[Verse 1]

Question after question

Plagues this global conscience like a cancer

Opinions and decisions forced upon us

But the answers to these and many issues seem to remain elusive

And all that we seem to get is excuses

And more excuses

But never solutions

It's just the illusion of action taken by politicians

This ensures the satisfaction

Of the people that gave the powers that be, the power to be

Somеthing's wrong with that shit

'Cause the flavor's sour to me

Hourly, quеstions perplex and compound

So problems, they become more complex and profound

And persistent 'cause the people making decisions in the system

They be failing to go to proper distance

Thus the negative's prevailing

[Chorus]

Don't ask me why it be man

Society be failing

And everywhere I go, all I hear is sad tales, man

Mama can't afford groceries, so baby's wailing

It's the negative prevailing

The negative prevailing

[Verse 2]

Lord, have mercy

Please relieve me from this mess

It seems my peeps and me done had some

Crazy-ass stress fall in our laps

Doc suggests I take two aspirins and a nap

But that can't help my friend with them 4 caps in his back

If you black in my city and you nervous, there's good reason

'Cause racist murderers contact like it's open season

Yeah, police been wreakin' mad terror in my area

The words "To serve and protect" should read, "Nigga, I'm a bury ya!"

Shit gets scarier for me as I try to gauge my anger

Injustice fuels my rage and this places me in danger

Most players in this game, they either die or fill the jails, man

The beast impaling my peeps, keeps the negative prevailing

[Chorus]

Don't ask me why it be man

Society be failing

And everywhere I go, all I hear is sad tales, man

The beast impaling my peeps in the streets

Mama's wailing

It's the negative prevailing

The negative prevailing

[Verse 3]

Give me some plus signs and positivity

Not hostility or animosity

Man, that shit be costin' me and my family

Our sanity and possibly the life of my brethren

Gettin' bludgeoned by the beast who's

Pleased to see us release frustrations on our own kind

I be dreaming about times when me and my mines

We be smiling as we headed off to parties

With no fear that there'll be violence

Seems disunity's the norm, I'm all for defiance

Divided we fall, so that's why Babylon be tryin'

United we stand, man, we need to form an alliance

A moment of silence for those warriors passed before us

Peace, I'm out, now peep the chorus

[Chorus 2x]

Don't ask me why it be man

Society be failing

And everywhere I go, all I hear is sad tales, man

I wanna see clear blue skies and smooth sailing

With the positive prevailing

The positive prevailing