Released: November 11, 1981
Songwriter: Michael Jackson Jackie Jackson Tito Jackson Randy Jackson (J5)
Producer: The Jacksons
[Spoken Intro]
How you doin'?
[Verse 1: Michael Jackson]
People all over the world are the same everywhere we go
I give in to this, I give in to that
Every day it bothers me so
Am I in a bad situation?
People taking me to the extreme
Am I being used?
I just need a clue
I don't know which way to go
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson & (The Jacksons)]
So I took my problems to a doctor
So he could check it out (He don't know)
Took it to a palm reader so she could read my hand (She don't know)
Five minutes later I started to understand
I started screaming, shouting, acting mad
No one could help me but myself
I gave everything...
[Chorus: The Jacksons]
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
[Verse 2: Michael Jackson]
Always wanting something for nothing
Especially what they don't deserve
You're reaching in my pocket
I just got to stop it
Oh, they got a lot of nerve
Am I in a bad situation?
People taking me to the extreme
They don't use rejection
So I need protection
To keep my equity
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson & (The Jacksons)]
So I took my problems to a doctor
So he could check it out (He don't know)
Took it to a palm reader so she could read my hand (She don't know)
Five minutes later I started to understand
I started screaming, shouting, acting mad
No one could help me but myself
I gave everything I had, yeah
[Chorus: The Jacksons & (Michael Jackson)]
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
(What you do to me now, baby)
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
(Shake it over)
[Interlude]
Everybody put your hands together, come on
[Chorus: The Jacksons & (Michael Jackson)]
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
(The things I do)
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
[Outro]
How you feel, Buffalo? How you feel?
How you doin'?
[Verse 1: Michael Jackson]
People all over the world are the same everywhere we go
I give in to this, I give in to that
Every day it bothers me so
Am I in a bad situation?
People taking me to the extreme
Am I being used?
I just need a clue
I don't know which way to go
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson & (The Jacksons)]
So I took my problems to a doctor
So he could check it out (He don't know)
Took it to a palm reader so she could read my hand (She don't know)
Five minutes later I started to understand
I started screaming, shouting, acting mad
No one could help me but myself
I gave everything...
[Chorus: The Jacksons]
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
[Verse 2: Michael Jackson]
Always wanting something for nothing
Especially what they don't deserve
You're reaching in my pocket
I just got to stop it
Oh, they got a lot of nerve
Am I in a bad situation?
People taking me to the extreme
They don't use rejection
So I need protection
To keep my equity
[Pre-Chorus: Michael Jackson & (The Jacksons)]
So I took my problems to a doctor
So he could check it out (He don't know)
Took it to a palm reader so she could read my hand (She don't know)
Five minutes later I started to understand
I started screaming, shouting, acting mad
No one could help me but myself
I gave everything I had, yeah
[Chorus: The Jacksons & (Michael Jackson)]
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
(What you do to me now, baby)
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
(Shake it over)
[Interlude]
Everybody put your hands together, come on
[Chorus: The Jacksons & (Michael Jackson)]
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
(The things I do)
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
It's things I do for you
In return do the same for me
[Outro]
How you feel, Buffalo? How you feel?
more tracks from the album
The Jacksons Live!
- Workin’ Day And Night (Live)
- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) (Live)
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough (Live)
- Lovely One (Live)
- Rock With You (Live)
- I’ll Be There (Live)
- Movie And Rap, Including Excerpts Of: I Want You Back / Never Can Say Goodbye / Got To Be There (Liv
- She’s Out Of My Life (Live)
- This Place Hotel (Live)
- Off The Wall (Live)
- Things I Do For You (Live)
- Opening / Can You Feel It (Live)
- Ben (Live)
- Medley: I Want You Back / ABC / The Love You Save (Live)
From the albums
- The Jacksons Live! (1981)
- 9 Singles Pack (1983)
The Jacksons popular songs
- Blame It on the Boogie
- This Place Hotel (a.k.a. Heartbreak Hotel)
- Can You Feel It
- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
- Torture
- State of Shock
- Push Me Away
- Lovely One
- Wondering Who
- The Hurt
- Wait
- Music’s Takin’ Over
- Good Times
- Your Ways
- Enjoy Yourself
- Time Waits For No One
- Goin’ Places
- Dreamer
- If You’d Only Believe
- Give It Up
- Harley
- Be Not Always
- Living Together
- Heaven Knows I Love You, Girl