2 acessos
F#m From the slaveship to the chain Bm From the task master's whip to my brain F#m Kidnapped, enslaved, raped, and killed by the lynch clan again and again Bm Is it the origin of the skin or the face of a race F#m E F#m Why you don't care about me? [Chorus] F#m Now, I know you don't care about me Bm I'm just a nigga walking down the street F#m The brother did nothing wrong Bm But now his life is gone F#m E F#m So, I know you don't care about me [Verse 1] F#m Code of silence you say Bm Yet your actions speak so loud and clear F#m Bm Diallo's killers going free paid by society F#m E F#m Now I know you don't care about me [Verse 2] F#m Ey, we should be burning and looting believe me, start exchanging 41 for 90 Bm Our ancestors've built this country and all sticks and whips and kicks and punches F#m Meanwhile you're living like some bird in bunches Bm Tell me where is the justice, much less the dances? F#m E F#m My world must know that man is still in darkness [?] [Verse 3] F#m Rapings, torture, kill and maim Bm Their injustice remains the same F#m Killing the people in the Queen's name Bm No one will get the blame F#m E F#m And my people keep going down the drain [Verse 4] F#m And all these crimes we've come to read Bm They'll be written in black history F#m Crimes of injustice and inhumanity Bm Perpetrated by society F#m E F#m And my people are living in poverty [Verse 5] F#m My struggle for survival is to be accepted Bm And treated as a member of the human family F#m Whose practices should reveal the fundamental right and duty to be humane Bm In all judgement and action to all humanity F#m E F#m So, why don't you care about me? [Chorus] F#m Say I know you don't care about me Bm I'm just a nigga walking down the street F#m The brother did nothing wrong Bm But now his life is gone F#m E F#m And I know you don't care about me [Verse 6] F#m Code of silence you say Bm But your actions is so loud and clear F#m Are Diallo's killers going free? Bm Paid by society F#m E F#m And I know you don't care about me [Verse 7] F#m Well, Amadou Diallo, they killed him for nuttin', no crime he did not do! Bm And just like him there were others who suffered for what they didn't do F#m We're living in a system Bm We are the victims and that is so true F#m E F#m Amadou Diallo, reggae music knows your name! [Verse 8] F#m Amadou Diallo, ey! Bm Amadou Diallo, ey! F#m Bm Amadou Diallo, woy! F#m E F#m Reggae music knows your name [Verse 9] F#m Code of silence you say Bm Yes your actions speak so loud and clear F#m Diallo's killers going free? Bm Paid by society F#m E F#m And I know you don't care about me [Verse 10] F#m Yo, Ziggy, check this out! It's kinda strange how the same things're happening Bm Over and over again, over and over again F#m And they say their constitution's Bm For the benefit of all F#m E F#m It's all a lie again, it's all a lie again [Verse 11] F#m Tell me when will this injustice change (tell me when!) Bm Tell me when will we stop feeling pain (feeling pain) F#m Just the way we survive Bm In their eyes it's a crime F#m E F#m You're to blame for all that's bleeding this way [Verse 12] F#m Yes, we know you don't care about we (yes we know!) Bm Yes, we know you don't care about we (yes we know) F#m Bm Yes, we know you don't care about we F#m E F#m Yes, we know (yes we know), yes we know (yes we know) [Chorus] F#m Now, I know you don't care about me Bm I'm just a nigga walking down your street F#m The brother did nothing wrong Bm But now his life is gone F#m E F#m So, I know you don't care about me [Outro] F#m We want to talk right down the earth Bm In a language that everybody here can easily understand F#m We all agree tonight, all of the speakers have agreed Bm That America has a very serious problem F#m E F#m Not only does America have a very serious problem, but our people have a very serious problem