Why Cry

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Aaron Phillip (born 1973) better known by his stage name, Afu-Ra is a New York-based American underground rapper. Afu, born Aaron Phillip, is a devout student of the Martial arts, as well as Chess. Afu is a member of the Gang Starr Foundation, alongside rappers like Jeru the Damaja, Big Shug and Group Home, and is most well known through his affiliation with the foundation and Jeru the Damaja. His first appearance was on Jeru's classic 1994 album The Sun Rises in the East, on the song "Mental Stamina". He made another appearance on Jeru's second album Wrath of the Math, on the track "Physical Stamina", in 1996. Afu's debut single, "Whirlwind Thru Cities", was released in 1998, reaching the top 20 on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart. In 1999, he released his … more »


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2005
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Tell me why, why you wanna cry?
Tell me why, why you wanna cry?

Tell me why, why you wanna cry?
Tell me why, why you wanna cry?

Nobody's crying on for justice
And everyone is crying out for peace
Man can overstand please
A hungry man is a angry man
So the war will never cease
Malicious power struggle make de whole a dem a freeze
Hey you Mr. Sky Man, mister pharisees
Can you show some love and put your minds at ease
I no bow down to them fame, like a piece dem contain
And all you stand alone, in a de rain

All over the world, too much is too much
And I done been all over the globe
A-yo, 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 scapegoat 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?

Tell me why, why you wanna cry?
Tell me why, why you wanna cry?

Every time 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 them a do, we should reject out there
But instead out there, nobody never fling a stone
Now flat out, yet all dead

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 selfishness, plays the mind of humanity
With media and propaganda, causing insanity
And self indulgence tastes sweeter than candy
We got women, plus the men hypnotized by vanity
Understand, one race, one family

You wanna pretend, but you go to 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

Tell me why, why you wanna cry?
Tell me why, why you wanna cry?

Tell me why, why you wanna cry?
Tell me why, why you wanna cry?

Nobody's crying on for justice
And everyone is crying out for peace
Man can overstand please
A hungry man is a angry man
So the war will never cease
Malicious power struggle make de whole a dem a freeze
Hey you Mr. Sky Man, mister pharisees
Can you show some love and put your minds at ease
I no bow down to them fame, like a piece dem contain
And all you stand alone, in a de rain

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Written by: TILMANN OTTO, CRISTIAN BAHAMONDE, AARON OCOSICE PHILLIP

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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