Released: May 31, 1995
Featuring: Janet Jackson
Songwriter: Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis Janet Jackson Michael Jackson
Producer: Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Michael Jackson
[Verse 1: Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
Tired of injustice
Tired of the schemes
The lies are disgusting
So what does it mean, damn it?
Kicking me down
I got to get up
As jacked as it sounds
The whole system sucks, damn it
[Verse 2: Janet Jackson]
Peek in the shadow
Come into the light
You tell me I'm wrong
Then you better prove you're right!
You're selling out souls but I
I care about mine
I've got to get stronger
And I won't give up the fight
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
With such confusion don't it make you want to scream?
(Make you want to scream?)
Your bash abusing victimize within the scheme
You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize
Somebody please have mercy, cause I just can't take it
[Chorus: Both]
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make you want to scream
[Verse 2: Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
Tired of you telling
The story your way
You're causing confusion
You think it's okay, damn it
Keep changing the rules
While you're playing the game
I can't take it much longer
I think I might go insane
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
With such confusion don't it make you want to scream? (Make you want to scream?)
Your bash abusing victimize within the scheme
You find your pleasure scandalizing every lie
Oh Father, please have mercy, 'cause I just can't take it
[Chorus: Both]
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop fuckin' with me, make me want to scream
[Bridge: Janet Jackson]
Oh my God, can't believe what I saw as I turned on the TV
This evening, I was disgusted by all the injustice, all the injustice (All the injustice)
[News Man]
(A man has been brutally beaten to death by police
After being wrongly
Identified as a robbery suspect!
The man was an 18 year-old black male!)
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
With such collusions don't it make you want to scream? (Make you want to scream?)
Your bash abusing victimize within the scheme!
You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize!
[Outro: Both]
Oh brother please have mercy, cause I just can't take it!
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream!
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream!
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream!
Tired of injustice
Tired of the schemes
The lies are disgusting
So what does it mean, damn it?
Kicking me down
I got to get up
As jacked as it sounds
The whole system sucks, damn it
[Verse 2: Janet Jackson]
Peek in the shadow
Come into the light
You tell me I'm wrong
Then you better prove you're right!
You're selling out souls but I
I care about mine
I've got to get stronger
And I won't give up the fight
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
With such confusion don't it make you want to scream?
(Make you want to scream?)
Your bash abusing victimize within the scheme
You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize
Somebody please have mercy, cause I just can't take it
[Chorus: Both]
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make you want to scream
[Verse 2: Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
Tired of you telling
The story your way
You're causing confusion
You think it's okay, damn it
Keep changing the rules
While you're playing the game
I can't take it much longer
I think I might go insane
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
With such confusion don't it make you want to scream? (Make you want to scream?)
Your bash abusing victimize within the scheme
You find your pleasure scandalizing every lie
Oh Father, please have mercy, 'cause I just can't take it
[Chorus: Both]
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop fuckin' with me, make me want to scream
[Bridge: Janet Jackson]
Oh my God, can't believe what I saw as I turned on the TV
This evening, I was disgusted by all the injustice, all the injustice (All the injustice)
[News Man]
(A man has been brutally beaten to death by police
After being wrongly
Identified as a robbery suspect!
The man was an 18 year-old black male!)
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
With such collusions don't it make you want to scream? (Make you want to scream?)
Your bash abusing victimize within the scheme!
You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize!
[Outro: Both]
Oh brother please have mercy, cause I just can't take it!
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream!
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream!
Stop pressuring me, just stop pressuring me
Stop pressuring me, make me want to scream!
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