You Don't Love Me
Gene Thompson and the Counts Lyrics
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How many interviews you've read on me
How many times you've seen me on TV
No matter what you think
You don't know me!"
[Chorus]
You don't know me
You don't know me
Feel my pain!
You don't know me, you don't know my life,
Don't know my struggle, don't know my pain.
Don't live in my brain, don't know my thoughts,
Don't know my fears, don't really know my name.
You just talk shit, talk like you know,
Talk like you been there, talk like you lived it.
Motherfucker I would like to take you one day,
Take you down to my hood, take you out to play.
See the results of AK spray, pick up a baby girl missing a leg,
Come home and find your whole family dead,
Get a 4.5 cocked up to your head.
Get jacked by the cops, beat down in the street,
No electricity, hungry for weeks.
You don't know, well I think you should,
Cause down in the ghetto well it ain't that good!
[Chorus]
You don't know me just heard the song,
Rapped with the music just sang along.
Never really pulled ad cocked the steel,
Never shot for real, never aimed to kill.
Never pushed no crack, never locked a block,
Never hit no cop, never packed a Glock.
You like listening to gangsta shit,
Makes you feel real hard-core, roll with the crips
This shits real, soon you'll learn,
People do die, bullets do burn.
Go off in the ghetto and make the wrong turn..
Get your motherfucking cap let back!
Quicker than fuck you can get your ass stuck,
Dumped in a ditch, burnt in a truck.
Stick to the CD stay away,
Cause you don't know me and niggas don't play!
[Chorus]
This is not your life, You are just a visitor!
This is not your life!
This is not your life, You are just a visitor!
This is not your life!
You don't know me not like me at all,
Don't wake up everyday on edge of death.
I don't trust anybody including myself,
I feel like I'll die violently, fuck my health!
Or maybe you do and you feel the same,
Wake up with headaches cursing the game.
Grab at your brain like your going insane,
Then I know you can feel my pain!
This is not your life, You are just a visitor!
This is not your life!
This is not your life, You are just a visitor!
This is not your life!
Body Count! Motherfucker!
The song “You Don’t Love Me” by Gene Thompson and the Counts is a statement about how people cannot truly understand one another’s struggles unless they have gone through it themselves. In the verses, the singer confronts the listener for thinking that they know the artist and their life based on interviews, TV appearances and the music itself. The artist challenges the listener to actually come to their hood and live the life they're rapping about: surviving gunshot wounds, picking up one-legged babies, losing whole families, and being beaten by the police. The chorus "You don't know me, feel my pain!" reflects the shared experiences of pain and struggle that cannot be fully understood by anyone who has not lived through it.
Line by Line Meaning
No matter how much of my music you've listened to
Regardless of how many of my songs you've heard
How many interviews you've read on me
Or how many interviews you've read about me
How many times you've seen me on TV
How many times you've seen me on TV
No matter what you think
Whatever your thoughts may be
You don't know me!
You can't know me completely!
You don't know me, you don't know my life,
You don't know me or my life
Don't know my struggle, don't know my pain.
You don't know the difficulties or pains I've faced
Don't live in my brain, don't know my thoughts,
You're not living in my head, you don't know my thoughts
Don't know my fears, don't really know my name.
You don't know my fears, you don't truly know my name
You just talk shit, talk like you know,
You just talk nonsense, like you know everything
Talk like you been there, talk like you lived it.
Talking as if you've been there, as if you've lived through it
Motherfucker I would like to take you one day,
I'd love to take you with me someday
Take you down to my hood, take you out to play.
Take you to my neighborhood, show you what it's like
See the results of AK spray, pick up a baby girl missing a leg,
Witness the aftermath of an AK spray, interact with a little girl missing a leg
Come home and find your whole family dead,
Come home and discover that your entire family has been killed
Get a 4.5 cocked up to your head.
Get a 4.5 inch gun pointed at your head
Get jacked by the cops, beat down in the street,
Harassed by the cops, beaten down on the street
No electricity, hungry for weeks.
No power, and starving for weeks
You don't know, well I think you should,
You don't know, but I think you ought to
Cause down in the ghetto well it ain't that good!
Life in the ghetto is far from good!
You don't know me just heard the song,
You don't know me, you just heard the song
Rapped with the music just sang along.
You rapped and sang along with the music
Never really pulled and cocked the steel,
You've never really loaded and aimed a gun
Never shot for real, never aimed to kill.
You've never really shot for real, never aimed to kill
Never pushed no crack, never locked a block,
You've never sold crack or controlled a block
Never hit no cop, never packed a Glock.
You've never hit a cop or carried a Glock
You like listening to gangsta shit,
You enjoy listening to gangsta tracks
Makes you feel real hard-core, roll with the crips.
Makes you feel hardcore, like you're rolling with the Crips
This shits real, soon you'll learn,
This is real, and you'll soon realize that
People do die, bullets do burn.
People die, bullets leave burns
Go off in the ghetto and make the wrong turn..
Make the wrong turn in the ghetto
Get your motherfucking cap let back!
You'll get shot, your head blown off
Quicker than fuck you can get your ass stuck,
Very quickly, you can get yourself in trouble
Dumped in a ditch, burnt in a truck.
Dumped in a ditch, or burned in a truck
Stick to the CD stay away,
Stick to listening to the music and stay away
Cause you don't know me and niggas don't play!
You don't know me entirely, and people in the hood don't play!
This is not your life, You are just a visitor!
This life is not yours, you are only a visitor
This is not your life!
This life is not yours
You don't know me not like me at all,
You don't know me, not like me at all
Don't wake up everyday on edge of death.
You don't live every day on the brink of death
I don't trust anybody including myself,
I don't trust anyone, including myself
I feel like I'll die violently, fuck my health!
I feel like I'll die violently, to hell with my health
Or maybe you do and you feel the same,
Perhaps you do, and feel the same way
Wake up with headaches cursing the game.
Wake up with headaches, cursing the system
Grab at your brain like you're going insane,
Grab your head as if you're going mad
Then I know you can feel my pain!
Then I know you can relate to my suffering!
Body Count! Motherfucker!
Body Count! Motherfucker!
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@juruansinaga
Great
@Sliptrail
Thanks for expressing so well what I completely agree with:)
@kershabeaver3312
I was today years old. When I discovered dawn penn no no no is based off of this.
@gordonparksjr.4348
MrMartininuk this is not a poor Willie Cobb steal, he got it from Bo Diddley going back to 1955
@johnjackson2044
Thnks nice join the queue to sue Willie Hobbs over the songwriting credits even Willie cant remember if he wrote it or which labels he leased it to!
@teebeeferris
like this
@MrMartininuk
Another steal on the credits ....poor Willie Cobbs.....then Dawn Penn to follow with the further theft.
@mrstep2me
+MrMartininuk Better try Poor Bo Diddley. Diddley is credited as the composer on the original from 1955.
@johnharbourne6401
That's right! She's Fine, She's Mine by Bo Diddley in '55