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