Michael Jackson

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"They Don't Care About Us"

Lyric Snippet:

"Tell me, what has become of my rights? Am I invisible 'cause you ignore me? Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now I’m tired of being the victim of shame They’re throwing me in a class with a bad name I can’t believe this is the land from which I came You know, I really do hate to say it The government don’t wanna see But if Roosevelt was livin' He wouldn’t let this be, no, no Skin head, dead head Everybody’s gone bad Situation, speculation Everybody, litigation Beat me, bash me You can never trash me Hit me, kick me

You can never get me

All I wanna say is that They don’t really care about us All I wanna say is that They don’t really care about us"

Discussion Questions:

• What do you think this song means?

• What do you think he means when he says "you can never get me"?

• Look up when this song released. How was is relevant then? How is it relevant now?

• Have you heard of Michael Jackson? Have you heard this song before though?