Tracy Chapman - Why? Lyrics






Why do the babies starve
When there's enough food to feed the world
Why when there're so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they're aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she's in her home

Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we're all free

But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
Admidst all these questions and contradictions
There're some who seek the truth

But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
When the blind remove their blinders
And the speechless speak the truth





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  1. E.... S....

    The words are on point and Painfully still so relevant today

  2. d.... h....

    Classified! !!

  3. D.... ....

    Why do the babies starve
    When there's enough food to feed the world
    Why when there are so many of us
    Are there people still alone

    Why are the missiles called peace keepers
    When they're aimed to kill
    Why is a woman still not safe
    When she's in her home

    Love is hate
    War is peace
    No is yes
    And we're all free

    But somebody's gonna have to answer
    The time is coming soon
    Amidst all these questions and contradictions
    There are some who seek the truth
    But somebody's gonna have to answer

    The time is coming soon
    When the blind remove their blinders
    And the speechless speak the truth

  4. j.... w....

    I love her so much and her words are strong,straight, and true

  5. d.... ....

    So sad how relevant this still is ... starvation, women not safe in their homes, war ...

  6. N.... R....

    musique officiel de astroboy la biotecH°!

  7. K.... Y....

    This is THEE ABSOLUTE one song in my 56 years of life that PROFOUNDLY effected me. Truth is truth. Use your heart and ask what you have learned?

  8. S.... F....

    Love you always 💫💞💫💞💫💞💫💞

  9. S.... F....

    Been waiting for this for so longgg to come on here

    S.... F....

    Such a good song!

  10. d.... g....

    what an amazing song and still relevant today

  11. S.... R....

    “Usually adult males who are unable to make emotional connections with the women 
    they choose to be intimate with are frozen in time, 
    unable to allow themselves to love for fear that the loved one will abandon them. 
    If the first woman they passionately loved, the mother, was not true to her bond of love, 
    then how can they trust that their partner will be true to love. 


    Often in their adult relationships these men act out again and again to test their partner's love. 
    While the rejected adolescent boy imagines that he can no longer receive his mother's love 
    because he is not worthy, as a grown man he may act out in ways that are unworthy 
    and yet demand of the woman in his life that she offer him unconditional love. 


    This testing does not heal the wound of the past, it merely reenacts it, 
    for ultimately the woman will become weary of being tested and end the relationship, 
    thus reenacting the abandonment. 
    This drama confirms for many men that they cannot put their trust in love. 
    They decide that it is better to put their faith in being powerful, in being dominant.” 


    Bell Hooks

    S.... R....

    “Dominator culture teaches all of us that the core of our identity is defined by the will to dominate and control others.
    We are taught that this will to dominate is more biologically hardwired in males than in females.
    In actuality, dominator culture teaches us that we are all natural-born killers
    but that males are more able to realize the predator role.
    In the dominator model the pursuit of external power,
    the ability to manipulate and control others, is what matters most.
    When culture is based on a dominator model,
    not only will it be violent
    but it will frame all relationships as power struggles.”
    Bell Hooks

  12. S.... R....

    There is no excuse for violence against women.
    Children should learn in every school
    what it means to give love in a relationship
    and take proper
    responsibility for the own children
    the does and donts in family life
    especially the
    ground rules of nonviolent communication.

    S.... R....

    Sandra Ring when a man hits a woman he’s lost the argument and gained an enemy

    S.... R....

    There is no excuse for violence...end sentence there and it's universal.

    S.... R....

    Sprinterman110 sometimes you have to defend your family because their likely to be seriously abused if you don’t and You don’t have to like it but you do have to do it

    S.... R....

    There’s no excuse for women to hit men especially if they have been brought up not to hit women because they might not realise that they have to defend them selves against them it was only when my wife told me that women are not allowed to hit me that I realised how badly I had been abused

  13. C.... W....

    BRING TRACY BACK BECAUSE ALL THIS MUSIC IS SHITE NOW

  14. A.... A....

    “Love is hate. War is peace. No is yes. We’re all free.” So many contradictions. The time is here Tracy. Love you so much! 💕 ♥️. Thank you so much for your beautiful work.

    A.... A....

    Great song, could have been longer.

    A.... A....

    It sure it