Released: November 3, 1969
Songwriter: Smokey Robinson
Producer: Smokey Robinson
[Verse 1]
The day is here
The time is now
It should be clear
That someway, somehow
We've all got to learn to live together (Together)
Learn that it don’t really matter whether (Whether)
[Pre-Chorus]
You come from over here, over there
People come from everywhere
We all got here the same way
Here we are and here we stay
[Chorus]
Yeah, there's got to come a day
When nobody cares now
When nobody cares
Whether your skin is black or white
If you're wrong, you’re wrong, and if you're right, you're right
Whether your skin is red or yellow
You'll be just another fellow
Oh, won't that be mellow?
[Verse 2]
We're wasting time
We should be spending
Fixing a world
That needs some mending
All you gotta do is use some common sense now (Common sense)
We're hurtin' each other at our own expense now (Own expense)
[Pre-Chorus]
Every man could realize
If he don’t put up his eyes
He’s just a man like all the rest
Nothing more and nothing less
[Chorus]
The time has got to come on, yes
When nobody cares
I said, nobody (When nobody cares)
Whether your hair is straight or woolly
They'll try to understand you fully
Whether you speak their dialect
As long as you’re right, you'll get respect
These are going to be correct
[Verse 3]
We've all got to learn to live together (Together)
Learn that it don't really matter whether (Whether)
[Pre-Chorus]
You come from over here, over there
People come from everywhere
We all got here the same way
Here we are and here we stay
[Chorus]
Yeah, there’s got to come a day
(When nobody cares)
I said, nobody (When nobody cares)
Yeah, yeah, whether your skin is black or white
If you're wrong, you're wrong, and if you're right, you're right
Whether your skin is red or yellow
You'll be just another fellow
Yeah, yeah
When nobody cares
Oh (When nobody cares)
Ooh, whether your hair is straight or woolly
They'll try to understand you fully
Whether you speak their dialect
As long as you're right, you'll get respect
Yeah, yeah
(When nobody cares)
Nobody cares (When nobody cares)
The day is here
The time is now
It should be clear
That someway, somehow
We've all got to learn to live together (Together)
Learn that it don’t really matter whether (Whether)
[Pre-Chorus]
You come from over here, over there
People come from everywhere
We all got here the same way
Here we are and here we stay
[Chorus]
Yeah, there's got to come a day
When nobody cares now
When nobody cares
Whether your skin is black or white
If you're wrong, you’re wrong, and if you're right, you're right
Whether your skin is red or yellow
You'll be just another fellow
Oh, won't that be mellow?
[Verse 2]
We're wasting time
We should be spending
Fixing a world
That needs some mending
All you gotta do is use some common sense now (Common sense)
We're hurtin' each other at our own expense now (Own expense)
[Pre-Chorus]
Every man could realize
If he don’t put up his eyes
He’s just a man like all the rest
Nothing more and nothing less
[Chorus]
The time has got to come on, yes
When nobody cares
I said, nobody (When nobody cares)
Whether your hair is straight or woolly
They'll try to understand you fully
Whether you speak their dialect
As long as you’re right, you'll get respect
These are going to be correct
[Verse 3]
We've all got to learn to live together (Together)
Learn that it don't really matter whether (Whether)
[Pre-Chorus]
You come from over here, over there
People come from everywhere
We all got here the same way
Here we are and here we stay
[Chorus]
Yeah, there’s got to come a day
(When nobody cares)
I said, nobody (When nobody cares)
Yeah, yeah, whether your skin is black or white
If you're wrong, you're wrong, and if you're right, you're right
Whether your skin is red or yellow
You'll be just another fellow
Yeah, yeah
When nobody cares
Oh (When nobody cares)
Ooh, whether your hair is straight or woolly
They'll try to understand you fully
Whether you speak their dialect
As long as you're right, you'll get respect
Yeah, yeah
(When nobody cares)
Nobody cares (When nobody cares)
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Four In Blue (1969)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles popular songs
- The Tears of a Clown
- Ooo Baby Baby
- The Tracks of My Tears
- I Second That Emotion
- Much Better Off
- A Fork in the Road
- My Business, Your Pleasure
- My Love Is Your Love (Forever)
- Promise Me
- There’s A Sad Story Here
- Yes, No, Maybe So
- I’m on the Outside (Looking in)
- Doggone Right
- You Must Be Love
- I Don’t Blame You at All
- Abraham, Martin and John
- Going to a Go-Go
- Choosey Beggar
- It’s Christmas Time
- My Girl
- The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
- Here I Go Again
- Point It Out (single version) (Mono)
- After You Put Back the Pieces (I’ll Still Have a Broken Heart)