Why You Wanna Trip on Me

Album: Dangerous (1991)
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  • They say I'm different
    They don't understand
    But there's a bigger problem
    That's much more in demand
    You got world hunger
    Not enough to eat
    So there's really no time
    To be trippin' on me

    You got school teachers
    Who don't want to teach
    You got grown people
    Who can't write or read
    You got strange diseases
    Ah but there's no cure
    You got many doctors
    That aren't so sure
    So tell me

    Why you want to trip on me
    Why you want to trip on me
    Stop trippin'

    We've got more problems
    Than we'll ever need
    You got gang violence
    And bloodshed on the street
    You got homeless people
    With no food to eat
    With no clothes on their back
    And no shoes for their feet

    We've got drug addiction
    In the minds of the weak
    We've got so much corruption
    Police brutality
    We've got streetwalkers
    Walkin' into darkness
    Tell me
    What are we doing
    To try to stop this

    Why you want to trip on me [Repeat: x4]
    Ooh stop trippin'
    Yeah stop trippin'
    Everybody just stop trippin'

    Why you want to trip on me [Repeat: x4]
    Stop trippin'

    Why you want to trip on me [Repeat: x4]
    Ooh stop trippin'
    Yeah stop trippin'
    Everybody just stop trippin'

    Stop trippin' [Repeat: x4] Writer/s: BERNARD BELLE, TEDDY RILEY
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Ricky from Nyc, CaI love this song because it just makes you want to dance with your shoulders and feet.
  • Shauna from Atlatna, GaThis song sums up Michael's public life: with world hunger, children dying, war, illiteracy, "Why you wanna trip on me?" I completely agree. Let's focus on the horrible afflictions in the world adn leave celebrities alone. RIP MJ. Greatest that ever was.
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