[ VERSE 1: Grand Wizard DJ Ready Red ]
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Can you take it? How can I be strong
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When I see many things in the world is wrong?
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You know the love in the hearts is a thing of the past
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And living like this, how long can we last?
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Some are content to the way things are
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Well, not me, you know the road is far
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Take off your blindfolds and start to see clear
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Time's windin down, and the end is near
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Me speaking fact not fiction, pay attention
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Our world is in a critical condition
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Understand prejudice is rumor and lies
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And over this evil many people have died
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You know what blood's been shed over he-said she-said
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I don't let lies fill my head
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But you say it's like that and the way it is
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Well, that's my point, there's no love to give
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I say
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[ CHORUS ]
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Why
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Why do we live this way?
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You know the killin and fightin
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Why
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Why do we live this way?
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You know the love is gone
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Why
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Why do we live this way?
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Weak you have to be strong
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Why
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Why do we live this way?
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[ VERSE 2: Grand Wizard DJ Ready Red ]
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A family of five tryin to survive
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They had 30 days till the welfare arrived
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Father was gone and nowhere in sight
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And to the little kids it just wasn't right
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You know the mother was wise to hide the cries
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Taught the kids well bout livin in hell
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Took on the problems from day to day
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And then at night to the Lord she prayed
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You know I'm livin in a world that doesn't even care
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Too many damn problems for me to bare
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Should I be strong or should I be weak?
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Or just ride the problems, go from week to week
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You know I read in the papers just the other day
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About a lady who was killed, it went this way
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Say little Mrs. Brown who never did a thing
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Was shot and killed over a wedding ring
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Yeah, it really was a shame, but who's to blame?
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Cause it's just another story that the world's insane
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You're sayin it's like that and the way it is
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But that's my point, there's no love to give
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[ CHORUS ]
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Break it down
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(Children grow and women produce
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And men go work, and some go stealin
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Everyone's got to make a livin)
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[ CHORUS ]
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(Why)
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Why Do We Live This Way
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Geto Boys |