They carving up the pie while we starving all the while
Smoke darkens up the sky like a varnish was applied
Makes you wanna cry, all the conflict and crime
Anger unharnessed like horses running wild
The broading divide between entitled, deprived
The hopelessly impoverished, the moat is so wide
Be cautious when crossing the drawbridge at night
Some monster up yonder with his jaws open wide
One bad decision, one fatal mistake
Could cut an incision so deep you go blank
It's a dangerous maze, you're entangled in tape
You can't see the way to escape unless you wake up on the brink
Slaving away, working 25/8
Crazy inflation but the wages ain't changed
Giving in to the pain, frustration and rage
Wearing thin like papier-mâché, I can't think
What the hell happened here?
Tell me, is there something I missed?
'Cause I'm sitting here scratching my head
Saying to myself, "WTF?"
Baby, what the hell happened here?
Please tell me this ain't it
We can do better than this
Saying to myself, "WTF?"
Baby
Old brick buildings, paint faded like dry blood
Styrofoam containers, windows boarded up with plywood
Wheat colored weeds broken by a truck
Number 151 spray painted on the sidewalk
Pitbulls gallop through the streets like cantaloupe
Addicts looking for the antidote
Back and forth they say the same thing like palindromes
Factories closed, family home gone
You're out on your own, sleeping on mattress foam
Batteries from camera phones, underground spilling
Casualties in the catacombs of the city
This is how it goes? Oh, you got to be kidding
What the hell happened here?
Tell me, is there something I missed?
'Cause I'm sitting here scratching my head
Saying to myself, "WTF?"
Baby, what the hell happened here?
Please tell me this ain't it
We can do better than this
Saying to myself, "WTF?"
Baby
Explosions all over the globe, some emotional
Some ordered by remote control via mobile phone
Storms rip a hole through your home like a rollercoaster
Mother crying over her son, she's inconsolable
Can't afford the payment in the neighborhood I'm raised in
Treated like a stranger in the place I made famous
Fighting for the basics, it's hostile and heinous
Each generation slides further down the totem pole
Girls blowing bubbles with dishwashing liquid
Every day's a struggle just to live optimistic
It's the real deal, you eat what you kill
No one else is gon' say it, well I guess that I will
What the hell happened here?
Tell me, is there something I missed?
'Cause I'm sitting here scratching my head
Saying to myself, "WTF?"
Baby, what the hell happened here?
Please tell me this ain't it
We can do better than this
Saying to myself, "WTF?"
Baby