Why Are People Like That - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Got a party at 8:00, it's 7:53 Keys in my hand, somewhere to be And you come strolling down the stairs You got that up-to-somethin' look on your face Looks like we are gonna be fashionably late But you don't seem to care, so I set down my whiskey and you kiss me You lean your back against the wall When we walk in and it's past ten I'ma tell 'em it's your fault Baby, why you gotta wear them jeans Hair down and a white tank top? Baby, why you gotta be so mean? Looking so good, I can't stop My hands from touchin' your body You know I love it but I got to ask Baby, why? Baby, why? Baby, why you gotta be like that? I'm so predictable, it's like you know That denim and low cut combo With the fire in your eyes Gonna get me every time It's been like that since we met You keep messing with my head You love to play that game And I hate to complain but Baby, why you gotta wear them jeans Hair down and a white tank top? Baby, why you gotta be so mean? Looking so good, I can't stop My hands from touchin' your body You know I love it but I got to ask Baby, why? Baby, why? Baby, why you gotta be like that? Whoa, oh Why you gotta be like that? I set down my whiskey and you kiss me You lean your back against the wall When we walk in and it's past ten I'ma tell 'em it's your fault Baby, why you gotta wear them jeans Hair down and a white tank top? Baby, why you gotta be so mean? Looking so good, I can't stop My hands from touchin' your body You know I love it but I got to ask Baby, why? Baby, why? Baby, why you gotta be like that? Whoa, oh Why you gotta be like that? Whoa, oh Baby, why you gotta be like that? Baby, why? Baby, why? Baby, why? Baby, why?

(Why you gotta be like that?) So back and forth I don't know if you're bored You want nothing then more, ah Say something should change But you just stay the same I can't see in your brain, ah Every time we kiss, I ask you why we do this every time You say that you're just having fun Well, why you gotta be like that? Late night calling my phone Telling me you wanna get close, ah There you go giving me hope, I don't know Why you gotta be like that? Always coming on too strong Never wanna stay too long, ah Then you say that if I fall, then it's all my fault Yeah, why you gotta be like that? (Why you gotta be like that?) Yeah, why you gotta be like that? (Why, why, why?) Can't call it friends Yeah, 'cause it always ends With you bending all your rules, I I know that it's kinda sadistic, and I'm masochistic You push me away, then you say that you miss it I should've learned by now that I can't figure you out 'Cause every time we kiss, I ask you why we do this every time You say that you're just having fun Well, why you gotta be like that? Late night calling my phone Telling me you wanna get close, ah There you go giving me hope, I don't know Why you gotta be like that? Always coming on too strong Never wanna stay too long, ah Then you say that if I fall, then it's all my fault Yeah, why you gotta be like that? (Why you gotta be like that?) Yeah, why you gotta be like that? (Why, why, why?) Why you gotta be like that? Why, why, why?

Can't you understand what makes a man Hate another man Help me understand People are people so why should it be (why should it be) You and I should get along so awfully (awfully) People are people so why should it be (why should it be) You and I should get along so awfully So now there's different colours And there's different breeds And different people have different needs It's obvious you hate me though I've done nothing wrong I've never even met you so what could I have done Can't you understand what makes a man Hate another man Help me understand People are people so why should it be (why should it be) You and I should get along so awfully (awfully) People are people so why should it be (why should it be) You and I should get along so awfully So now you're punching and you're kicking And you're screaming at me You're relying on my common decency I know it hasn't surfaced but I'm sure it exists It just takes a while to travel from my head to my fist (boom) Can't you understand what makes a man Hate another man Help me understand People are people so why should it be (why should it be) You and I should get along so awfully (awfully) People are people so why should it be (why should it be) You and I should get along so awfully People are people Why should it be (why should it be) That we get along so awfully Why should it be (why should it be) That we get along so awfully Can't you understand what makes a man Hate another man Help me understand Can't you understand what makes a man Hate another man Help me understand People are people so why should it be (why should it be) You and I should get along so awfully (awfully) People are people so why should it be (why should it be) You and I should get along so awfully People are people Why should it be (why should it be) That we get along so awfully (Can't you understand) why should it be Can't we get along, 'cause people are people (Can't you understand) why should it be That we get along so awfully (Can't you understand) why should it be Can't we get along, 'cause people are people

Ayo Ayo Peace to cap peelers (peace), drug dealers is illest They try to fill us with poison (ah), sniffin' coke off of mirrors My Fear Of God's half laced, mask faced For testers, they track race, call me self, you lack grace Benz and stacks, you can die and come back Die again and come back, I'll still be the illest nigga alive (ah) I'll be live in the villa with your bitch takin' ginger Send a postcard, Versace trunks on in the winter Why god so precise with firearms? (boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom) Now you lyin' dyin' in your baby mommy arms (ah) New Gianni chopper for my bodyguards, Tommy Gun swarms (doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot) Fours, Tom Ford Goretex off jugg Encore at the Off-White store, who rolling the dice? (doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot) I'll take your life for 'em (I take your life for 'em, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot,) Ayo, dick sucks at the Four Seasons (at the Four Seasons) Caught two bodies for no reason (boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom) Lord, why I do 'em like that (why I do 'em like that? Lord, why I do 'em like that) Ayo, dick sucks at the Four Seasons (at the Four Seasons) Caught two bodies for no reason (boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom) Lord, why I do 'em like that? (why I do em like that? Lord, why I do em like that?) You saw me turn water into wine (wine), ayy All I had to do was pop another bottle When you even saw me go and freeze time (freeze time), ayy That Rollie's drippin' like I spilled a water bottle (look, uh, Essco) Walkin' 'round the house, dirty Glock with some clean Ricks Clean Gucci socks, pass the mop, help me sweep shit (ayy, ayy) Fuck her in my flops with my shorts on backwards (ayy, ayy) She lovin' in the bed, it's ten thousand on the mattress (all cash) Six bank accounts and got seven places to stash it Remember when we went and caught them plays inside the masses? (I swear) We went and rent them Bentley trucks and drove around Manhattan (I swear) The first time we brought on Maddison (I swear), we knew we wasn't average (I swear) Uh, I'm so ready like '01 Nelly In a pair of Air Forces in a two tone Pelle (oh) My flow heavy, the tide breakin' through the levee We was never worried, they was never ready, huh You never steady, you wishy-washy like a paddle boat Claim you captain, but you lookin' like your paddle broke (it's a wave) What's actual is that you pussy with opinion (I swear) You just some hyper kids without your Ritalin (bitch) Criminal minded, 'cause nigga we ain't lawfully gifted All the atrocity we went through, it's hard to forget it (I swear), uh I ask forgiveness and I flip these situations to a business I flip that business up into a million (uh-huh) Ayo, dick sucks at the Four Seasons (at the Four Seasons) Caught two bodies for no reason (boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom) Lord, why I do 'em like that? (why I do 'em like that? Lord, why I do 'em like that?) Ayo, dick sucks at the Four Seasons (at the Four Seasons) Caught two bodies for no reason (boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom) Lord, why I do 'em like that (why I do 'em like that? Lord, why I do 'em like that?) The villainous My poetry gives you a taste Braids hang down to my waist Thoughts gettin' evil, can't wait to see this nigga face When I make the call, snatch his wife Wait 'til you bring him there, then end her life Then mutilate his body, a hundred cuts or more Let the dogs eat his corpse, that'll settle the score

It's a long way home Baby I've got to go It's a long way home Baby I've got to go Yes I'm gonna leave here running 'Cause walking is much too slow I used to love you baby But you made a believer out of me I used to love you woman But you made a believer out of me My heart you have wrecked darlin' And my life you cannot see Alright (Music) I said it's a long way home Baby I've got to go It's a long way home Baby I've got to go I got to leave here running Ooo, 'Cause walking is much to slow (Music)