Why Do Lyrics

Why Do by Akala

• Familiar scene, street corner, tape and sheets,
• 18 put to sleep, talk on the street,
• Til next week when a different face is another life wasted,
• Self-hatred is dangerous, the world see him as a thug,
• But don't understand,
• That a poor black man, ain't born with a strap in his hand,
• Was soft like all children at 5 years old,
• But the cycle and society, turned him cold,
• Pops fled the scene, left mom's on her own,
• To feed 3 seeds alone, so she never home,
• Sweatin' for change, but there's big dough in the game,
• And he wanna be next to push a range,
• So we change innocent, to militant ways, Rollin' with the bigger boys, doin whatever they say,
• But wait these streets ain't got no glory,
• Man rolled up on him, you know the rest of the story

• Why do we live this way oh lord?
• Why do we have to live this way?
• Why do we live this way oh lord?
• Why do we have to live this way?

• Look at what we see and go through,
• Of course we're thugs, cause of our will to survive,
• Not cause of drugs,
• Living in foulest conditions, still breed proudest traditions,
• We speak, everybody listen,
• But we still jealous, when one of us shining,
• Like I'm grindin, why's my man shining?
• I ain't criticizing, been known to be whiling,
• Just tryna give you food for thought when I'm rhyming,
• Cause I'm tired of youts' them dyin' cause there's no guidance,
• But I won't have my fam cryin,
• An eye for an eye? That's your science?
• Cool we're the same then, let's get blinded,
• I'm not in the hype ting-handle ma business,
• If I feel somethings a threat, then that threats missin,
• Just know that my heart was good and that I tried,
• I just had too much pride,

• Why do we live this way oh lord?
• Why do we have to live this way?
• Why do we live this way oh lord?
• Why do we have to live this way?

• No matter how we act, we all got emotion,
• Just learn to hide it, it hurts to open,
• The street is a movie, stay in your role,
• If you let it go, vultures swallow you whole,
• But it don't fool me bro, I see things clear,
• Big killers get big years and shed big tears,
• If not at trial, gradually as the years pass,
• The guilt set in like a vice on the heart,
• Reminiscing bout the nigga at your side,
• Now he's missin' and no wishin could give him back life,
• That's just life, shit ain't fair,
• Man scream "street dreams', all I see is the nightmare's,
• Locked up, years pass seed dun grown,
• Get murked or hit the pipe, Either way you a ghost,
• And that's reality even though it's crazy,
• Got to change, or it's the same fate for our babies...

• Why do we live this way oh lord?
• Why do we have to live this way?
• Why do we live this way oh lord?
• Why do we have to live this way?

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