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 waitin' for that
special blessin' 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
oh, Shame on me,
Shame on you,
Shame on them,
Shame on us
Shame on me,
Shame on you,
Shame on them,
Shame on us
So what the fuss
If I gotta get up early in the
mornin' 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. Shame on us
Shame on me,
Shame on you,
Shame on them,
Shame on us
Shame on me,
Shame on you,
Shame on them,
Shame on us
So what the fuss
what the fuss
what the fuss
what the fuss
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. Shame on us
oh oh Shame on me,
Shame on you,
Shame on them,
Shame on us
Shame on me,
Shame on you,
Shame on them,
Shame on us
So what the fuss
One more time
Shame on me,
Shame on you,
Shame on them,
Shame on us
Shame on me,
Shame on you,
Shame on them,
Shame on us
So what the fuss
Say what the fuss
what the fuss
Say, what the fuss
Say, what the fuss