Why?

Why? Why? A red cap A white hood A Black man It's dangerous His hand In my hand The Homeland Afraid of Love LOVE Never thought it'd go down like this Never thought it'd go down like this, like this Epithets from Presidents As my brothers fall with no justice Thought I might be free someday Was Martin wrong? Never thought I'd mourn this way From Treyvon to Big Floyd and on... Why? Why do you hate me so much? Why do you hate me so much? The hater, the hated, the same We all in this cycle of pain If I wanna give you my love Why do you hate me so much? LOVE If I love you... LOVE If I love you... LOVE (Tell me) If I wanna give you my love Why do you hate me so much? I remember that talk That my dad, gave to me Gotta work twice as hard Be twice as good To get a half of it Never thought it'd still be like this Never thought I'd grow up so quick, so quick Hands up cuz I still can't breathe Another bullet, another siren, But they can't break me Why do you hate me so much? Why do you hate me so much? Am I just a victim of fate Cause I was just born this way If I wanna give you my love (Hey, why do you hate me?) LOVE If I love you... LOVE If I love you... LOVE (Tell me) If I wanna give you my love Why do you hate me so much? Why? Why? 49 Southerns 4-49 sons and daughters Losing their pulse in a moment Watching love turn to numbers LOVE LOVE