And You Just Say I Don’t 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