Renee Coolbrith - Why Am I So Happy? lyrics

[Verse 1 - Spose:] You should see these Nike SB’s that I copped online I turned the AC on then I wrote a hot rhyme The girl who made my sneakers sobbin’ all the time Indonesian sweatshop makin’ pennies and she’s nine I took a clean towel out the closet Showered half an hour took a sip up out the faucet A mother in Nigeria, I wouldn’t wanna be ya No clean water, so her daughter died of diarrhea I typed a post about my government, was critical And they didn’t arrest me even though it sounded liberal In Russia, punishment for that isn’t reciprocal You question ‘bout the man, then your lifespan’s minimal When I was six, my biggest worry if I can reminisce Was that I’d have a Super Nintendo but not a Genesis Six year old in Rwanda blood what he’s wearin’ They cut his arm off when he wouldn’t k** his parents I made babies out of wedlock I read Ladybug Girl then get stoned in the basement by the bedrock She defied arranged marriage, her betrayed parents Stoned her to d**h on the terrace with the cleric I took a bite of pizza told them, “Give the chef my accolades” I eat a couple slices then I threw the other half away A child stomach squealing, begging, he ain’t eat in days He collapsed with a thud, sounded like a 808 I don’t go to church or the mosque, or the synagogue If there is a God, he isn’t in my thoughts A Kurd didn’t fit their definition of religion Got beheaded in front of his children who lay in prison I saw a tweet a girl wrote It said, “I hate school, I’d rather skip it, party, take body shots, and break rules” School girl got her body shot by the Taliban Women die to be educated out in Pakistan [Hook - Renee Coolbrith:] If I know how it’s goin’ down Why am I so happy now? I don’t know [Verse 2 - Spose:] I just filmed a video with Bosch He just bought a drone, flew over a soccer game, we looked at it, looked f**in’ dope Iraqi kids playin’ soccer live a humble home life Mom screams as they got k**ed by a drone strike Although neither represent my section I voted the lesser of two evils in the last election Some countries only got one candidate Question them and you can pick which limb they’re gonna amputate I got police protecting my township Dial up the number, Crown Vic, come around quick In Mexico, cops crooked east of Buena Vista Juan had to join the cartel just to protect his sister I love my daughter and the smile on her face I told her she gotta be thirty-five before she start to date Syrian girls abducted by the caliphate They’re fourteen, sold as s** slaves in the Islamic state I feel so alive bumpin’ dead rappers Life could be like lice, it’s a head scratcher “Why am I so happy?”, I don’t gotta answer that “Why are you so miserable?” Is the question that I need to ask [Hook - Renee Coolbrith:] If I know how it’s goin’ down Why am I so happy now? I don’t know