Michael Jackson • *They Don't Care About Us* Feat. OLODUM • HQ

"They Don't Care About Us" is the fourth single from Michael Jackson's album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. © 1996 MJJ Productions Inc.*Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing) was the one who came to MJ with the request to make the music video for They Dont Care About Us, a sort of protest song off the HIStory album. The duo went to the slums of Rio de Janeiro, where they enlisted the cultural group Olodum to participate in the filming of the video, which was controversial in Brazil for the possibility that it would hurt Rios image. Lee and MJ ended up collaborating on a second music video for They Dont Care About Us, which is set in a prison but is also more of a montage-type spot, involving footage of global injustices. Although very different in tone and style, both videos are equally what you would expect from Lee, who is known for creating awareness of issues affecting marginalized peoples. He and MJ were a perfect fit. (the "Prison version" was banned on most music stations due to its violent scenes). The music was changed slightly to fit Olodum's style of drumming. The "Olodum version" (unofficial title) of the song has since become more popular than the original album version.Olodum is an internationally acclaimed Afro-Brazilian cultural group from Bahia, Brazil. Olodum (pronounced oh-lo-doon) was founded in 1979 as a bloco afro (African Bloc), a Bahian Carnival association highlighting African heritage and black pride through music, dance theater, and art. From their home city of Salvador da Bahia in Northeast Brazil (often described as the most African city in the Americas), Olodum has dedicated itself to cultural activism in the struggle against racial discrimination and socioeconomic inequality.Skin head, dead headEverybody gone badSituation, aggravationEverybody allegationIn the suite, on the newsEverybody dog foodBang bang, shot deadEverybody's gone madAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usBeat me, hate meYou can never break meWill me, thrill meYou can never kill meJew me, sue meEverybody do meKick me, kick meDon't you black or white meAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usTell me what has become of my lifeI have a wife and two children who love meI am the victim of police brutality, nowI'm tired of bein' the victim of hateYou're rapin' me of my prideOh, for God's sakeI look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy...Set me freeSkin head, dead headEverybody gone badtrepidation, speculationEverybody allegationIn the suite, on the newsEverybody dog foodblack man, black maleThrow your brother in jailAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usTell me what has become of my rightsAm I invisible because you ignore me?Your proclamation promised me free liberty, nowI'm tired of bein' the victim of shameThey're throwing me in a class with a bad nameI can't believe this is the land from which I cameYou know I do really hate to say itThe government don't wanna seeBut if Roosevelt was livin'He wouldn't let this be, no, noSkin head, dead headEverybody gone badSituation, speculationEverybody litigationBeat me, bash meYou can never trash meHit me, kick meYou can never get meAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usSome things in life they just don't wanna seeBut if Martin Luther was livin'He wouldn't let this beSkin head, dead headEverybody gone badSituation, segregationEverybody allegationIn the suite, on the newsEverybody dog foodKick me, strike meDon't you wrong or right meAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about us

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