Y? (Be Like That) The Pharcyde

[Intro]
Why is that?
Why is that?
Why is that?
Why is that?

[Chorus]
Tell me why
Be like that, it just be like that (Why it's gotta be like that)
Baby, tell me why it's gotta be like that
Tell me why
Be like that, it just be like that (Why it's gotta be like that)
Baby, tell me why it's gotta be like that
Tell me why
Be like that, it just be like that (Why it's gotta be like that)
Baby, tell me why it's gotta be like that
Why it's gotta be like that
Be like that, it just be like that (Why it's gotta be like that)
Baby, tell me why it's gotta be like that

[Verse 1: Bootie Brown]
I wasn't sleepin', I was creepin', slidin', hidin'
I would like the girl behind me, roll up a bad time thinkin'
Mentally sinkin', presently brinkin'
Two decades and a half makin' a path for mine to follow
The world is hollow, yet it's full of crap, prepare to gamble
I give you a handful of chips and tips
For what's to come, I cried a ton of tears
Drunk a ton of beers, that's fun at first
But learned to persevere throughout the years
Kept my ears open, eyes scoping, mouth locked
Don't rock the boat if you can't swim
Nobody may not be there with the limb to lend
This is the end, still, I can't explain the fact
Why the fuck shit gotta be like that?