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
