[Intro: Rare of Breed & SMO]
Ayo, Rob
What's up brother, you know what it is
God knows, every time
It's your boy SMO
I feel like we had to take them a little deeper
Address some issues that I'm seeing, you know?
Yeah, go on talk to 'em one time
We had to reload, tell me why
We got a question for ya
Ayy, uh
[Chorus: Rare of Breed & SMO]
Somebody tell me why (Why)
Every time I look around people are hurting
And they need a little hope to get 'em through
Somebody tell me why (Why)
Kids today are growing without a purpose
When thеy look around they don't know what to do
Somebody tell mе why (Why)
I can't even turn the television on
'Cause I can't stand somebody lyin' in the news
Why, why, tell 'em (Lyin' in the news)
It ain't like it used to be
Somebody, somebody tell me why
Somebody tell me why (Why)
[Verse 1: Rare of Breed]
Woke up one I feel like everything had changed
It's a far cry from I used to know back in the day
You see my grandpa told me, "Son, if you work hard then you get paid."
But it's like every time I turn around they taking that away
I took my kids out of the public school, they fill their heads with lies
It's not he or she, it's they, that there's a twisted up disguise
You say you up, but you won't open your eyes
The King is coming back soon, one day you'll see and realize
I feel like we're dealing with something, [I.D. the?] political
Look around, it's pitiful
I cannot eat what you feed me
I feel like the filter you give me is only subliminal, uh
I turn around and I pray hard, I serve God and my family
That's the answer that I'll give 'em
When they ask me, uh
[Chorus: Rare of Breed & SMO]
Somebody tell me why (Why)
Every time I look around people are hurting
And they need a little hope to get 'em through
Somebody tell me why (Why)
Kids today are growing without a purpose
When they look around they don't know what to do
Somebody tell me why (Why)
I can't even turn the television on
'Cause I can't stand somebody lyin' in the news
Why, why, tell 'em (Lyin' in the news)
It ain't like it used to be
Somebody, somebody tell me why
Somebody tell me why (Why)
[Verse 2: SMO]
Yeah, somebody tell me, and I hate to even ask
Why we can't see the future 'cause we focused on the past
When your last year's problems still weighing you down
And the gossip's like a virus spreading over your town (Facts)
They keep us frowning while we drowning in debt
Medicated on prescriptions, yeah, that's really the threat (No?)
I used to say the crisis that we fight in my town
It's methamphetamines and hydrocodones taking us out
I see the land of brave, ain't a home for the free
I'm from America, but this don't look American to me
We got zombies in the streets and they people I know
We waiting for the answer so I'm hoping you can tell me why
[Chorus: Rare of Breed & SMO]
Every time I look around people are hurting
And they need a little hope to get 'em through
Somebody tell me why (Why)
Kids today are growing without a purpose
When they look around they don't know what to do
Somebody tell me why (Why)
I can't even turn the television on
'Cause I can't stand somebody lyin' in the news
Why, why, tell 'em (Lyin' in the news)
It ain't like it used to be
Somebody, somebody tell me why
Somebody tell me why (Why)
[Outro: Rare of Breed & SMO]
You say you want it, but you only gonna get it
If you give it everything that you got, that you got, (Uh)
We come from nothing now we living like we something
And I'm feeling like I can't be stopped, uh-uh (Uh)
I'm on a mission, this right here is more than music
If you listen, you gon' feel when it drops, it drops, yeah
There ain't no question I been covered by His blessings
When I stand, you know I stand for the Rock
Somebody tell me why (Why, why, why)
