Michael Jackson

Released: November 26, 1991

Songwriter: Teddy Riley Bernard Belle

Producer: Michael Jackson Teddy Riley

[Verse 1]
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 wanna 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

[Chorus]
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Stop trippin'

[Verse 2]
We have got more problems
Than we will 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 have got drug addiction
In the minds of the weak
We have got so much corruption
Police brutality
We have got streetwalkers
Walking into darkness
Tell me
What are we doing
To try to stop this?

[Chorus]
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Ooh stop trippin'
Yeah stop trippin'
Everybody just stop trippin'

[Chorus]
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Stop trippin'
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Why you wanna trip on me?
Ooh stop trippin'
Yeah stop trippin'
Everybody just stop trippin'

[Outro]
Stop trippin'
Stop trippin'
Stop trippin'
Stop trippin'

Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Jackson began his career when he was seven years old as the lead singer of the Jackson 5, breaking into stardom in 1969 after signing into Motown. The Jackson 5’s first four singles all peaked at number one on the Billboard 100, and soon after Michael pursued a solo career.

His breakthrough fifth album, 1979’s Off The Wall produced four top ten hits (including “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”) and sold 20 million copies, establishing him as a household name. The album was followed with 1982’s Thriller, which became the best selling album of all time, and was the first album to feature seven top 10 singles, including “Billie Jean” and “Beat It.”

In 1985, Michael contributed to the collaboration single “We Are The World”, which remains one of the best-selling singles of all time and raised nearly $65 million for famine relief.

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