Tell me why's it gotta' be so hard, why's it gotta' be so so tough, a little kid just can't get enough no shoes no food no love. Why's there gotta' be so much pain, while the sun's still out it rains, bad man gets rich of the poor, so many things that we tryin' t' ignore? Why we wanna' be big superstars, when you can't change the world in a red sports car? Why's the world gotta' be like that? Do we gotta' be down like that?

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There is a light that's shining you can find your way
Tell me why's it gotta' be like that?
The world keeps fallin' but I know its not the end,
Ha ha ha why? Why's the world gotta' be like that?

Bombs fallin' from a blood red sky
Kids livin' on the streets getting' high
I can't explain what I'm feelin' inside
I dunno' but I gotta' know why?
Little babies take their first breath but aids already signed a warrant for their death, a warrant for their death
The worlds half crazy destroying whats left
Third world government weapons come first when people are suffering dieing of thirst and why's it gotta' be like that?
Do we gotta' be down like that?

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Why the world gotta' be like that, tell me why its gotta' be like that, why the world gotta' be like that, he never wanted it to be like that.
Why the world gotta' be like that, tell me why we gotta' do it like that like that, why the world gotta' be like that, he never wanted it to be like that.