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Artist: The Specials
Canonical path: /the-specials/why
Related lyric paths: 6
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Why
Read Why lyrics by The Specials on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Why
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Why did you try to hurt me
Did you really kill me
Tell me why (x3)
Why do we have to fight
Why must we fight
I have to defend myself from crack last night
I know I am black
You know you are white
I'm proud of my black skin
And you are proud of your white
Why did you try to hurt me
Did you really kill me
Tell me why (x3)
We don't need no british movement
Nor the Ku Klux Klan
Nor the national front
Make me a angry man
I just wanna live in peace
Why can't you be the same
Why should I live in fear?
You'll follow like sheep in a wolf's clothes
You too scared to make a speech
Do you really like
Without a thousand police
Protecting your rights
Protecting under your views
Inside the fights
But you will protect me
From you in the night
Why did you try to hurt me
Tell me why (x3)
Did you really kill me
Tell me why (x3)
You'll follow like sheep in a wolf's clothes
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