| Verse One
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| Yo, my ancestors spawned the phrase «each one to teach one»
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| So I’mma just speak son while Melo make the beat run
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| And try and teach someone and try and reach them
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| Through this hip-hop and poetic street speech son
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| Whatever happened to respect and love?
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| And growing up to be the person your parents are proud of?
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| Tell me whatever happened to faith and compassion?
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| It’s like they got rationed chasing money and fashion
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| Yo whatever happened to justice and fairness?
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| It’s like they got traded for lack of social awareness
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| And whatever happened to trying making an effort?
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| Whatever happened to having morals and having ethics
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| Whatever happened to gratitude and appreciation?
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| Now we dealing with attitude and uneasy patience
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| Not only saying this to teenagers
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| I’m speaking to everyone adults of all ages
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| Whatever happened to benefit of the doubt?
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| Whatever happened to trying to straighten differences out?
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| And whatever happened to self respect?
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| And self value? |
| I know that nobody perfect
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| Yo, but we supposed to be the most intelligent
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| So how come most of these things irrelevant?
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| Yo, and when I ask yo they try to be clever
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| Cos the same way I’m asking they answer «whatever»
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| I wanna know what’s happening to people?
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| Sometimes I look around and I just don’t know
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| I wanna
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| Sometimes I look around and I just don’t know
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| Verse Two
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| Whatever happened to the feeling of guilt?
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| Whatever happened to forgiveness so the love is rebuilt?
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| Yo, whatever happened to empathy and sympathy?
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| Instead of drama that’s accompanied by a symphony
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| Whatever happened to shame and remorse?
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| Whatever happened to having discipline to enforce the good way from the bad?
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| Right way from the wrong?
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| So you can have a clean slate your whole life long
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| Whatever happened to smiling in public?
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| No heart individuals act like the government
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| Whatever happened to caring and kindness?
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| It don’t make you less macho or make you spineless
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| Whatever happened to helping people in need?
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| Yo, when was the last time we did a good deed?
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| Yo, whatever happened to grace and humility?
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| Yo, and taking care of a great responsibility?
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| Yo, whatever happened to the best of your ability?
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| And what about tact and your sensitivity?
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| Whatever happened to prudence and wisdom?
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| Observation and knowing just how to listen?
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| See we supposed to be the most intelligent
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| So how come most of these things irrelevant?
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| Yo, and when I ask yo they try to be clever
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| Cos the same way I’m asking they answer «whatever»
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| I wanna know what’s happening to people?
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| Sometimes I look around and I just don’t know
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| I wanna
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| Sometimes I look around and I just don’t know
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| Outro
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| I just wanna know |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Whatever Happened To? , by - Funky DL. Song from the album Blackcurrent Jazz 2, in the genre Рэп и хип-хоп