Michael Jackson's Controversial Lyrics in Brazil
Jew me, sue me, everybody do me. Kick me, kike me, don't you black
or white me.
Those are the words that he told us that he would never use again.
Jackson promised several months ago to revise the lyrics to his song They Don't
Care About Us, lyrics many called antisemitic.
Jackson's in Brazil now shooting the video for the song, and Entertainment Tonight
has learned he is still using the controversial lyrics.
Last year, he angered Jewish groups when he sang these words.
Jew me, sue me, everybody do me. Kick me, kike me, don't you black
or white me.
Michael then gave into pressure and changed the song, but in Brazil,
the controversial lyrics were back and he sang it this way.
We showed footage of the video shoots to Rabbi Marvin Hier, an activist for Jewish
causes, who was outraged because last June,
Jackson sent him a letter of
apology for singing those lyrics.
I'm shocked. Uh, Jew me, sue me, kick
me, kike me? Those are the words that he told us that he would
never use again. Now, I have a, a, a,
I have a, a CD that he sent me with the words
eliminated. Why couldn't he do the same thing in
Brazil?
End of transcript · 211 words