Key: D
Introduction:
Dm
Skin head, dead head
C
Everybody gone bad
Dm
Situation, aggravation
C
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
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
Beat me, hate me
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
Skin head, dead head
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
AmI
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
Situation, speculation
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
Situation, segregation
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that