Can someone please tell me why...

 

Can someone please tell me why

 I can get all the credit I want

 but not a raise

 

Can someone please tell me why

 I can tell someone I love them

 but they don't have to say it back

 

Can someone please tell me why

 a dog will protect you from harm

 but will abandon you for food

 

Can someone please tell me why

 I can find my family tree on ancestry.com

 but my father doesn't want me to

 

Can someone please tell me why

 Billie Holliday sounded so sorrowful on Strange Fruit

 when they say she was on drugs

 

Can someone please tell me why

 one person is still insatiable

 even when there is nothing left

 

Can someone please tell me why

 a person begs