The Why from Unc Music by GaKnew Roxwel

Tracklist

5.	The Why	4:16

Lyrics

PRE-CHORUS

….
Before you start any business
And sacrifice time,
First you must start with why.
….
You don’t create the service
Or buy yo supplies
Before You identify the why.

…
When you feel lost
Or uncertain ‘bout your moves,
It’s Time to tape in to your why.
…
And When the milk spills,
Ain’t no need to cry.
Sit back and figure out why.

CHORUS

This is the why!

I’m back rappin’,
Bag packin’,
And decided to tell the job bye!

They wanna why!
I invest so much in music
In a time
where consumers don’t buy!

This is the why,
I’m back rappin’,
Bag packin’,
And decided to tell the job bye!

They wanna why!
‘Cause I need to speak to the people
‘Bout some thing been
heavy on my mind.

FIRST VERSE

Attorney hit me with a bar,
Joke crackin’.
Said if it ain’t documented,
it ain’t happen.
That’s why history
omits his actions,
Make the psychi of people
it’s impactin’

Look biological, like
Inherent dysfunction.
Plans diabolical,
inheritted destruction.
‘ Given a sickness,
Grown proud of symptoms,
So seekin’ a cure
is self hatred? Damn

Oppression diagnosed
as depression.
Medication, medication,
medication.
Hard liquor, Marijuana,
meditation.
Sanitize system
with emotional eduction,

redactin’ the cause
from they documentation.
‘Last generation
for complainin’.
It’s bigger than hiphop!
Word to Dead Prez.
Gotta tell my side.
Can’t trust what he says.

CHORUS

The why
I’m back rappin’,
Bag packin’,
And decided to tell the job bye!

They wanna why
I invest so much in music
In a time
when consumers don’t buy!

This is the why
I’m back rappin’,
Bag packin’,
And decided to tell the job bye!

They wanna why
I invest so much in music
In a time
when consumers don’t buy!

SECOND VERSE

This always been an outlet.
‘Bout time to be a platform.
Feel like the culture need me
to go to bat for ‘em.
I was dope when it was
fly to rock Phat Farm.
Now I’m a detox
taken in rap form.

Easier to swallow than books.
Music has that appeal.
Feel my decorum.
I ain’t here for thrills.
But I ain’t trynna bore ‘em.
They came here for skills,
help ‘em to escape
without the side effect of pills.

that’s no withdrawal
and no chill.
If Netflix calls,
we can talk about a deal,
But I’m trynna feed folks.
I’mma need a few meals.
Every new hat
Come with a new bill.

Covid tried to kill me, but
God was like, “hold up”,
had a job for me.
only right for me to show up.
There’s somebody
to give a message to.
If you feel it,
Then I guess it’s you.

CHORUS

The why
I’m back rappin’,
Bag packin’,
And decided to tell the job bye!

They wanna why
I invest so much in music
In a time
when consumers don’t buy!

This is the why
I’m back rappin’,
Bag packin’,
And decided to tell the job bye!

They wanna why
I invest so much in music
In a time
when consumers don’t buy!

THIRD VERSE

I be havin’ so many thoughts
about Rightin’ what’s wrong,
‘ Figure I can reach more
if I put ‘em in songs, but
Havin’ kids makes it
hard for me to tour, so
Chances shorter than a
midget with no torso.

‘ Keep spewin’ out rhymes
on my way to work.
Known to kill a verse
in like one take.
I aint got the time.
I just make it work.
Way I grind,
the say I need breaks.

…
still halk loogies on the mic
‘cause I’m still stick
Of the black mans plight.
‘ sicker than the government
committin’ genecide
when I do decide to spit.
So maybe it’s pride.

Proud like Nina Simone,
‘sixty nine,
‘ Harlem Cultural fest,
Speaker her mind.
His story fails to
Include our side,
So decided to record
What I think of the times.

CHORUS

The why
I’m back rappin’,
Bag packin’,
And decided to tell the job bye!

They wanna why
I invest so much in music
In a time
when consumers don’t buy!

This is the why
I’m back rappin’,
Bag packin’,
And decided to tell the job bye!

They wanna why
I invest so much in music
In a time
when consumers don’t buy!

Credits

from Unc Music, released July 7, 2025

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