Akala – Why Do Lyrics
Lyrics
Verse 1
- 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
Chorus
- 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?
Verse 2
- 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,
Chorus
- 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?
Verse 3
- 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...
Chorus
- 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?