Why lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah yeah
This is Lowkey, 2004

[Verse 1]
Why does everyone say UK hip-hop is rubbish?
And why are all these female emcees so butters?
Why did Double P get dropped by BMG?
Why are major labels promoting all the weak emcees?
And why do they hate, when I got love?
Why did Ma$e come back and why is Shyne locked up?
Furthermore, why is that they call it Urban?
Why do some people think that Muslims wear turbans?
Why do I front, when really I'm quite bitter?
Why did Yanks think our best rappers are Dizzee and Mike Skinner?
Why did it take 'em so long to catch Ian Huntley?
And why is there just puppets and prats leading this country?
And why did the media murder So Solid?
They saw a united front merging and they don't want it
Why does this rapper here have to stack some dough for later?
Why didn’t the Feds help [?] Taylor?

[Chorus]
All that I’ve been giving
Is the pain that I'm reliving
They got me in the system
Why they gotta do me like that
I try to do it my way
Stand up on the highway
Oh why
[Verse 2]
Why Is the smartest man on Earth Stephen Hawking?
He can’t even walk and he needs a machine for talking
And why spit if you rapping Yankee?
Why don’t people remember what happened in Nagasaki?
Why inspect others for weapons if you’re known to sell guns?
And why would a person ever choose to blow themselves up?
Why didn’t Jaz-O blow up and why did JAY-Z?
Why did Nas blow up and why didn’t AZ?
Why are Puff Daddy's people called Bad Boys?
And why did they blame Diana's death on the tabloids?
Why do I own a phone if I don't answer it?
Why did they find Saddam but don’t know where Osama is?
Why am I still seeing my brother, though he’s long gone?
And why didn’t Eazy E wear a condom?
Why ain't anyone thinking straight?
And why all of a sudden is everyone rating Justin Timberlake?

[Chorus]
All that I’ve been giving
Is the pain that I'm reliving
They got me in the system
Why they gotta do me like that
I try to do it my way
Stand up on the highway
Oh why?
[Verse 3]
Why does everyone mourn Biggie and 2Pac?
When Big L and Big Pun were better and really they proved that
Why did Nas and JAY-Z [?] with 2Pac
When they were the ones he was spitting his tunes at
Why do kids like music that makes mum and dad p*ssed off?
But why don’t the media understand hip-hop?
Why are P Diddy and Suge really friends?
And why did that f*cking Bush have to win again?
Why when I'm hustling and shotting CDs
Does every female I approach want a freebie
Why don't people listen when they hear the facts?
Why is everyone wearing New-Era hats?
Why ain't the world run by a man who’s sane?
Why did they link the Twin Towers to Saddam Hussein?
Why do they spy on us and deprive our freedom?
Why are the same eyes so blind to reason
Tell me why?

[Chorus]
All that I’ve been giving
Is the pain that I'm reliving
They got me in the system
Why they gotta do me like that
I try to do it my way
Stand up on the highway
Oh why?