And You Just Say I Dont Care

And You Just Say I Don’t Care Look at the TV or on the street See the children starving Hoping for a scrap of food So they can survive And you just say I don’t care The people killed for no reason Left dying on the street Killed by a bullet from someone they never met So many die every day And you just say I don’t care Watch the black child Beaten and harassed for the color of his skin Hated for something he cannot help He just wants to grow up just like everyone else And you just say I don’t care Listen to the politician Lying to himself and to you Pretending everything is okay While the country destroys itself And you just say I don’t care Hear the bomb in a downtown shop The explosion kills a hundred people Men, women and children Killed for no good reason And you just say I don’t care However, maybe there will be a time When you are starving When you are frightened When you are the different one Facing hatred for who you are But, don’t you dare ask for help Don’t you dare Because all you will hear from every voice A familiar phrase They all will say I don’t care And they won’t