blind leading the blind they chasin' a lie [01:40.59]Some people chokin' backs broken barely makin' it by [01:43.20]But still they workin' all they live they pushin' for the light [01:46.42]Givin' everything they got to stitch them swishes on ya nike's [01:49.20]Puttin' pockets on our jeans mining diamonds for them rings [01:51.99]Rewarded with small change and bullets in the brains [01:54.98]And it makes me feel strange everything we take for granted [01:58.10]At times I feel stranded on this planet of mine [02:00.85]Now should I pull the hammer clap it out and laugh about it [02:03.99]Or stand up be counted while I cast my ballot [02:06.49]When the undertaker's busy and the prison's is crowded [02:09.12]People livin in fear because they vision is clouded [02:12.16]But the sky's the limit I ain't cryin' you a river [02:15.34]Gotta move me a mountain I'm a git up and shout it [02:18.42]Why [02:41.12]When I dream it's hounds on my heels gainin' momentum [02:43.90]I'm tired can't get uninspired or quit runnin' [02:46.71]I can feel they only inches behind I escape I survive [02:50.24]Some how I gotta decide how much I want it [02:53.18]Or is anybody listenin' without a pot to piss in [02:55.89]If I disappear I wonder if the world will know I'm missin' [02:59.11]Who my support system it's not the court system [03:01.52]Gotta letter it said that you're not avoiding prison [03:04.02]People 'neath the microscope 'cause we defining the culture [03:07.40]They smile and insult you like you shinin' their loafers [03:09.99]Them old heads say we need a modern day moses [03:12.75]When the leaders is posers we needing some soldiers [03:15.34]It's the x generation the anger is a nature [03:18.33]Got the writing on the wall so clear that I can taste it [03:22.16]Like a kid sniffing glue somewhere trying to escape [03:24.34]Cause we vulnerable and naked [03:25.67]Gotta show em we can make it [03:27.81]Why