stop and think...
Why would some one put there own life at risk
Because of two or three problems that can easily be fixed
Why is it that a kid smokes just for the heck of it
The fact that these kids think they have no friends is irrelevant
Why is it that it takes years to fix problems that build up and build on
But yet it takes less than a second to pull a trigger and you're gone
Why is it that no one realizes the help someone was providing
Until he's laying six feet under or on a hospital bed dying
No one stops to look at some things that are just so simple
But yet a teenager feels as if world's gonna end when she gets a pimple
Why is it that nothing is brought to some parent's attention
Until your child is sent home in trouble with a suspension
Why is it that so much power and offense can consist in a gesture or one word
Such a n or b or lifting up your arm and flipping the bird
Why won't you open your eyes and ears and understand what I'm talkin' about
Realize what you're doin' and take the cigarette out ya' mouth
Or stop for a moment and spit ya' beer out
Take a look at what's around you and think what you can do with your life
Growin' up and havin' kids spendin' time with ya' husband or wife
Why is it that something that is so small can start up a war
Ending lives of those with dreams and making others poor
If only you knew what you were doing and stop in your tracks
Listen to these words and don't turn back
Stop smokin' stop drinkin' or whatever you do
Live life to it's fullest and always stay true
Why is it that a fourteen year old child
Can be stabbed in the back by their own father and be defiled
Why is it that some people must live in the envy of another
But yet they can't set a good example for their own little brother
Read these words and think about what you're doin'
Before it's too late when you can't stop chewin'..
.Or drinkin' gamblin' and smokin'
Stop rollin' up weed dealin' it and tokin'
Why put your life and others in danger
Just because you think it releases your anger
Don't smoke or drink because you need to blow off some steam
just sit down and write, draw, or just scream
Why cut your life from years to days
lightin' up and blowin' smoke won't make problems go away
Why not think and just speak what you feel
Instead of keeping everything inside being convinced that your feelings aren't real
I hope that after you read this when light up to unwind
The one word why will come to your mind
Why not just ask yourself why
Instead of anticipating and waiting for the day you die
So next time you smoke, drink, or light up your bong
Remember that you don't know what you have until it's gone
Please don't make others suffer by not having the chance to say good-bye
Isn't it amazing how much power consists in the word why?
