Tell me why, why you wanna cry? Tell me why, why you wanna cry? [Break: Gentleman] Nobody's crying on for justice And everyone is crying on for peace They can't hold us, they can't please A hungry man is an angry man And the war will never cease Melicious soldier person make me hold them oh freeze Hey you Mr. Sky Man, mister, hold on please Can you show some love and put your minds at ease I no bow down to them fame, like a piece, I can't contain And all you stand alone, in out the rain [Afu-Ra] All over the world, too much is too much And I done been all over the globe, aiyo, you know enough is enough Many families going to bed without a decent meal in they table Babies crying with these soul of melodies And they can't help themselves, they need the world to hear me It's fucked up, the population's mind shackled up By some are mesmerized by a fucking pimp cup With the zillionaire big time ballers Every where in the world, put five in the bum's cup And I ain't trynna scape goat the powers structure Cause the powers structure's, heading for destruction Matter of fact, yo it was built on destruction I'm trynna look into the eyes of my brothers Each one, teach one, we are all brothers Get ya weight up, the situation ain't going nowhere I can rhyme it til I'm blue in the face, so when the world cares Tell me why, why you wanna cry? Tell me why, why you wanna cry? [Gentleman] Everytime you read all that Everyday another innocent, end up dead More wickedness, to all of them, spread out dead In the ghetto, youth will shine And I tell 'em them can't find no bread out there People upset out there, well I teach another gangsta Sure, we dead out there Cause things themma do, we should reject out there But instead out there, nobody never fling a stone Now flat out, yet all dead [Afu-Ra] We praise a spiritual vibe, to bring a state of unity Master playa haters out in the community And global genocide's, babylon's comodity While selficiousness, plays the mind of humanity With media and propaganda, causing insanity And self endulgence tastes sweeter than candy We got women, plus the men hypnotized by vanity Understand, one race, one family [Gentlemen] You wanna pretend, but you be tough Because the food that you eat, look like it not enough And you want to be real, but you got to be rough And the whole town repent, for a basket from a fruit Rappin' in boots, but ya'll handcuffs Working for this system, they got you by crutch And go in your cocoon, and invite the rush Don't step on your toe, when the hearing say hush