Fela Kuti Sorrow Tears and Blood
Everybody run run run Everybody runs away
Everybody scatter scatter Everybody scatters
Some people lost some bread Some people (have) lost some money
Some one nearly die someone has nearly diedSome one just die someone has just died
Police dey come, Army dey come the police is coming, the army is coming
Confusion everywhere there is confusion everywhere
Several minutes later Several minutes later
All den cool down brother everything has calmed down, brother
Police don go away the police has gone then
Army don disappear The army has disappeared then
Dem leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood They leave Sorrow,Tears, and Blood
Dem regular trade mark Their regular trade mark
My people self dey fear too much My people also has too much fear
Dem dey fear for the thing we no see We fear the things we can not see
Dem they fear for the air around us We fear the air around us
We fear to fight for freedom We fear to fight for freedom
We fear to fight for liberty We fear to fight for liberty
We fear to fight for justice We fear to fight for justice
We fear to fight for happiness We fear to fight for happiness
We always get reason to fear We always find a reason to fear:
We no want die We don`t want to die
We no want quench we don`t want to be extinguished
My mama dey for house my mother is at home
My pikin dey for house my children are at home
I get one wife I have a wife
I get one car I have a car
I get one house I have a house
I just marry I just got married
So policeman go slap your face So the policeman will slap your face and
You no go talk you will not say anything
Army man go whip your yansh the soldier will whip your back and
You go dey look like donkey you will look like a donkey
Rhodesia dey do dem own Rhodesia does not care
Our leaders dey yab for nothing Our leaders' words are useless
South Africa dey do dem own South Africa, they do their own thing
Dem leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood They leave Sorrow,Tears and Blood
Dem regular trade mark (Chorus), Their regular trademark Dem regular trade mark Their regular trademark
Dem regular trade mark (Chorus) Their regular trade mark
That is why-y-y That is why everybody runs away
