Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Why (What's Goin On?), artist - The Roots. Album song The Tipping Point, in the genre Рэп и хип-хопDate of issue: 12.07.2004
Record label: Geffen
Song language: English
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| Sky’s the limit so you know I’m gonna rise and shine |
| I gotta do my thing, I’m kinda getting a little tired of all that’s hidden |
| That’s the reason I’m a speak my mind, keep from going insane |
| Now work with it, we in the last innin' |
| The world keeps spinnin', my peoples steady losin' while the rich keep winnin' |
| It’s like we never smilin' and the devil steady grinnin' |
| Killin' what we representin' |
| Even our children and women, 2K4, livin' above and under the law |
| Young teen joins the marines, says he’ll die for the corps |
| Inducted up into the government’s war |
| Is it for land or money or oil |
| Funny how ain’t none of it yours |
| I can’t sleep yo I’m paranoid, it’s code orange |
| It’s far from right, I guess that’s why it feels so wrong |
| To see the world get stripped out of every resource |
| And people pray to Coca-Cola now instead of the gods |
| What’s goin' on? |
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| Keepin' your head above water, hustlin' to survive |
| Some people chasin' a dream, others just chasin' a high |
| Some people blind leading the blind, they chasin' a lie |
| Some people chokin' backs broken barely makin' it by |
| But still, they workin' all they live, they pushin' for the light |
| Givin' everything they got to stitch them swishes on ya Nike’s |
| Puttin' pockets on our jeans, mining diamonds for them rings |
| Rewarded with small change and bullets in the brains |
| And it make me feel strange everything we take for granted |
| At times I feel stranded on this planet of mine |
| Now should I pull the hammer, clap it out, and laugh about it |
| Or stand up, be counted while I cast my ballot |
| When the undertaker’s busy and the prisons is crowded |
| People livin' in fear because they vision is clouded |
| But the sky’s the limit, I ain’t cryin' you a river |
| Gotta move me a mountain, I’m a get up and shout it |
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| When I dream it’s hounds on my heels gainin' momentum |
| I’m tired, can’t get uninspired or quit runnin' |
| I can feel they only inches behind, I escape, I survive |
| Some how I gotta decide how much I want it |
| Or is anybody listenin' without a pot to piss in |
| If I disappear I wonder if the world will know I’m missin' |
| Who my support system, it’s not the court system |
| Gotta letter it said that you’re not avoiding prison |
| People 'neath the microscope cause we defining the culture |
| They smile and insult you like you shinin' their loafers |
| Them old heads say we need a modern day Moses |
| When the leaders is posers we needing some soldiers |
| It’s the X generation, the anger in the nation |
| Got the writing on the wall so clear that I can taste it |
| Like a kid sniffing glue somewhere trying to escape |
| Cause we vulnerable and naked |
| Gotta show 'em we can make it |
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