whY_LikeThat? Lyrics

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why

The wages stay the same but the rent just rise

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why

The drinking water toxic and the forest on fire

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why

They make it hard to live so the people wanna die

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why

The dollar bill is god and the money gets you high

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

Why they keep a ball and chain on our feet like that

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

They'd rather see us locked away than see us eat like that

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

Why they keep a ball and chain on our feet like that

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

They'd rather see us locked away than see us eat like that

Land of the free and the home of the caged

The most incarcerated country, that's the USA

How many non-violent fathers serve perpetual bids

How many Section 8 seeds already know what it is

Where the prisons privatized and their population is labor

For the major corporations, they profit while they enslave us

And the truth is all disguised as means to make the neighborhood safer

When you understand their lies, them Walmart's savings are hard to savor

How many mass shootings line up with gun rights bills

How many documentaries on 9-11've been filmed

Can jet fuel melt steel beams?

I don't really know, but I know it's not what it seems

Call me conspiracy theorist, call me insane, call me crazy, that's okay

If you're not, you're not paying attention lately

Visualize better days when I meditate

Embody the change I wanna see when I'm awake

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

Why they keep a ball and chain on our feet like that

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

They'd rather see us locked away than see us eat like that

"Molly, Perco-cet, whip it, whip it, bitch, murder"

No wonder why the radio makes young guns want a burner

When the owners of the record labels run the private prisons

They pull profit off the pipeline the music they push is building

They don't wanna see you own a business

They don't wanna see you wife'd up

They'd rather see you serving life or lifeless

So we keep our minds tough, immune to the toxicity

When you overstand the poison, it can no longer destroy you

Why are these 8-year-olds at my table singing about all "I know is yayo"

Because the FM waves are raising them

And I'm not even mad at mom when she works three different jobs

How she's supposed to find the time to monitor what infects their minds

That's just another layer to it

Parenthood's a full-time gig, but bills are due

And childcare is too expensive, and the family's out the picture

So while mom is punching clocks, her sons are learning from the music box

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

Why they keep a ball and chain on our feet like that

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

They'd rather see us locked away than see us eat like that

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

Why they keep a ball and chain on our feet like that

Like that

Why it gotta be like that

They'd rather see us locked away than see us eat like that

Why, why, why, why, why, why

The wages stay the same, but the rent just rise

Why, why, why, why, why, why

The drinking water toxic and the forest on fire

Why, why, why, why, why, why

They make it hard to live, so the people wanna die

Why, why, why, why, why, why

The dollar bill is god, and the money gets you high

Why I've been wondering since I was nothing but a soul

Looking for my next home, searching for where I'm best gon'

Assist the mission, level the playing field, help us switch positions

Light will always win, even when it seems like it isn't

And the finish is hard to envision, darkness is destined to brighten

Even when corruption reigns, Kali Yuga do its thing

Only guarantee is change, walk together, find our way

Elevate, elevate, elevate, elevate, elevate, elevate