Great song from the album The Tipping Point. Probably the most insightful hiphop lyrics you’ll ever hear: WHY?? [6 x's] 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 neva 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 core Inducted up into the goverment’s war as if the land of money and 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? WHY?? [6 x's] 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 swooshes on ya Nike’s Puttin’ pockets on our jeans, mining diamonds for them rings Rewarded with small change and bullets in they brains And it makes me feel strange everything we take for …