Tom: F#m
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From the slaveship to the chain
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From the task master's whip to my brain
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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
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Why you don't care about me?
[Chorus]
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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
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So, I know you don't care about me
[Verse 1]
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Code of silence you say
Bm
Yet your actions speak so loud and clear
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Diallo's killers going free paid by society
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Now I know you don't care about me
[Verse 2]
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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
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Meanwhile you're living like some bird in bunches
Bm
Tell me where is the justice, much less the dances?
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My world must know that man is still in darkness [?]
[Verse 3]
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Rapings, torture, kill and maim
Bm
Their injustice remains the same
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Killing the people in the Queen's name
Bm
No one will get the blame
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And my people keep going down the drain
[Verse 4]
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And all these crimes we've come to read
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They'll be written in black history
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Crimes of injustice and inhumanity
Bm
Perpetrated by society
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And my people are living in poverty
[Verse 5]
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My struggle for survival is to be accepted
Bm
And treated as a member of the human family
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Whose practices should reveal the fundamental right and duty to be humane
Bm
In all judgement and action to all humanity
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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
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We're living in a system
Bm
We are the victims and that is so true
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Amadou Diallo, reggae music knows your name!
[Verse 8]
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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]
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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]
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Yo, Ziggy, check this out! It's kinda strange how the same things're happening
Bm
Over and over again, over and over again
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And they say their constitution's
Bm
For the benefit of all
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It's all a lie again, it's all a lie again
[Verse 11]
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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
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You're to blame for all that's bleeding this way
[Verse 12]
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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
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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]
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We want to talk right down the earth
Bm
In a language that everybody here can easily understand
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We all agree tonight, all of the speakers have agreed
Bm
That America has a very serious problem
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Not only does America have a very serious problem, but our people have a very serious problem
