The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Sisters, niggers, whities
Jews and the crackers
Don't worry, if there's hell below, we're all gotta go
Ah
Sisters, brothers and the whities
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Hurry
People running from their worries
While the judge and the juries
Dictate the law that's partly flaw
Cat calling, love balling, fussing and cussing
Top billing now is killing
For peace no-one is willing
Kind of make you get that feeling
Everybody smoke
Use the pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And Nixon talking about don't worry
He says don't worry
He says don't worry
He says don't worry
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's a hell below
We're all gonna go
Everybody's praying
And everybody's saying
But when come time to do
Everybody's laying
Just talking about don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
Sisters, brothers and the whities
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Smoke, the pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And everybody saying don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's a hell below
We're all gonna go
Lord, what we gonna do
Tell me what we gonna do
If everything I say is true?
This ain't no way it ought to be
If only all the mass could see
But they keep talkin' 'bout don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
Jews and the crackers
Don't worry, if there's hell below, we're all gotta go
Ah
Sisters, brothers and the whities
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Hurry
People running from their worries
While the judge and the juries
Dictate the law that's partly flaw
Cat calling, love balling, fussing and cussing
Top billing now is killing
For peace no-one is willing
Kind of make you get that feeling
Everybody smoke
Use the pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And Nixon talking about don't worry
He says don't worry
He says don't worry
He says don't worry
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's a hell below
We're all gonna go
Everybody's praying
And everybody's saying
But when come time to do
Everybody's laying
Just talking about don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
Sisters, brothers and the whities
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Smoke, the pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And everybody saying don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's a hell below
We're all gonna go
Lord, what we gonna do
Tell me what we gonna do
If everything I say is true?
This ain't no way it ought to be
If only all the mass could see
But they keep talkin' 'bout don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
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(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go Lyrics as written by Curtis Mayfield
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