This Is Why We Ride Lyrics - Body Count

People always wanna know 

The reason for what they consider senseless violence in the hood 

I'ma break it down for you 

This is why we ride 

And this is why we ride 

And this is why we ride 

I gotta say this clear, I gotta say this loud 

I should've been dead, don't know how I'm here now 

I should've been dead, damn it forty years ago 

How the fuck did I survive? Something that I'll never know 

I played the crack game, gang bang, guns 

Motherfuckers told me I'd never see twenty one 

I come from LA, deep in the heart of the hood 

Every night the bullets fly, this shit ain't Hollywood 

Could be your best friend, mother or brother dead 

Cops can't do shit, these streets are blood red 

So we leave the block and we load the guns 

And we want revenge, until revenge comes 

And this is why we ride 

And this is why we ride 

I made it out the hood, I got a great life 

But them bullets fly every motherfucking night 

Another kid dies every motherfucking night 

Another mother cries every motherfucking night 

Ghettoes of deep crack, made to never escape 

A place to store the poor, made to never escape 

They're all over the world, people go to die 

Murders go unsolved, I understand why 

They remove hope and then we sell dope 

Pain in poverty has us at each other's throat 

Families are broken and so we gang bang 

A bit form of unity but most love some of us ever seen 

And this is how we die 

And this is why we ride 

Oh man, coming up and surviving in the ghetto 

The smallest argument goes from little drama to big drama 

Next thing you know, somebody's dead 

I don't think you can understand if you've never been in your streets 

And held your best friend in your arms 

Your child in your arms and watch them breathe their last breath 

'Cause somebody shot them dead in the streets 

You ain't thinking of calling the police 

You want revenge and you want it now 

I gotta be honest with you 

If somebody were to kill me, shoot me right now, 

My last words wouldn't be peace 

It would be get those motherfuckers 

(And this is why we ride) 

This song is dedicated to all of you who has lost somebody to street violence 

And this is why we ride 

And this is how we die