-The System Does Not Care- Bunny Wailer: From the slaveship to the chain From the task masters whip to my brain Kidnapped, enslaved, raped and killed by the lynch clan Again and again Is it the origin of the skin or the face of a race Why you dont care about me? Ziggy Marley: Now, I know you dont care about me Im just a nigger walking down the street The brother did nothing wrong but now his life is gone So, I know you dont care about me Code of silence you say Yet your actions speak so loud and clear Diallos killers going free paid by society Now I know you dont care about me Damian \Junior Gong\ Marley: Hey-we should be burning and looting, believe me, start exchanging 41 for 90 Our ancestorsve built this country and all sticks and whips and kicks and punches meanwhile youre living like some Brady Bunches Tell me where is the justice much less the dances? My world must know that man is still in darkness Yami Bolo: Rapings, torture, kill and maim. Their injustice remains the same killing the people in the Queens name No one will get the blame, and my people keep going down the drain All these crimes weve come to read, theyll be written in black history Crimes of injustice and inhumanity, perpretated by society, and my people are living in poverty Bunny Wailer: My struggle for survival is to be accepted and treated as a member of the human family, whose practices should reveal the fundamental right and duty to be humane in all judgement and action to all humanity So, why dont you care about me? so i know you dont care about me Im just a nigger walking down the street The brother did nothing wrong, but now his life is gone and I know you dont care about me Code of silence you say but your actions is so loud and clear Are Diallos killers going free? Paid by society And I know you dont care about me Buju Banton: Amadou Diallo, they killed him for nuttin No crime he did not do! And just like him there were others who suffered for what they didnt do Were living in a system, we are the victims and that is so true Amadou Diallo - Reggae music knows your name Amadou Diallo - Reggae music knows your name Ziggy: Code of silence you say yes your actions speak so loud and clear Diallos killers going free? Paid by society And I know you dont care about me Morgan Heritage: Yo, Ziggy, check this out! Its kinda strange how the same thingsre happening over and over again, over and over again And they say their constitutions for the benefit of all Its all a lie again, its all a lie again Tell me when will this injustice change Tell me when will we stop feeling pain Just the way we survive in their eyes its a crime Youre to blame for all thats bleeding this way Yes, we know you dont care about we Yes, we know you dont care about we Yes, we know you dont care about we Yes, we know, yes we know Ziggy: Now, I know you dont care about me Im just a nigger walking down the street The brother did nothing wrong but now his life is gone So, I know you dont care about me Malcolm X: We want to talk right down the earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand. We all agree tonight - all of the speakers have agreed that America has a very serious problem! Not only does America have a very serious problem But our people have a very serious problem
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