CunninLynguists - Never Know Why ft. Immortal Technique

Put her out in the cold, didn't want her close to he
'Cause his granddaughters diffrent than she suppose to be
Diluted her genes, its stopped the music it seemed
That they'd only seen polluted stream, and that wasn't clean
Said he could almost no longer stand the breath
From this pure horror, more worse than Amittyville
So what's next? Don't answer me yield. (yup)
This is a normal occurance, not something randomly real
Ain't even allowed visits ove a child's pigment
His in-crowd ignant, a situation "wow!" isn't it?
Hard times, baby daddy grinds to support
His mother and a few other friends privately in her fort
For short stays, ya know? but more aid was needed
Baby is like a year and a half now and speaking
More than I can say about that man with his child
They can't even come face to face and share smiles
Raining pure pain on her life by staying distant
Like she spawned a fucking anti-christ or a satan infant
Blatent mentions about family blood won't leave
Love's her deeply, but evil sends it's opposite feed
"old fashioned"
Too ever set in his ways to ever relate
If he could just set it aside, there'd be heaven to pay
Then, weathered and aged time swept him to grave
Love conquers all? shit. I'd say that areas grey
[Hook]
Old fashioned people they never know why [x2]
Old fashioned
[Bridge: Deacon]
Most don't even know why they believe what they believe, man
Never taking a second to look at life
Bad water in our seeds, y'all, still growing weeds, dawg
In the dark, walls blocking all that light
Most don't even know why they believe what they believe, man
Never taking a second to look at life
Bad water in our seeds, y'all, still growing weeds, dawg
In the dark
[Verse 2: Immortal Technique]
Looking at life in retrospect it's hard to regret
Stuck in your ways cause hatred is hard to forget
Niggaz talk all religious trying to barter with death
Parts of the flesh wrinkle up while you start to reflect
And even though nobodies life is ever perfect
You start to wonder if all the pain was really worth is
Pondering the purpose of living, the curse that was given
Dreaming about freedom and escaping the prison
People who pimp children are really raping religion
The matrix is fiction placed in a vision
But now the technology follows me solemnly
Building the future laws to my philosophy
Alzheimers cutting through like a lobotomy
Not even the golden arthritis of king Midas
Could buy comfort and peace for the righteous
I survived disease and political crisis
By backstabbing gnomes that are now lifeless
And now i live vicariously through my kids
Like people who love the sport, but can't play for shit
Fighting glaucoma, front the cops taking a hit
I slip into a coma, roaming over the planet
Leaving the gold and the granite, the old and the famished
But just before I vanish as I think I'm at the end
The sun becomes the light of my birth and I live again
[Hook]

[@Anchoses]

This is one of my favorite songs; not by Cunnin and not by Technique, but one of my favorite songs in general.

[@kowsheezy]

Immortal Technique spits one hell of a deep verse.. never gets old.. and this song is just amazing overall.. "Love conquers all, shit I'd say that areas grey" .. just amazing

[@phant0mfighter]

lyguistics best flow out there, immortal best lyrics out there. amazing combo

[@Profound79]

Immortal's verse is some of the realist shit i've ever heard. I could listen to it a 1000 times and not get bored.

[@theAGnostic27]

you can't appreciate tit to the fullest unless you listen to the whole album. It tells a story with all the songs.

[@OGDonJuan]

tech eats this track up

[@da1fromdaheightz]

1 of the best line's i ever heard ''But just before I vanish as I think I'm Right at the end The sun becomes the light of my birth and I live again''

[@Music911Addict]

This song is so. Deep. Cant stop listing it!!

[@nygrafite1]

Immortal Technique can never make enough music every new verse i hear illuminates me opening my mind to a whole new level of knowledge nd understanding Tech 4 Life

[@UnderstandingCipher]

Damn, we got our own problems but this song makes you open your eyes to other struggles. My momz barely had money to buy a whopper for both of us yesterday. 25 is all we had. I spent the rest of the money on kush that she gave me to escape my depression. And then a homeless crackhead begged for my last Newport. It was all he could get at the time. I felt broke but I knew he was broker. It astonishes me how crooked this world has become, man. From wars, to rape, to infant abuse, to General Gun Violence, you name it. It's just a matter of time before the most unfortunate rise up and say the hell with it and just lash out at the system for giving us scraps to pick up and fight each other with. That's why sometimes it's best to focus on someone besides your goddamn self.

[@fruithero]

Real hip-hop/rap is what it means and does to me/us. Not what somebody else tells you, underground/commercial/whatever does that really matter? If it hits you it hits you. On topic, I am lovin this track.

[@Delay93]

Tech needs to drop the middle passage NOW, shit been waiting too long.

[@thafather414]

Delay93 10 years ago lmao

[@iateit]

thafather414 that's what I said hahaha

[@Wookash11111]

OMG Hahahahahahaha

[@RawWrath]

Holy fuck 11 years lmao

[@tgd02]

@@RawWrath 13 Years ago looooooooooool

[@HipHopPolooza]

I cant find a single thing wrong with this song, like the beat is incrediable, the hook, amazing, lyrics need i say. this is the music that keeps me moving "but before i vanish as i think I'm at the end The sun becomes the light of my birth and I live again" GUENIUS

[@CipherQ]

The day we hear this on the radio is the day Hell freezes over on some real shit, though. CunningLynguists are too deep

[@chiillum]

i love this song so much

[@Q19TBC]

"This is a normal occurance not something radomly real" this song snapps. And it goes hard with subs.

[@byee]

so late, yet again so happy i'm here.

[@Q19TBC]

This is my jam. no peanut butter.

[@OORGANICS]

immortal technique is probly the most lyriclist rapper out there homie he speaks the true truth about the world homie and yeye his rhymes are pretty sick mane

[@therealog231]

...god damn, completely speechless..

[@christophertrainor637]

Are you fucking serious right now. Hands down one of the best hip hop albums to ever drop. A Piece of Strange. Come on people. The album speaks for itself.

[@Q19TBC]

Word up. This collab is sick. They killed this song.

[@AbbottSupreme]

Real nice vibe!!

[@WildKillerFox]

word bro, i also love how the producers and djs collaberate with everyone like 9th, pete rock, and even dj babu. Without the soul, hip hop wouldnt be alive. "The only way we're ever gonna get anywhere is if we step into the dark and bring the light. "- nice quoteable btw sunsurfer

[@aleckzz]

tech is the best underground rapper alive

[@DrGreenThumbin]

that immortal technique verse is un fuckin believeable. one of the best lyrical verses ive heard in awhile

[@jesusvelasquez2863]

I'm an Eminem fan but his lyrics don't really give any knowledge his more of a random rhymer. He's a good freestyle MC. Most of the people look at how many records he sold, so they say he's the best of all time.like technique said,"nobody is better than me, they just got better marking schemes" or what KRS said,"MCs be hopeless they think record self make em dopest". The only reason eminem is mainstream cuz of what he says on records. I still respect him,but underground MCs are better.

[@gets187]

FucK FEMINEM yo It's all about the ESHAM

[@jeraldwhite3175]

Ervin Arlington u know what up 👍

[@TheAuthenticIsOutThere]

Jesus Velasquez Wow I have never seen a fan of his say that! That was very honest of you.😎

[@TheSebass16]

there are plenty Em songs that aren't random

[@elimrmartian]

fuck Gayminem

[@TrIpPyUsErNaMe]

Oh yeah, and that line "I live vicariously through my kids Like a parent who loves a sport but can't play for shit." makes sense to me. His kids are like him without him directly making them, they are indirectly becoming more like him from being around him, they came from him. it makes sense. Like a parent, who loves baseball, but can't play, so he puts his kid in baseball to appreciate the sport and his kid.

[@oQrn]

i'm here from 2027, it sucks so bad, yall better find another planet.

[@dannielpreto]

this track is very deep

[@thamessiahbg]

It's obvious that the 3rd world was more of a mixtape than an album. The Middle Passage will be the real deal, where everything will be touched until perfection. That's on what he have been working with years.

[@superzacchaeus]

omfg the 2 best rappers

[@byee]

gem

[@BIG-WhoShotYa]

this songs a killer blunt tune

[@jthesnake77]

Apathy and Celph title are on Sin-A-Matic...Misery Loves Comedy is another dope album and Louis has been featured on a lot of stuff (has an album called Odd Couple w/ Jay Love which is solid), has a ton of b-side 12 inch stuff pre his debut (a track called Loudmouth samples Em saying, "I used to be a Loudmouth" from Bad Meets Evil on the CLASSIC SSLP...Louis loves Em in his prime), Gentlemen and a scholar, tons of great songs...He and Apathy/Celph had a falling out (weird b-c track Apathy is on)

[@shazaaammm]

lol, its from "Will Rap for Food"...the album cover of which is the video until Immortal Technique's verse.

[@realdeal139]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cobysoccer]

I just started listening to this group and they really dope, I just started getting away from the mainstream and the underground is where i think you can really listen to "Live Hip HOP".

[@christophertrainor637]

It really depends on the person perceiving what they are saying but in all honesty I listen to this album more than the others. It is cool to listen to ALL the albums beginning to end to see how they evolved and change style. Shit is surreal. All good though. One love

[@TrustTheShooters]

Immortal Technique!

[@AztecaJose]

beautiful hip hop

[@caps1in1ya1ass1]

Wow, this song hit me hard. The lyrics and the beat just invade ya soul and make you feel cold XD True hip hop shit invadin' your ears with this song

[@Primordial_one]

yea thsi joint bangs!!

[@brockf5]

3rd world is something he threw out just to hold off the fans till the passage and vol 3 comes out

[@NettechZelkova]

@thestevester94 that actually does make sense. vicarious means : experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another. Also if you don't like his music, why go out of your way out of all of the videos on youtube to make a negative comment when you could be listening to music that you do like.

[@felony077]

damm .. i love this song

[@MuDfx]

you never know why

[@serioussam9214]

you cant compare Tech or Lowkey or anything underground to eminem... eminem is just good at flow but mainly for entertainment purposes.. Its US and THEM -Floyd

[@geemet]

wtb eyedea + immortal tech + tech n9ne + slug + aes rock + cage + apathy + murs with krizz kaliko singing the hook and dj abilities and ant on the beat.

[@WildKillerFox]

damn, heard this on technique's black cargo mixtape, never knew that is was part of a whole song

[@jthesnake77]

LYRICAL raw hip hop album of the last 5-10 years NO QUESTION. First time I heard bolic on RECORD was on the DWD secret song, but I was a soph/jr in college when it came out (03 i believe, possibly 01) and GO AHEAD AND GRIP GLOCKS verse made me go GOD DAMN...I knew he was SUPER DOPE and that I had seen him somewhere before and then it clicked that I had seen him get SCREWED on a Showtime (whose next) contest where he spit a free AND MURDERED this wack female mc (but got jerked)...

[@moggish]

Hehe it was just some examples :)! but big up to you for keepin' hiphop alive! Peace =)!

[@hermosomichoacan2141]

9th wonder - GlassOfOj!!!

[@VisionaryDuckling]

this is a good song

[@htpdemoneyeskyo]

@jthesnake77 I saw them both together at Rock The Bells 07. I had never heard of either one of them previously, and when Bolic did his verse from the hidden track, my jaw dropped. They had the best live show I've ever seen. As far as the other MCs go, I haven't heard of Louis Logic, so I'll definitely check him out. The others, like I said, everyone's got their own method of judging. All incredible artists though. Especially Elzhi and Em (Michigan represent!)

[@killuminati3034]

Classic

[@Q19TBC]

Hip-Hop for sure.

[@TheSwali]

wow.. i love it

[@robertirvin3692]

thats deep bro...

[@moggish]

i would say, Wu tang clan. Looptroop rockers. Dead prez. Masta ace. Az. Tonedeff. Hieroglyphics. Rascalz. (their old shit is dope!) Murs. Last emperor. Krs-One. Das-Efx. Immortal tecnique. Menteroja. (this one is really good!

[@ShagginWaggin32]

technique sounds great over such a great beat, normal thing to say about CL

[@robertirvin3692]

you make a valid point

[@Hurtloch]

Tech's voice has changed. Or maybe he just developed into what it is now. Compare it to what it was like in "Dance with the Devil" not as gruff. Either way. Tech's the best and always will be!

[@lillea18]

lol don't forget jedi mind tricks, tech n9ne, necro, killah priest, ill bill, atmosphere.

[@jthesnake77]

Percee-P...My personal favorite SUPER dope emcees that MOST ppl haven't heard of is (in no order): Diabolic (he's in top 3) Crooked I (ditto) ELZHI (may be 1, but def top 5) LOUIS LOGIC (def top 5) Tonedeff (top 5) Juice Royce REKS (forgot to mention dude who is SICK with it also on "Grey Hairs LP" debut in 01 also...Bolic and other mcs love this dude, has worked with primo, large professor, staik selektah, alchemist already to name a few dope producers) Copywrite BROTHER ALI

[@monkey92802]

What is the name of the song in the intro

[@Tokes_eth]

My nigga tech always got on point! ! Much love viva la revolution

[@rubensossoman9027]

viva la revolution Chris Ojeda , left fist in the air.

[@htpdemoneyeskyo]

@jthesnake77 I wish Kamachi hadn't left AOTP. The religious imagery he brought to his verses (especially on Pages In Blood) was out cold to me. His Concrete Gospel album was dope though. And I think Celph's verse on Seven was the best verse on Ritual Of Battle. You're right about Tech's more laid back stuff too. Leaving The Past is one of my favorite songs of his. Still, to me he's just as good technically as any you mentioned aside from Bolic. Although I'm sure I can't convince you of that.

[@ADPOPE]

FUEGO.

[@stailtoyz]

KIMMMMMMYYYY!!!!

[@TheTrueHunter]

Its an opinion goddamn. He is def in MY top 3.

[@skatingfreak1670]

WORD UP

[@ha92k]

jejeh good rap :)sfc

[@empires67]

im tied lol

[@Hellamar]

gr8

[@mezalong]

dre makes sick beats

[@htpdemoneyeskyo]

@jthesnake77 It's cool though. Nice talking to someone who loves the art enough to study it so in depth. Respect from one budding hip hop scholar to a full fledged one.

[@htpdemoneyeskyo]

@jthesnake77 Ha ha, yeah I feel you on the yelling, although it IS nice to know that his delivery will be consistent. You don't have to worry, "how will his voice sound on this?" You already know. I guess when I judge lyricism, I tend to look at the big picture. Storytelling ability, wordplay (by which I mean metaphors, similes, puns and so on), and having something to say holds just as weight to MY OWN PERSONAL judgment of who is a good lyricist.

[@Zurda42]

TODO el PEPINO

[@RawMindedPoets]

@jthesnake77 the grip locks verse is from diabolic,

[@htpdemoneyeskyo]

@ChunkyPirate Both incredible MCs right there. Crooked I is better at going off the dome no question, but lyrically I don't feel he's as versatile as Tech. Kinda the same with Vast Aire. His stream of consciousness stuff kills it, but Tech's got him on politics, battle rhymes, and story telling, I feel. Also, the way Vast flows kinda slow makes him sound like he's freestyling most of the time, giving himself time to come up with the next lyric. Not that he's off beat or anything.

[@emulateit]

Ha,I'm not to observant at times. Like to turn on music on youtube and browse to other pages.

[@PanchoVillista]

@thestevester94 Music has existed for thousands of years , I doubt marching into battle to the sound of WAR DRUMS was done for entertainment purposes in ancient times, indians didnt rain dance to the sound of flutes for entertainment purposes. And Furthermore My Ancestors Have Been Witnesses of War and The History They Tell is Much Different Than What You Have Read In any History Book. YOU CAN BE SWIMMING IN AN OCEAN FULL OF INFORMATION AND FACTS AND NOT HAVE A DROP OF WISDOM....................

[@jthesnake77]

didn't mention ToneDeff who i think is super dope also...Other dope emcees most don't know (non heads)...RA the rugged man, copywrite, most of AOTP (especially reef/apathy), Rhyme Asylum (mostly possessed who is sick with it), lowkey, mf doom, sean price, skyzoo....I like IT still, but moreso when I was in college (01-05) and I like when he rhymes more calm like Harlem streets, leaving the past even though he's known for that RAW LOUD ISH (dope also)

[@Fgeurtni]

Dope

[@emceedmt]

Haha, yea you tell em ANU!

[@htpdemoneyeskyo]

@ChunkyPirate It just creates that impression. Still "Shu (God of Aire) has gotta be one of the best rap songs in history. It's funny that you mention those two MCs in particular. Tech gave Vast a shout out on the "Beef and Broccoli" skit from Revolutionary Vol. 1, and Crooked guested on "Lick Shots" from The 3rd World. That would probably be a great way to get a perspective on things. Just listen to both their verses back to back and compare.

[@DerekThomasLirio]

I read just a few comments below, and honestly, Eminem is not better than Immortal Technique. Lowkey is better, there's Genocide, J-Reyez I guess. But there's a few out there.

[@DhaBeatmakerProductionsTV]

who cares whos better?

[@DerekThomasLirio]

No, I'm not saying it matters, but if people talk lyrical skill, you have to give honest comparisons of skill. The ones I hate most are these wanna be gangsters that say so and so has more street cred. Street cred, only means, you're the toughest, baddest guy, living in the hood, with no money.

[@rebel_mindset3134]

Eminem is so overrated. I respect Technique because he ain't no professional. He took a stand for something. People naturally change when they get famous. But technique is still what he was 10 years ago. Always rapping about social, religious and political issues. He's amazing

[@DerekThomasLirio]

Taranjit Singh I'm with ya on that one. Aside from who he is, he knows where to put his money. He's helped more people, than even these glorified companies that spend the whole year talking about helping humanity so they can launder a few hundred million to offshore accounts.

[@stanal3992]

breaking bad

[@BarakYisrael]

what is the song used at the very beginning? that motown-ish blues-y song

[@TheRealSpankyD]

immortal technique made this song more of a darker song wich made it better because cunninlynguists wanted this to be a serious track. if you dont like his part or him in general no one is stoping you from getting the fuck on some where back yo your lil wayne and wiz khaliiunyuibg whatever his name is

[@jthesnake77]

better TECHINCALLY at the art of LYRICISM in my opinon. And again I like Immortal quite a bit (especially his first 2 albums), but you can't argue that anyone i named (Em in UNREAL LYRICAL prime, not post 03/04) isn't a super dope lyricist. Didn't mention other dope emcees like canibus, az, jay (96-03 only), Redman, Method Man, Gza...Technique himself would say everyone i named is SUPER DOPE lyrically

[@SURtifiediLL]

tech sounds a lot different.

[@KAMMOCK]

Hearing this song just makes me sad that Immortal Technique isn't part of all CL albums... Sweeeet song tho

[@ToneDeff1000]

@thestevester94 Wtf, what are you talking about?! Immortal Technique kills it!

[@southernCal909]

Dr. dre

[@ThaGearOfWar]

@thestevester94 Hey. I was peepin at your conversation with thehempguy and you said, "the sources I tend to refer to are history books, eye witnesses of the war, and my study of economics." I'm a teenager and want to learn more about history and how the system of america works. do you recommend any history books? Btw, I like Immortal Technique but I do agree a lot about what you said.

[@emulateit]

Awesome song, does anyone know which album this comes from?

[@priyanshuyadav2916]

A piece of strange by cunninlyguists

[@AEgamesFtw]

@thestevester94 I listen to music because it helps me if I can relate to the emotion.

[@jthesnake77]

Yea I forgot Chief Kamachi (even though he left b-c of beef with vinnie, who i didnt mention and i like him also) who is real dope...Michigan huh? On the low they may have the illest top 5 dope emcees of any city (living emcees) not name nyc and they give them a run for the their money also....Em, Elzhi, Royce 5'9, ONE BE LO (from binary star, peep him if you don't know...REAL REAL DOPE), and Invincible (dopest female emcee in the game along w/ jean grae spitting today...rah diggah also)