I Know You Don't Care About Me chords by Ziggy Marley

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
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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
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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
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I'm just a nigga walking down the street
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The brother did nothing wrong
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Their injustice remains the same
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Killing the people in the Queen's name
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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
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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
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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
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In all judgement and action to all humanity
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So, why don't you care about me?


Chorus:
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Say I know you don't care about me
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I'm just a nigga walking down the street
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The brother did nothing wrong
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But now his life is gone
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And I know you don't care about me


Verse 6:
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 Code of silence you say
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But your actions is so loud and clear
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Are Diallo's killers going free?
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Paid by society
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And I know you don't care about me


Verse 7:
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Well, Amadou Diallo, they killed him for nuttin', no crime he did not do!
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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
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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!
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Amadou Diallo, ey!
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Amadou Diallo, woy!
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 Reggae music knows your name


Verse 9:
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 Code of silence you say
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Yes your actions speak so loud and clear
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Diallo's killers going free?
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Paid by society
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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
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Over and over again, over and over again
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And they say their constitution's
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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!)
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Tell me when will we stop feeling pain (feeling pain)
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Just the way we survive
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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!)
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Yes, we know you don't care about we (yes we know)
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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:
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Now, I know you don't care about me
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I'm just a nigga walking down your street
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The brother did nothing wrong
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But now his life is gone
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So, I know you don't care about me


Outro:
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 We want to talk right down the earth
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In a language that everybody here can easily understand
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We all agree tonight, all of the speakers have agreed
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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