This Is Why - Yatta Bandz

People always wanna know The reason for what they consider senseless violence in the hood I'ma break it down for you This is why we ride And this is why we ride And this is why we ride I gotta say this clear, I gotta say this loud I should've been dead, don't know how I'm here now I should've been dead, damn it forty years ago How the fuck did I survive? Something that I'll never know I played the crack game, gang bang, guns Motherfuckers told me I'd never see twenty-one I come from L.A, deep in the heart of the hood Every night the bullets fly, this shit ain't Hollywood Could be your best friend, mother or brother dead Cops can't do shit, these streets are blood red So we leave the block and we load the guns And we want revenge, until revenge comes And this is why we ride And this is why we ride I made it out the hood, I got a great life But them bullets fly every motherfucking night Another kid dies every motherfucking night Another mother cries every motherfucking night Ghettoes of deep crack, made to never escape A place to store the poor, made to never escape They're all over the world, people go to die Murders go unsolved, I understand why They remove hope and then we sell dope Pain and poverty has us at each other's throat Families are broken and so we gangbang A bit form of unity but most love some of us ever seen And this is how we die And this is why we ride Oh man, coming up and surviving in the ghetto The smallest argument Goes from little drama to big drama Next thing you know, somebody's dead I don't think you can understand If you've never been in your streets and held your best friend in your arms Your child in your arms And watch them breathe their last breath 'Cause somebody shot 'em dead in the streets You ain't thinking of calling the police You want revenge And you want it now I gotta be honest with you If somebody were to kill me, shoot me right now My last words wouldn't be, "Peace" It would be, "Get those motherfuckers" (And this is why we ride) This song is dedicated to all of you who has lost somebody to street violence And this is why we ride And this is how we die

I have so many questions and places to go There are too many options, far too many unknowns This is why I need you And everyone talks now, but no one is right There are too many armies with no one to fight This is why I need you 'Cause you make the darkness less dark You make the edges less sharp You make the winter feel warmer You make my weakness less weak You make the bottom less deep You make the waiting feel shorter You make my crazy feel normal every time You are the who, love is the what and this is the why There are so many problems and no one who cares There are so many roads and they all need repairs This is why I need you There's not enough chocolate, there's too many chores There are so many mountains that I haven't explored This is why I need you 'Cause you make the darkness less dark You make the edges less sharp You make the winter feel warmer You make my weakness less weak You make the bottom less deep You make the waiting feel shorter You make my crazy feel normal every time You are the who, love is the what and this is the why You keep the ship moving forward You make it easy to try You make my crazy feel normal every time You are the who, love is the what and this is the why You are the who, love is the what and this is the why You are the who, love is the what and this is the why

If it's with that guy go, go I lost you once, I think I can do it again If I thought it's what you really wanted But don't you take the easy way out What easy way? There is no easy way, no matter what I do somebody gets hurt Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants What your parents want, what do you want? What do you want? It's not that simple What do you want? Ay, why it always seem like we finished where we start at Know you see my number shorty, why you never call back? You say that you love me but I'm knowing that it's all cap Maybe it's my fault for making you think you was all that No, no Why you playing games, just tell me if you ain't serious What's the point in trying if all of this sh- is meaningless I know you ain't deserve it so, I'ma take my hеart back I peep the way you moving so I think that I'ma fallback How you put the flame on mе, when you changed on me These other n- they don't got a thing on me Babygirl you did me wrong, that sh- hurt me lowkey It's the reason I decided to ride by my lonely I'm hurting, I can not believe that I really thought you was worth it I gave you a chance cause I know nobody's perfect You was at the top and was only scratching the surface And then you did me dirty, tell me how did I deserve this pain The only thing I feel when somebody says your name And this that type of hurt that'll make somebody change 'Cause I don't even know if I can look at you the same This sh- got me feeling strange Shorty you're the reason it's hard for me to be open Writing all these songs, it's the only way I'm coping You told me I should trust you You told me I shouldn't bug you But b- I only did it 'cause you know I f- loved you Why it always seem like we finished where we start at Know you see my number shorty, why you never call back? You say that you love me but I'm knowing that it's all cap Maybe it's my fault for making you think you was all that No, no Why you playing games, just tell me if you ain't serious What's the point in trying if all of this sh- is meaningless I know you ain't deserve it so, I'ma take my heart back I peep the way you moving so I think that I'ma fallback You did me wrong after all that Please tell me where my heart at Gave you my all, guess you didn't want that I think I'm finna fallback You did me wrong after all that Please tell me where my heart at Gave you my all, guess you didn't want that I think I'm finna fallback