They Don't Care About Us
Key: CEnglish
Verse
DmSkin head, dead head
CEverybody gone bad
DmSituation, aggravation
CEverybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Bang bang, shock dead
Everybody's gone mad
Chorus
DmAll I wanna say is that
CThey don't really Dmcare about us C
DmAll I wanna say is that
CThey don't really Dmcare about us C
Verse
Beat me, hate me
You can never break me
Will me, thrill me
You can never kill me
Jew me, Sue me
Everybody do me
Kick me, strike me
Don't you black or white me
Chorus
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
Bridge
Dm Tell me what has beCcome of my life
Dm I have a wife and two Cchildren who love me
Dm I am the victim of poClice brutaliDmty, now C
Dm I'm tired of bein' the Cvictim of hate
Dm You're rapin' me of my Cpride
Oh, for God's sake
Dm I look to heaven to fulCfill its proDmphecy...
CSet me free
Verse
Skin head, dead head
CEverybody gone bad
Trepidation, speculation
CEverybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Black man, black mail
Throw your brother in jail
Chorus
BbAll I wanna say is that
CThey don't really care about Dmus
BbAll I wanna say is that
CThey don't really care about Dmus
Bridge
Dm Tell me what has beCcome of my rights
Dm Am I invisible beCcause you ignore me?
Dm Your proclamation Cpromised me free Dmliberty, now C
Dm I'm tired of bein' the Cvictim of shame
Dm They're throwing me in a Cclass with a bad name
Dm I can't believe this is the Cland from which DmI came A7
You know I do Bbreally hate to Csay it
The governDmment don't wanna see
But if GmRoosevelt was livin'
He A7wouldn't let this be, no, no
Verse
DmSkin head, dead head
CEverybody gone bad
Situation, speculation
Everybody litigation
Beat me, bash me
You can never trash me
Hit me, kick me
You can never get me
Chorus
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
Bridge
Bb Some things in Clife they just don't Dmwanna see
But if GmMartin Luther was livin'
He A7wouldn't let this be
Verse
DmSkin head, dead head
CEverybody gone bad
Situation, segregation
CEverybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Kick me, strike me
Don't you wrong or right me
Chorus
BbAll I wanna say is that
CThey don't really care about Cus
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