[Intro] Mmm, yeahhh... (why oh why) Tired of the sirens, tired of the cries (so tired...) Another mama asks the sky, why? (tell me why...) Why war... oh why? (Backing: "why war... oh why") [Verse 1 – RAP] Yo... I wake up, pain on the news again World on fire, hearts full of bruise again Leaders lie, and we lose again Same script, same war, no truth in them Lil’ kids playin’ in a battlefield (pew pew) Dreams killed for a dollar bill Raise a flag, drop a bomb, call it pride But who really wins when a whole world cries? (Ad libs: “Wake up!”, “Nah, this ain’t right…”) Smoke in the sky while they toast in suits Sippin’ champagne while we loadin’ troops From Gaza to Chi-town, pain don’t choose Same blood, same tears, same broken truths [Chorus ] Why war? Why the pain, why the guns, what we dyin’ for? (What we dyin’ for, yeah yeah) Can’t love win more than blood on the floor? (Backin’: "more than blood on the floooor") Tell me now, what’s behind that door? If not peace, then what we breathin’ for? Why war... oh why? (Ad libs: “Why, why, why…”, “We need more love...”) [Verse 2 – RAP] Check it... They talk peace but they fundin' tanks While the hood starves, they fillin’ banks We post quotes, but the hate still grows Tryna bloom in a world that don’t water souls Young kings lost in a soldier game Think they fightin’ for pride, but it’s built on pain It’s a class war, cash war, maskin’ truth Pawns for the power while they poison youth (Ad libs: “Real talk”, “Truth hurts…”) We pray hard, we march deep But they only see change when the profits weep So I spit bars like I’m throwin’ light This pen my weapon, I choose to write (Backing: “Choose to write…”) [Bridge] Ohh-oh... (yeah) Can we rise above, rewrite the page? (rewrite it, rewrite it...) Turn war cries to a love wave We got fire in us, we can’t ignore If we don’t change now, there’ll be nothin’ left no more (Spoken: “We all bleed red. We all want peace. So why war?”) [Final Chorus] Why war? (Why? Oh why?) Why the rage, why the pain, what we dyin’ for? (So much pain, so much loss…) Can’t love win more than blood on the floor? (More than blooood on the floooor…) We don’t need no more closed doors... (Open up, open up...) If not peace, then what we breathin’ for? Why war... (yeah yeah) Oh why... (Tell me now) Why war?(War, war, war…) (Fade out ad libs) “No more…”, “Let the healing begin…”, “Why... why war…”)

WHY WAR?