Why You Wanna Trip on Me

"Why You Wanna Trip on Me"Song by Michael Jackson
General information
Released	November 26, 1991
Recorded	February-October 1991
Studio	Future Records (initial tracking) Record One (re-recording, vocals, and some overdubs) Larrabee Studios (later overdubs)
Genre	New jack swing Pop
Length	5:23
Album	Dangerous
Label	Epic Records
Writer(s)	Teddy Riley Bernard Belle
Producer(s)	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley
Track list
Previous	"Jam"
Next	"In the Closet"
Music video

"Why You Wanna Trip on Me" is a song by Michael Jackson released as the second track on the Dangerous album.

Similarly to a previous song by Jackson, "Leave Me Alone", "Why You Wanna Trip on Me" delves into topics of critics and media focusing on the artist's private life, when it's none of their business to do so, and there's other, more important things, that people should pay attention to rather than other people's personal lives.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
They say I'm different
They don't understand
But there's a bigger problem
That's much more in demand
You've got world hunger
Not enough to eat
So there's really no time
To be trippin' on me
You've got school teachers
Who don't wanna teach
You've got grown people
Who can't write or read
You got strange diseases
Ah, but there's no cure
You got many doctors
That aren't so sure
So tell me

[Chorus]
(Why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why)
Stop trippin'

[Verse 2]
We've got more problems
Than we'll ever need
You got gang violence
And bloodshed on the street
You got homeless people
With no food to eat
With no clothes on their back
And no shoes for their feet
We've got drug addiction
In the minds of the weak
We've got so much corruption
Police brutality
We've got streetwalkers
Walking into darkness
Tell me
What are we doing
To try to stop this?

[Chorus]
(Why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why)
Ooh, stop trippin'
Yeah, stop trippin'
Everybody just stop trippin'

[Chorus]
(Why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why)
Stop trippin'
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why, why, why, why)
Why you wanna trip on me?
(Why)
Ooh, stop trippin'
Yeah, stop trippin'
Everybody just stop trippin'

[Outro]
Stop trippin'
Stop trippin'
Stop trippin'
Stop trippin'

Trivia

• A snippet of this song has been heard as an intro to "Jam" during the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 1993.
• This song has been played during the end credits of the Dangerous: The Short Films DVD.
• Michael refered this song simply as "Trip".