Lyrics We Don't Mind - Michael Franti, Spearhead

We Don't Mind

We don’t mind
See we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You will not get it without a price
We don’t mind
See we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You gotta give something back to life
You think I’m vulnerable to your pressure tactics
Because I shed a tear, 'cause I shed a tear
You think I’m vulnerable to your violence
Just 'cause I’m sittin' here, 'cause I’m sittin' here
But my babies came into this world
Without a single fear, say they had no fear
'Cause the seven generations before me
They all fought to get us here, they fought to get us here
But I say, we don’t mind
See, we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You will not get it without a price
But I said, we don’t mind
See, we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You gotta give something back to life
You can’t just come in here like that no more
And snatch up our childhood, our childhood
You just can’t walk on up and replace it yo
With your Hollywood, with your Hollywood
But I see now how all of the words I say
You’ll take and misconstrue it’s gonna misconstrue
And I’m prepared now to suffer the penalties
For speakin' the truth and I speak the truth when I say
When I say we don’t mind
See, we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You’ll not get it without a price
And I think we don’t mind
See, we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You gotta give something back to life
And I say, people if you hear me now I wantcha to say
Naa, na-naa, na-naa, nah
Everybody now, people if you hear me now I wantcha to say
Naa, na-naa, na-naa, nah
That’s right now people if you hear me now I wantcha to say
Naa, na-naa, na-naa, nah
And I say, people if you hear me now I wantcha to say
Naa, na-naa, na-naa, nah
We don’t mind
See, we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You will not get it without a price
And I say we don’t mind
See, we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You gotta give something back to life
And I say, we don’t mind
See, we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You will not get it without a price
If you want us to sacrifice
You gotta give something back to life
If you want us to sacrifice
You will not get it without a price
We don’t mind
See we’ve been doin' it all the time
But if you want us to sacrifice
You gotta give something back to life