They Don't Care About Us

They Don't Care About Us

Everybody gone bad


Situation, aggravation


Everybody allegation


In the suite, on the news


Everybody dog food


Bang bang, shock dead


Everybody's gone mad





All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us


All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us





Beat me, hate me


You can never break me


Will me, thrill me


You can never kill me


Do me, Sue me


Everybody do me


Kick me, strike me


Don't you black or white me





All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us


All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us





Tell me what has become of my life


I have a wife and two children who love me


I am the victim of police brutality, now


I'm tired of bein' the victim of hate


You're rapin' me of my pride


Oh, for God's sake


I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy...


Set me free





Skin head, dead head


Everybody gone bad


trepidation, speculation


Everybody allegation


In the suite, on the news


Everybody dog food


black man, black mail


Throw your brother in jail





All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us


All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us





Tell me what has become of my rights


Am I invisible because you ignore me?


Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now


I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame


They're throwing me in a class with a bad name


I can't believe this is the land from which I came


You know I do really hate to say it


The government don't wanna see


But if Roosevelt was livin'


He wouldn't let this be, no, no





Skin head, dead head


Everybody gone bad


Situation, speculation


Everybody litigation


Beat me, bash me


You can never trash me


Hit me, kick me


You can never get me





All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us


All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us





Some things in life they just don't wanna see


But if Martin Luther was livin'


He wouldn't let this be





Skin head, dead head


Everybody gone bad


Situation, segregation


Everybody allegation


In the suite, on the news


Everybody dog food


Kick me, strike me


Don't you wrong or right me





All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us


All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us





All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us


All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us





All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us


All I wanna say is that


They don't really care about us