LEX the Lexicon Artist, Schäffer the Darklord, Vince Vandal - Why We Do lyrics

As a kid watching rappers on the TV
I wanted that to be me
And how the world seen me
Now we murder stages all across the country
To keep our blood pumping
To make em feel something

That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do this shit and
You can hold us to it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it ain't
A motherfucking thing to it

Little Lex, no friends, total loser
Spent her days glued to the
Screen of her computer using MSN instead of
Practicing her instruments
So she ended up obsessed with
Rappers on the internet watsky rapped fast
And Wax could rap in circles
Collecting coins in her pocket to
Purchase her own journal
Writing rhymes in stories
Blasting Meteora out loud
Feeling like a fucking rebel for
Somebody of her background
And all the feelings that she
Got from the music
She wanted to use it to move
Other humans and reproduce it
And whoever chooses to view or peruse it
She knew she could do it
Aim to be the cool kid and that
Was the way she could prove it
And as I'm standing on the
Stage before the audience
The loser kid inside of me
May be a little obvious
That's the whole reason I'm doing
All this artist shit
I wanna make you feel cause
I'm an empathetic narcissist

As a kid watching rappers on the TV
I wanted that to be me
And how the world seen me
Now we murder stages all across the country
To keep our blood pumping
To make em feel something

That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do this shit and
You can hold us to it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it ain't
A motherfucking thing to it

Little Schaffer grew up sheltered
In a plant state farm town
Smaller and weaker than all his classmates
Deep into his fantasies he'd
Go when they'd attack
Then cable TV came and gave him Yo! MTV raps
With the Fab Five Freddy and then Ed Lover
Dr Dre, Fresh Prince and Peppa
Snoop and the other Dr dre
LL and Rick to Public Enemy and Ice T
Cypress Hill and Tribe from the
Adams and Mike D he knew what he wanted
To be beloved and funny
Tougher than leather and accompanied
By dozens of honeys
An untouchable beast and DMC and
He would be buddies he'd be the envy of his
Enemies with buckets of money
And today I can say I went for
It and at it for ages
I ain't rich with paper but
I've written thousands of pages
Ain't famous but I'm addicted to
My fans happy faces
Though I still do it for that little
Kid to show him he makes it

As a kid watching rappers on the TV
I wanted that to be me
And how the world seen me
Now we murder stages all across the country
To keep our blood pumping
To make em feel something

That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do this shit and
You can hold us to it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it ain't
A motherfucking thing to it

I do this shit so I
Can raise up my self-esteem
I'm sating myself with dreams by
Making myself a meme
I do it 'cause the satisfaction
Sweeter than candy
I do it 'cause I've long since
Abandoned by plan B
I do it 'cause my English teacher
Said I was dope
And if you hear this Mr sullivan
I thank you for giving me hope
I do it 'cause my mother was
My biggest supporter
And it's corny but remaining a
Performer's sort of for her
And though it's true I'm partly fueled
By resentment from my numerous skeptics
I prefer the juice of acceptance
Remembering how misfit's can relate to an act
Like I did as a kid I just
Do this just to give something back
And now we've mastered this compassionate
Rap as an art form not the Asian Eminem
I'm the Asian Schaffer the Darklord
And when I'm done, an old man on the porch
I'll know I had a good run
Before I passed off the torch (to Lex)
(Me? uh yeah uh sure I
Guess we could do that)

As a kid watching rappers on the TV
I wanted that to be me
And how the world seen me
Now we murder stages all across the country
To keep our blood pumping
To make em feel something

That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do this shit and
You can hold us to it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it (ayy)
That's why we do it ain't
A motherfucking thing to it