Dm
Skin head, dead head
C
Everybody gone bad
Dm
Situation, aggravation
C
Everybody allegation
Dm
In the suite, on the news
C
Everybody dog food
Dm
Bang bang, shock dead
C
Everybody's gone mad

Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm C
They don't really care about us
Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm C
They don't really care about us

Dm
Beat me, hate me
C
You can never break me
Dm
Will me, thrill me
C
You can never kill me
Dm
Do me, Sue me
C
Everybody do me
Dm
Kick me, strike me
C
Don't you black or white me

Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm C
They don't really care about us
Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm C
They don't really care about us

Dm                    C              
   Tell me what has become of my life
Dm                        C
   I have a wife and two children who love me
Dm                       C          Dm   C
   I am the victim of police brutality, now
Dm                         C
   I'm tired of bein' the victim of hate
Dm                         C                 
   You're rapin' me of my pride, oh, for God's sake
Dm                         C            Dm
   I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy...
C
   Set me free

Dm
Skin head, dead head
C
Everybody gone bad
Dm
trepidation, speculation
C
Everybody allegation
Dm
In the suite, on the news
C
Everybody dog food
Dm
black man, black mail
C
Throw your brother in jail

Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us
Bb                  
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us

Dm                    C
   Tell me what has become of my rights
Dm                   C
   Am I invisible because you ignore me?
Dm                    C                   Dm    C
   Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now
Dm                         C
   I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame
Dm                           C
   They're throwing me in a class with a bad name 
Dm                              C                 Dm A7
   I can't believe this is the land from which I came

              Bb             C
You know I do really hate to say it
           Dm
The government don't wanna see
       Gm
But if Roosevelt was livin'
       A7
He wouldn't let this be, no, no

Dm
Skin head, dead head
C
Everybody gone bad
Dm
Situation, speculation
C
Everybody litigation
Dm
Beat me, bash me
C
You can never trash me
Dm
Hit me, kick me
C
You can never get me

Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm C
They don't really care about us
Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm C
They don't really care about us

Bb                 C                   Dm
Some things in life they just don't wanna see
       Gm
But if Martin Luther was livin'
   A7
He wouldn't let this be

Dm
Skin head, dead head
C
Everybody gone bad
Dm
Situation, segregation
C
Everybody allegation
Dm
In the suite, on the news
C
Everybody dog food
Dm
Kick me, strike me
C
Don't you wrong or right me

Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            C
They don't really care about us
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            C
They don't really care about us

Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            C
They don't really care about us
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            C
They don't really care about us

Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            C
They don't really care about us
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            C
They don't really care about us

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