Richie Havens - What About Me lyrics

You poison my sweet waters; you chop down my green trees And the food you feed my children is the cause of that ill disease My world is slowly falling down and the air is not fit to breathe And those of us who care enough, we have to do something Oh, what you gonna do about me Oh, what you gonna do about me Your newspapers – they just put you on They never tell you the whole story They just put your young ideas down I was wondering if this was the end of their pride and glory? Oh, what you gonna do about me Oh, what you gonna do about me I work in your factories and I study in your schools I fill your penitentiaries and your military too I can feel the future trembling as the word is pa**ed around If you stick up for what you do believe in, be prepared to be shot down Oh, what you gonna do about me Oh, what you gonna do about me I feel just like a stranger in the land where I was born And I live just like an outlaw; I'm always on the run Always on the run, they got me always on the run Oh, your soldiers smoke marijuana, you can't put them behind your walls Because most of what you taught them to do is against most of your laws We're all fugitives from injustice now but we're going to be free Because your rules and regulations don't do the things for me Oh, what you gonna do about me Oh, what you gonna do about me You may be the stronger now, but my time will come around You keep adding to my numbers as you shoot my people down I can feel the future trembling as the word is pa**ed around We are going to stick up for what we do believe in, and we're prepared to be shot down Oh, what you gonna do about me Oh, what you gonna do about me I feel just like a stranger in the land where I was born And I live just like an outlaw; I'm always on the run Always on the run, they got me always on the run