[Verse1]
[Dm]Skin head, dead head
[C]Everybody gone bad
[Dm]Situation, aggravation
[C]Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Bang bang, shock dead
Everybody's gone mad
[Hook]
[Dm]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care
about [Dm]us [C]
[Dm]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about
[Dm]us [C]
[Verse2]
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
[Hook]
[Dm]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about
[Dm]us [C]
[Dm]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about
[Dm]us [C]
[Bridge1]
[Dm] Tell me what has be[C]become of my life
[Dm] I have a wife and two c[C]children who love me
[Dm] I am the victim of pol[C]police brutali[Dm]brutality, now [C]
[Dm] I'm tired of bein' the v[C]victim of hate
[Dm] You're rapin' me of my p[C]pride
Oh, for God's sake
[Dm] I look to heaven to fulf[C]fulfill its proph[Dm]prophecy...
[C]Set me free
[Verse3]
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
[Hook]
[Bb]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about [Dm]us
[Bb]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about [Dm]us
[Verse4]
[Dm] Tell me what has be[C]become of my rights
[Dm] Am I invisible bec[C]because you ignore me?
[Dm] Your proclamation p[C]p
romised me free libe[Dm]liberty, now [C]
[Dm] I'm tired of bein' the v[C]victim of shame
[Dm] They're throwing me in
a c[C]class with a bad name
[Dm] I can't believe this is the l[C]l
and from which I c[Dm]came [A7]
You know I do [Bb]really hate to [C]say it
The governm[Dm]government don't wanna see
But if [Gm]Roosevelt was livin'
He woul[A7]wouldn't let this be, no, no
[Dm]Skin head, dead head
[C]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
[Hook]
[Dm]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about
[Dm]us [C]
[Dm]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about
[Dm]us [C]
[Bb] Some things in l[C]life
they just don't [Dm]wanna see
But if [Gm]Martin Luther was livin'
He [A7]wouldn't let this be
[Dm]Skin head, dead head
[C]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
[Bb]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about [C]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
[Hook]
[Dm]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about
[Dm]us [C]
[Dm]All I wanna say is that
[C]They don't really care about
[Dm]us [C]