Ask Somebody Who Ain't (If You Think The System's Workin' ...) - Speech

She walked in Krystal’s

I was getting some grub from my cousin Jason at the drive-through window

They was wrong with the order so I went inside

I saw a woman about thirty-five trying to apply

She had three children

She said two girls that were beautiful twins

And a boy name Ian, y’all

Opportunities rare and the money was low

She was down with that ramen noodle-type show

Sorta like a college student

Lord

She had this smile y’all

That would fill the world with happiness and joy

For anyone that could bring it outta her

Where’s her man or at least her five other children

Those were questions I felt like asking but I was afraid to know the answer

She never planned for things to ever go that way

If you think the system’s working — ask somebody who ain’t

If you think the system’s working — ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody who ain’t

She pulled her bootstraps

But her boots were torn and her feet were worn out from all the bullcrap

This country promised her the pursuit of happiness

Maverick bombs and other plans for pacifists

Can you take a joke?

And all those things gotta try to defend our entire country from corruption

with the words of Thomas Jefferson

She never planned for things to ever go that way

If you think the system’s working — ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody who ain’t

Ask somebody…