Why must you hate?

Verse 1
I walk these streets we all grew up on,
same sidewalks, same tired stores.
But now the voices sound like warnings,
and every smile feels like a war.
Kids are growing up with armor,
hearts too young to hold that weight…
Tell me when we traded kindness
for the right to isolate.

Chorus
Why must you hate
the stranger who did nothing to you?
Why must you break
every bridge we used to walk through?
We’re all made of the same beating heart,
but we choose to separate.
Tell me what we lost,
or what we feared…
Why must you hate?

Verse 2
I’ve seen people rise in anger
just because someone looked their way.
I’ve seen love get drowned in shouting
when a whisper would’ve saved the day.
We keep drawing deeper lines now,
forgetting how to share this place—
acting like another’s struggle
takes the sky from our own face.

Chorus
Why must you hate
the neighbor who just wants to live free?
Why must you take
every difference as an enemy?
We’re all standing on the same cracked ground,
yet we choose to escalate.
Tell me what we’re running from…
Why must you hate?

Bridge
Maybe fear is louder
than the truth we never say.
Maybe hurt keeps passing forward
like a bill we all repay.
But I still believe in mercy,
even when the world turns gray…
’Cause hate don’t make us stronger—
it just steals our light away.

Final Chorus
Why must you hate
the faces you don’t even know?
Why must you wait
for someone else to make the peace you won’t?
We’re all pieces of the same small world,
no matter how we break.
Tell me where we lost our way…
Why must you hate?

Outro
Why must you hate…
when love was always easier?

Classic Country Ballad with Warm Acoustic Guitar and Heartfelt Lyrics