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iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 09:56 PM Apr 2016

They 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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They don't REALLY care about us. (Original Post) iamthebandfanman Apr 2016 OP
God, I miss him Rebkeh Apr 2016 #1
I always wished he'd used more of that drumline, they're fantastic Warpy Apr 2016 #2
Wowza! Pharaoh Apr 2016 #4
There's a video of one of their rehearsals there somewhere Warpy Apr 2016 #7
Happy Earth Day! liberalnarb Apr 2016 #3
Wow... One I hadn't seen... MrMickeysMom Apr 2016 #5
I always found this "prison version" video even more powerful: reformist2 Apr 2016 #6

Warpy

(111,277 posts)
7. There's a video of one of their rehearsals there somewhere
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 02:52 AM
Apr 2016

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.

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