If I'm caught at a dance party without my dancin shoes

And everybody dances on my bare feet 

Shame on me 

If I'm mindin my business just doin the right thing 

And you try to front me off in the street 

Shame on you 

If a family's waiting for that special blessing to come their way 

But they ain't tryin to get on their knees and pray 

Shame on them 

And if we live in a time where every nation's fightin 'round the world 

Yet we can't all agree that peace is the way 



* Shame on us 

Shame on me, Shame on you, Shame on them, Shame on us

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So what the fuss 



If I gotta get up early in the morning for a job interview 

And I forget to set the stupid alarm 

Shame on me 

If my children are playin outside like little children do 

And you come 'round there tryin to bring them some harm 

Shame on you 

Should I be drivin thru a klantown, find a restaurant to get me some food 

And someone says "hey boy, we don't serve your kind" 

Shame on them 

And if we live in a democracy and you don't use your power to vote 

Knowin some would like to turn back the hands of time 



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If I'm hooked on a habit knowin damn well it could cost me my life 

Yet I keep doin what I should do without 

Shame on me 

If you're locked in a marriage and your other half just gives you abuse 

Yet you've convinced yourself that there's no way out 

Shame on you 

If we're jammin the music and somebody's got the audacity 

To say that they can jam it better than us 

Shame on them 

And should there be just a handful that believe that we are totally free 

And there's no need to fight for equality 



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