They Don’t Care About Us
Single cover
They Don’t Care About Us
16 April 1996 · Single Released
"They Don’t Care About Us" is a song from 1996 by Michael Jackson, taken from the album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. Released as a single in 1996.
- Lead Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Songwriters
- Michael Jackson
- Producers
- Michael Jackson
- Track
- HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I · 17 of 30
“They Don't Care About Us” is a song from 1995 by Michael Jackson, taken from the album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. Released as a single on 16 April 1996.
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 wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna 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
Jew me, sue me
Everybody do me
Kick me, kike me
Don't you black or white me
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
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, no
I'm tired of being the victim of hate
You're raping me of my pride oh, for God's sake
I look to heaven to fulfill it's 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, blackmail
Throw the brother in jail
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
Tell me what has become of my rights
Am I invisible because you ignore me?
Your proclamation promised me free liberty, no
I'm tired of being 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 really do hate to say it
The government don't wanna 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 wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
Some things in life they just don't wanna see
But if Martin Luther was living
He wouldn't let this be, no, no
Skin head, dead head
Everybody's gone bad
Situation, segregation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Kick me, kike me
Don't you wrong or right me
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
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
2 people credited on this song.
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Michael Jackson Lead Vocals · Producer · Songwriter -
Bruce Swedien Engineer
| Territory | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| US | Billboard Hot 100 | #30 |
| US | Billboard R&B Singles | #10 |
| UK | Official Singles Chart | #4 |
| Canada | RPM Top Singles | #7 |
| Australia | Kent Music Report | #15 |
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