They Don't Care About Us
Saliva
In the suite, on the news
They don't really care about us
They don't really care about us
Don't you black or white me
They don't really care about us
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 off my pride
I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy...
In the suite, on the news
Throw your brother in jail
They don't really care about us
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 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
They don't really care about us
They don't really care about us
Some things in life they just don't wanna see
But if Martin Luther was livin'
He wouldn't let this be, no, no
In the suite, on the news
Don't you wrong or right me
They don't really care about us
They don't really care about us
They don't really care about us
They don't really care about
they don't really care about
They don't really care about us