Artist: All Star Tribute Album: What's Going On EP Song: What's Going On (Rap Version) * Typed by: no1wammy@hotmail.com * Also known as The Neptunes's This One's For You Mix [Pharrell] People in the ghetto (Come on) This one's for you Yeah, baby People in the ghetto Yeah This one's for you Yeah, baby (Verse 1) [LL Cool J] It's like God's M.I.A. in the hood You a baller when you bad, but you corny when you good When I talk about Jesus, I misunderstood To keep it real with your Cristol, don't boost my morale I rather see the homeless warm and poor people get on And rappers going platinum, singing upliftin' songs Mama say, "God comes like a thief in the night Do you pray everyday Or when tragedy strikes?" [Noreaga] What's going on? World war Wanna settle the score So who's the enemy? This dude {*censored*} 'em all I tried to tell all the little homies Just chill on the streets Now we all stand together Cause we all for peace I saw the twin towers fall Like it's nothin' at all I stood shook All sad, all New Yokers is mad And we all got our flags on the cars Cause whether you White or black America's ours [Royce Da 5'9"] I remember thinking, killin' is wrong Waiting and wishin' that the Bone chillin' feelin' is gone, but still, it's on Wonderin' will I'll condone, what's goin' on in our zones Violence that exists in our phones or that lives in our homes Everyday, a killer is born, utility swarms We buildin' bonds, let's chill and be calm, and heal cause we strong I know you feelin' this song, cause killin' is wrong Millions are gone, put your ribbons on [Pharrell] What's going on Break 1: Faith Evans (Pharrell in background) People lying in the street Ain't got no food to eat (What's going on) So many children Living in poverty (What's going on) What can we do To help the weary (What's going on) Oooh, we gotta get down On our knees and pray Hook: Queen Latifah All you do is take a look at the kids And you See what this world done did And um It's a dog gone shame Some of the pain, we walk with cloud in our rains And um Don't let it get you down Times get rough, good times come back around Don't let it make you down You got the power to turn your life around (Verse 2) [Fabolous (Pharrell in background)] What's going on In the U.S.A. Why we all can't live in a F-A, B-O, L-O-U-S way And I do just pray That next year, I'll be tryin' to buy A new S, instead of a new S.K. It's so easy to grab and shoot at somethin' But war What is it good for? Hun? Absolutely nothin' We oughta build from the boulders I caught a chill When I hold a thought Of my children as soldiers (What's going on?) What's going on? [Sonja Blade] Now, wasn't y'all them same cats, holdin' up mags Now, look Everybody holding up flags It's like the real lace attack with the red, white and blue The FED's ain't got a clue So what we gotta do, hun? What's going on, why does it have to be The only time we unite is in a catastrophe? But if I had the power, I would bring back the towers Be the unfound hero, dead be no ground zero Break 2: Pharrell What's going on Fed up (???) more Computer friend is crazy (What's going on?) Hustlers bribin' for the hood And we're sharin', baby (What's going on?) Well, maybe, we'll keep up with the page The future's on (What's going on?) Maybe then, we won't have to ask What's going on (What's going on?) (Verse 3) [Da Brat] Here, it's 9/11, and I turned on my T.V. I couldn't believe, that this was happenin' to me I Jumped on my knees and prayed, I said, "Lord Is Revelation coming true from Back in the day?" What's going on, cause I'm wondering why Everybody ringing my phone They trying to see, if I was on a plane Tryin' to see if I was comin' home But I'm not, and I thank the Lord How could it been no one in the conquer (Fo sho) When I'm still here (That's right) I pray that it don't go loop [Angie Martinez] No matter what, we gotta choose Sleep, and you lose Every other day, I find myself, watching the news Eyes glued to the screen in another world Wishin' I could move to another world I seem to be another girl [Havoc] What's going on, we under attack The war was the past, I knew I looked towards a brighter future with planes gettin' crashed They can't crush me spirits, so I spit it through the lyric Though I stand in the valley of death I won't fear it [Prodigy {Pharrell in background}] Nigga, we livin' Revelations everyday It's like turning the pages We gotta rise up, done it, stop playin' It's like the world ain't Nothin' but a great big bomb And time is just a countdown for that shit to blow (POW) {What's going on?} [Faith Evans (Jagged Edge in background) {Pharrell in background}] I know, I know we can do this thing (Oooh, mercy, mercy, me) {What's going on?} If we just come together, we can do it (Things ain't what they seem to be) {What's going on?} I know we can (For you in my ocean) Do anything that I want {What's going on?} [Pharrell] What's going on? [Jagged Edge (Pharrell in background)] My brother, brother (What's going on) Won't somebody help me, yeah (What's going on) Father, father, help us