Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.
Why we choose to hate, when we know love makes us unite.
Why we fall in love, when we know love separates our hurts into halves.
Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.

Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.
Why do we have unprotected sex, when we know HIV/AIDS cuts our homes like an axe.
Why do we abuse our women, when we know they are the beacon of our unborn.
Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.

Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.
Why we use drugs, when we know they damage our lungs.
Why we abuse alcohol, when we know it leaves us with holes.
Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.

Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.
Why we commit crimes, when we know prison affects our mines.
Why we quit school, when we know life without education ain’t cool.
Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.

Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.
Why don’t we know, that our politicians are not there for our economic emancipation.
Why don’t we know, the Napoleons of this world are no longer the characters of our books.
Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.

Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.
Why we don’t know that the sun was never meant to shine.
Why we don’t know that the world was never meant to be round.
Why we don’t know, the simplest things we should’ve known.