[Verse 1]
Now why’s hip-hop in Australia got so much division
When cats happy to hear but ain’t willin’ to listen?
Why lyricism and flow valued different?
Why you rather jokers than MCs with wisdom?
Why you rather laugh than think
While those dudes ain’t shit throwin’ disses with typin’ and clicks?
Why they ain’t really likely to quit?
Why ain’t nobody do somethin’ about it with either a mic or a fist?
Man, why our troops gone?
Why so many people don’t know where they roots from?
Why so many people say that the youth’s wrong?
Why we do nothin’ about pollution?
Where the fuck is the truth gone?
Why you lose your swag?
Why the fuck did I do that ad?
But more than that, why are you so mad
About it like affect you so bad, huh?
I wanna know, shit, I wanna know

[Chorus]
“You-you-you-you-you know the deal”
“I-i-i-i-i know wе ain’t talkin’”
“And this is grown man business”
“Why-why-why pick up a gun?”
“Just-just-just-just shoot your damn words”
[Ad-libs]
Yeah

[Verse 2]
And why they changе all these IR laws and why they get reformed?
Now who the fuck gon’ protect the poor?
Why mister prime minister elected for?
Why Australian troops still sent to war?
And why then is petrol soarin’ to record profits?
So why are pump prices expectin’ more
Of an increase? Why we accept this for?
Why power o’ the people ain’t strengthened, y’all?
What happened to the power in one man’s voice
When boys my age die from one man’s choice?
Why ain’t you actin’ your word?
Why ain’t you livin’ the same lifestyle that you rap in your verse?
How come they make cash their purpose
And cover shit up? Why ain’t we itchin’ to scratch the surface?
If there’s a war on terror, why ain’t BP nervous
‘Bout drillin’ into Iraq? Why ain’t you think of it, huh? I wanna know

[Chorus]
“You-you-you-you-you know the deal”
“I-i-i-i-i know we ain’t talkin’”
“And this is grown man business”
“Why-why-why pick up a gun?”
“Just-just-just-just shoot your damn words”
[Verse 3]
What happened to the leaders?
Why they got billions for wars but none left for public school teachers?
Why we gobble lies they feed us?
Why don’t I care more about grades and less about sneakers?
Why don’t we celebrate religious believers
When Christmas losin’ touch with Jesus?
Why twenty-fifth o’ the twelfth Amex and Visas
No crucifixes, amnesia?
Man, we forgettin’ what made this land
So in the seed of identity crises off time to the beat
And people famous for nothin’
No talent caught fuckin’ on a tape for all the drugs they take
Why ain’t kids taught not to grow up that way?
Man, the system corrupted so much these days
And shit, take time to embrace my life
But at the end o’ the day, still wanna know why
Shit, I got a right to know