They Don't Care About Us
Skin head, dead headEverybody gone badSituation, aggravationEverybody allegationIn the suite, on the newsEverybody dog foodBang bang, shock deadEverybody's gone mad
All I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about us
Beat me, hate meYou can never break meWill me, thrill meYou can never kill meDo me, Sue meEverybody do meKick me, strike meDon't you black or white me
All I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about us
Tell me what has become of my lifeI have a wife and two children who love meI am the victim of police brutality, nowI'm tired of bein' the victim of hateYou're rapin' me of my prideOh, for God's sakeI look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy...Set me free
Skin head, dead headEverybody gone badtrepidation, speculationEverybody allegationIn the suite, on the newsEverybody dog foodblack man, black mailThrow your brother in jail
All I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about us
Tell me what has become of my rightsAm I invisible because you ignore me?Your proclamation promised me free liberty, nowI'm tired of bein' the victim of shameThey're throwing me in a class with a bad nameI can't believe this is the land from which I cameYou know I do really hate to say itThe government don't wanna seeBut if Roosevelt was livin'He wouldn't let this be, no, no
Skin head, dead headEverybody gone badSituation, speculationEverybody litigationBeat me, bash meYou can never trash meHit me, kick meYou can never get me
All I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about us
Some things in life they just don't wanna seeBut if Martin Luther was livin'He wouldn't let this be
Skin head, dead headEverybody gone badSituation, segregationEverybody allegationIn the suite, on the newsEverybody dog foodKick me, strike meDon't you wrong or right me
All I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about us
All I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about us
All I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say ïs thatThey don't really care about us