Who Really Cares

This is dedicated to you, you know who you are Listen.. Yo [Verse 1] I called you when I needed you most, I thought we would link I told you the bad news, you haven't talked to me since Frankly, I don't want to talk to a shrink I might look happy but I'm angry and I'm tortured within You come back around now, with your hands out I can see the guilt in your eyes, maybe you understand now It isn't the fact that when I talk you didn't listen It's that you said you'd call back in a minute but you didn't Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to beg friend It just feels like my life's hit a dead end I tried to turn around but now my back's against the wall And the pain just won't stop I might have to end it all I tell myself life is sacred, Its not right to waste it I feel surrounded but at the same time isolated At times my own day dreams scare me I find myself hating anyone that may seem carefree I'd rather go out smiling, than crying at home I've realized that my worst fear is dying alone At times I lose my composure but that's not a surprise I can't control the emotions I keep bottled inside Don't pretend there's a friendship you and me share When you hit rock bottom people are usually scared I guess stupidly I expected you to be there And when the shit hits the fan man, who really cares? [Sampled Hook, from Linda Perhacs' 'Hey, Who Really Cares?'] Hey now, who really cares? Hey, won't somebody listen? Let me say what's been on my mind Can I bring it out to you? I need someone to talk to And no one else will spare me the time Yea listen.. [Verse 2] I was just sitting here feeling sorry for myself and helpless Then I realized that I was just being selfish I'm a soldier, my self-centered brain is my helmet But when reality hit me, I felt sick We run from our problems, there's many that are paralyzed We take life for granted, D's sibling never had a life We've heard it all before, some people are deaf That tramp lives in a box while I sleep in my bed Inside I'm a tortured man, who hates living But there's people being tortured in Abu Graihb prison There's youths right now, that are dying from Malaria So we can have clean running water in our area That shit there, has got me feeling ashamed If you've been through it, tell me what's the meaning of pain You went court, and they locked you away when you we're acting wild There's people in Guantanamo Bay, that never had a trial We've seen a lot - there's some that were born blind In some places hip hop can't be performed live You whopped bare chicks, you think you a heavyweight? In Africa 6000 people die from AIDS everyday And the babies there get it from their mothers So think about that next time you fuck without a rubber It hurts, and no one said the truth would be fair The world's a messed up place man, but who really cares? [Sampled Hook, from Linda Perhacs' 'Hey, Who Really Cares?'] Hey now, who really cares? Hey, won't nobody listen? Let me say what's been on my mind Can I bring it out to you? I need someone to talk to And no one else will spare me the time