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Related: About this forumThey don't REALLY care about us.
Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, aggravation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Bang bang, shot dead
Everybody's gone mad
All I want to say is that
They don't really care about us
All I want to 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 want to say is that
They don't really care about us
All I want to 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 want to say is that
They don't really care about us
All I want to 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 want to 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 want to say is that
They don't really care about us
All I want to say is that
They don't really care about us
Some things in life they just don't want to 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 want to say is that
They don't really care about us
All I want to say is that
They don't really care about us
All I want to say is that
They don't really care about us
All I want to say is that
They don't really care about us
All I want to say is that
They don't really care about us
All I want to say is that
They don't really care about us
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iamthebandfanman
Apr 2016
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Rebkeh
(2,450 posts)1. God, I miss him
Warpy
(111,277 posts)2. I always wished he'd used more of that drumline, they're fantastic
Here they are at Carnaval in 2015
You'd be like in a really cool drum trance just being there!
Warpy
(111,277 posts)7. There's a video of one of their rehearsals there somewhere
It's worth looking for, looks like a fun time. Also, the drumline isn't all they're into, although that's been going for nearly 40 years.
liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)3. Happy Earth Day!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)5. Wow... One I hadn't seen...
and, I've never said the words until now.
Michael... sigh
reformist2
(9,841 posts)6. I always found this "prison version" video even more powerful: