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[Verse 1]
Fast asleep in your bed, then you jolted awake
Scared out your skin, wake up in the middle of an earthquake
Grab some shoes, grab some clothes, and get out of there fast
You just hopin' that this terrible day won't be your last
Momma crying, brother screaming, follow you out the door
You starin' at the rubble that you used to call home
It's bad enough you got no money and no food to eat
Now you ain't even got a blanket or a place to sleep
Mass destruction, ain't tryna do no fakin' or frontin'
Went from somethin' to nothin' while you tryna make a deduction
On why a disruption up in the tectonic plates
Could flatten a whole country, city, town, or place
You feelin' disgraced and abandoned, still you hopin' that maybe
There's somebody beyond the clouds who sees the struggle of Haiti
Tears in your eyes staring up at the sky
Thoughts flying through your brain but what you thinkin' is "why?"
[Hook]
(Why me) This life is getting out of control
(Why me) I feel like I'm about to explode
(Why me) I wanna live but I'm just tryna survive
And even though I'm not dead I feel I'm barely alive
(Why me) This life is getting out of control
(Why me) I feel like I'm about to explode
(Why me) Nobody know the pain I'm going through
I'm losing heart and I don't know what else I gotta do
[Verse 2]
Mama hasn't felt good, she's been sick for weeks
So she's going to the hospital, feels especially weak
Man at first it was just coughing and her throat got sore
But after 25 days you figure it's gotta be more
You one of the few cats who has they daddy around
He press hard every day, going pound for pound
Every day he hustlin' and strugglin' to put food on the table
All your friends got DIRECTV but you never knew cable
But none of that matters now, you got a mother to worry about
Wondering what's gonna happen as you layin' around
Your phone rings later and you're scared to answer
Then your daddy drops the bomb ... "Your mother's got cancer"
Now she fightin' this disease with all her might
But only two months later Momma lost the fight
Put it behind you? That's impossible, you don't even try
But still your thoughts flyin' by and what they sayin' is "why?"
[Hook]
(Why me) This life is getting out of control
(Why me) I feel like I'm about to explode
(Why me) I wanna live but I'm just tryna survive
And even though I'm not dead I feel I'm barely alive
(Why me) This life is getting out of control
(Why me) I feel like I'm about to explode
(Why me) Nobody know the pain I'm going through
I'm losing heart and I don't know what else I gotta do
[Verse 3]
I know life can be a jerk to you
And forget about trying to get a perk or two
But even though it's hurting you, it don't gotta be merking you
And it don't have to burden you, 'cause there's one who was burdened for you
Hated and spurned for you, crashed and burned for you
So best believe that he knows all that you're going through
Just remember there will always be a brighter day
A better day, a sunny day where you ain't have to say ...
[Hook]
(Why me) This life is getting out of control
(Why me) I feel like I'm about to explode
(Why me) I wanna live but I'm just tryna survive
And even though I'm not dead I feel I'm barely alive
(Why me) This life is getting out of control
(Why me) I feel like I'm about to explode
(Why me) Nobody know the pain I'm going through
I'm losing heart and I don't know what else I gotta do