Why U Hate

[Intro: DJ Scream] That’s the problem with some of you rap niggas Is y’all niggas is just makin’ music I salute my nigga Plies, he makin’ statements! Words that touches peoples’ lives Words that touches peoples’ emotions How real is that? [Hook: Plies] Wanna ask the government: Why y’all hate us so much? Wanna ask the other color: Why y’all hate us so much? Wanna ask the law: Why y’all hate us so much? Wanna ask the prosecuter: Why y’all hate us so much? [Verse: Plies] Is it our skin color, or is it the way we talk? You hate us cause we us, or you hate us cause we folk? Is it the way we live, or is it the way we walk? We never had shit, so it can’t be nothin’ we bought This shit y’all took us through, prolly the reason we off Our pride we still got it; only thing we ain’t lost Defending ourselves – shit – that was something we was taught We’ve been through the roughest times, but all of it ain’t our fault Wish I could add up the years in prison our peoples’ve caught The government distributed, we ain’t really have a choice Your peoples go to college, my peoples go to court Your peoples born with money, my peoples born broke Your peoples lived in mansions, my peoples hung from ropes Your peoples had it made, all my peoples had was hope Your peoples had help, all my peoples heard was “no” My peoples thought about it, your peoples cut our throats Respect we had for one another – shit – it wasn’t even close We had to entertain, that was our only open door If we wanted to make it, we had to rap, sing or try sports We couldn’t afford a full ride – shit – my people poor My people ain’t mad, your people hate us, though But we’re the ones strugglin’, so why y’all hate us for? The police want us bad, the judge hate us more The jury think we’re guilty ‘fore we come through the door And y’all ‘ll take our money, but y’all won’t help us, though And y’all biggest fear, is to see our people grow But our biggest fear, is dyin’ ‘fore we turn twenty-four And every law that’s passed, ‘s designed to sink us more And every time we go to jail, y’all get paid, though But when we ask for money, y’all slam the door They say our president’s black, but we can’t tell, though We only got ourselves, now that’s what’s real, though I know y’all hate our guts, that’s how y’all feel, though But y’all ain’t got to like us, just let us live, though And cause we’ black, bruh, don’t mean we steal, though And cause we’ from the ghetto, don’t mean we dumb, bro We’ just as smart as y’all, but y’all don’t want the world to know But all we want to know: Why y’all hate us so much? Why y’all hate us so much? Why y’all hate us so much? All we wanna know: Why y’all hate us so much? Why y’all hate us so much? Why