Who Sang Why? Tracy Chapman
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release date: 1988-4-1
length: 2:07
producer: David Kershenbaum
membranophone: Denny Fongheiser
vocal: Tracy Chapman
mixer: Kevin Smith
engineer: Kevin Smith
electric guitar: Jack Holder
bass: Larry Klein
Hammond organ: Jack Holder
acoustic guitar: Tracy Chapman
percussion: Paulinho da Costa and Denny Fongheiser
Why do the babies starve
When there's enough food to feed the world
Why when there are so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they're aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she's in her home
Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we're all free
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
Amidst all these questions and contradictions
There are some who seek the truth
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
When the blind remove their blinders
And the speechless speak the truth
When there's enough food to feed the world
Why when there are so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they're aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she's in her home
Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we're all free
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
Amidst all these questions and contradictions
There are some who seek the truth
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
When the blind remove their blinders
And the speechless speak the truth
