What's Going On? Songtext
von Zebrahead

Just another day
Seems like everybody′s (got a problem)
And no one knows how, but (we all want to solve 'em)
You could give a (dime) give a (hand) give a (shit)
Or could look away and never (deal with it now)
For example, this girl is pretty fly for a white guy
And all the guys want her, though she′s a juvenile
She's really kinda sad and just don't care
′Cause (the only one she wants is her best friend Claire)

What′s going on? What's going on?
Ready or not (not) the world moves on
And on and on and on and on
And on and on, yo, what′s going on?

There's nothing much to me
I′m simple like you are, ordinary (simple like you are)
My tired eyes can see
That time may fly, and what's left is meant to be


I′m looking out, and you're looking in
It's taken more than time to erase the stain
And it′s never been the same

In any city (a girl turns 17) she goes to a party
She and her girls are drinking Bacardi
Ever since she walked through the door
All the guys have been flexing and tryin′ to score
But she's a good girl, so she won′t have none of that
She takes another sip, but (she has no clue)
Of the spike from the G to the H to the B
She wakes up in the morning bruised, raped on the street

What's going on? What′s going on?
Ready or not (not), the world moves on
And on and on and on
And on and on, yo, what's going on?

There′s nothing much to me
I'm simple like you are, ordinary (simple like you are)
My tired eyes can see
That time may fly, and what's left is meant to be

I′m looking out, and you′re looking in
It's taken more than time to erase the stain
And it′s never been the same


In a small town (a kid that you know goes to school)
He's really kinda shy, and he′s not that cool
He knows what it's like to look in from the outside
Inside, wants someone to confide
Everyone′s busy, no one's got the time
He takes his dad's gun and says, "This is how I′ll shine"
Boom, boom, boom and the kids fall down
On the ground, dumbfound (dumbfound)

What′s going on? What's going on?
Ready or not (not), the world moves on
And on and on and on and on
And on and on, yo, what′s going on?

There's nothing much to me
I′m simple like you are, ordinary (simple like you are)
My tired eyes can see
That time may fly, and what's left is meant to be

I′m looking out, and you're looking in
It's taken more than time to erase the stain
And it′s never been the same
I′m looking out, and you're looking in
It′s taken more than time to erase the stain
And it's never been the same

According to the Department of Justice, one out of five American woman
Are victims of rape or sexual assault in their lifetime
25% of women report that they have been assaulted or raped
By a current or former partner
25% of students have been victims of a violent crime that occurred in and around the school
800,000, six to 12 grade students carried a gun to school last year
What′s goin' on?