I Don't Know Why
Mia X feat. Mo B. Dick
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Hey, yeah, oh, no, no, no
So much, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
There's so much trouble in my life
Sometimes it gets so bad I just break down and cry
I got my rent to pay and it's overdue
Don't wanna sell my body just to make it through
You see, I can't depend upon no man
To be responsible or even understand
It's just the way it is at this point in time
Sometimes it gets so scandalous it blows my mind
Me and my homegirls, we got a plan
In '97 we'll take things in our own hands
No, we can't play around, let's make some ends
I got my hustle on 'cause money's my best friend
I wanna be stress-free, rest easy at night
But there's so much drama going on in my life
And these days niceness gets you labeled naive
And kindness gets taken for stupidity
So I keep my guard up in this macho world
'Cause everybody's running game on mama's little girl
Been getting babies from shady wannabe playas
Who wanna lay up, stick ya, hit ya, forget ya
While we stay up crying 'til our eyes are swollen
Single mothers got the weight of the world on our shoulders
Want 'em to hold us and tell us it's gon' be alright
Even the hardest sister needs a good man in her life
I paid the price and my life is still in a damper
At times had to dirty dance to get the babies Pampers
And don't talk about the welfare and how they knock us
Knowing that chump change can't provide nothing proper
While the doctors give us new age birth control
That makes us roll up too skinny, bleeding constantly
Or missing monthly, scraping pennies while my kid's daddy's
Flinging OZs, but ain't doing shit for neither one of these
Should I ease up and grab a K, set it off like Jada
Break with the paper, get in the comfort zone from pulling capers
Makes us wanna holler, scream, and shout and say
"Oh Father, why I gotta live this way?"
I don't know why I live this way
I don't know why I live this way
I don't know why I live this way
I don't know why I live this way
I don't know why I live this way
I don't know why I live this way
All my sisters, keep your head up
We ain't giving up without a fight
Yeah, it's been a struggle
But pretty soon we gon' bubble
Though trouble beats are knocking on my door like every 24/7
Heaven knows that I hustle just to keep the bills in check and
Letting my kids down on they birthday gnaws at my heart
And tears me apart, can't let it go like this
Racing through the malls at Christmastime
Babylon got my mind on trip
December 25th ain't got a bit to do with Christ nor his birth
Greedy devils give us pagan holidays and profit off us giving praise
Better days better be ahead, hear what I said
Third eye seeking to destroy the mental chains on our enslaved brains
Cocaine be the aim, be the means of profit
But logically it tells me I'm going to jail or getting killed
Oh well, I gotta do what I gotta until the new day
When I won't have to ask why I live this way
I don't know why I live this way
Tell me why, please tell me why
I don't know why I live this way
Sometimes it gets so bad, got to get my hustle on