Why Do You Have to Be That Way?

In 2018, a friend who leads the Guam ska band, Fat Tofu, was doing a GoFundMe to raise funds for a tour to Japan. One of the perks was that they would do a cover of our choice and have record it in their studio. Well, it just so happened I had written this ska song. So here it is on Soundcloud.

Lyrics:
Why do you have to be that way? 
The one who lies to self-protect
​To ones who are less fortunate 
You’ve-got no heart no human respect.
 
Why do you have to be that way?
So mean and proudly arrogant. 
To those who see things a diffrent way 
You call them names, meant to demean them.

Why can't you be the person who cares 
Who lets kindness be the guide 
Knowing energy that we share 
Is a pow'r that can move a tide. 
We have pow'r that can move a tide 

Why do you have to be that way? 
The one who can't say racism's wrong 
Who values guns over children's lives 
Who thinks being mean is being strong 

Why do you have to be that way 
Who denies climate change is real 
Who thinks its okay to abuse the earth
Like colonizers and treasures they steal. 

Come on here we are at the bridge 
Still on opposite sides 
I'm still a bleeding heart liberal snowflake
You’re- still refusing to try 
To meet me half-way-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay. 
There must be a way-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay -ay -ay.
   
Conciliation 

I want to be the per-son who cares 
Who lets kindness be my guide 
Knowing energy that we share
has a pow'r that can move a tide
We have pow'r that can move a tide 
Pow'r for justice that can move a tide