Contradictionz

A contradiction, but ain’t that what it’s all about?
A contradiction, but ain’t that what it’s all about?

[Verse 1]
How can a government say they support human rights
When we know they only fight with dollar signs in their eyes
So it’s relief for the tsunami, money for the tidal wave
They’ve lost just as many lives in Africa from AIDS
In my country tis of thee, how come there’s poverty
If it’s Homeland Security, why the hell you watching me
And how come I go to college all the professors is white
All the students look alike like they related to the dean
Education ain’t a right, man education is a dream
A diploma is equivalent to getting a receipt
How do all the founding fathers look like officer friendly
How does Jesus look related to the cops that apprehend me
How you make your commericals, say it does a body good
Then take extacy and steroids so you can look and feel good
How many judges and lawyers still use cocaine
Then their Rockefeller laws keep my people enslaved

A contradiction, but ain’t that what it’s all about?
A contradiction, but ain’t that what it’s all about?

[Verse 2]
How can the richest country have so many homeless
Cause ten percent of the evil people got the money, you should know this
What’s a black republican, what’s a Latin bush supporter
And if Bush loves the war, he should send his own daughters
What’s a liberal guy that supports women’s rights
And on that very same day watches porn all night
If there’s freedom of speech, then what’s censorship
And how the hell you wearing Jordans and you root for the Knicks
How come hip-hop got political around election day
Yet any other time ain’t got shit to say
How many communists drive home in nice ass cars
To the comfort of a home with a stocked up bar
How Chicago the second city when we always in first
And if you don’t support Cuba, take off the Che shirt
A contradiction, yo it’s the root of our system
And if there’s really justice
Why it’s just us in the prisons

A contradiction, but ain’t that what it’s all about?

[Verse 3]
Why does the Christian right support a war that’s taking people’s lives
How many revolutionaries done beat up their wives
How many married men still take part in the chase
How come so many doctors do drugs to stay awake
And what about them priests that are secretly gay
Yet they still preach the word every single Sunday
And how many politicians have no social skills
Why so many millionaires don’t pay child support bills
And if a woman sleeps around then for sure she’s a ho
Yet when a man does his thing he must be full of mojo
Why do jocks take drugs just to hit home runs
Why you shopping for clothes with insufficient funds
Why you driving a Mercedes with no milk for the baby
Rolling on twenty-twos when your rent is past due
A contradiction, yeah that’s what it’s about
I just gave a few examples for you to think about