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  [repeat]  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     Shame on us   Shame on me, Shame on you, Shame on them, Shame on us  [repeat]  So 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   Shame on me, Shame on you, Shame on them, Shame on us  [repeat]  So what the fuss