Sorrow, Tears & Blood

[Fela mimics a police siren with his voice]

[Chorus]

Hey yeah!

Everybody run run run

Everybody scatter scatter

Some people lost some bread

Someone nearly die

Someone just die

Police dey come, army dey come

Confusion everywhere

Hey yeah!

Seven minutes later

All don cool down, brother

Police don go away

Army don disappear

Them leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood

[Chorus]

Them regular trademark!

Them leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood

Them regular trademark

That is why

[Chorus]

Hey yeah!

Everybody run run run...

La la la la

My people self dey fear too much

We fear for the thing we no see

We fear for the air around us

We fear to fight for freedom

We fear to fight for liberty

We fear to fight for justice

We fear to fight for happiness

We always get reason to fear

We no want die

We no want wound

We no want quench

We no want go

I get one child

Mama dey for house

Papa dey for house

I want build house

I don build house

I no want quench

I want enjoy

I no want go

Ah!

So policeman go slap your face

You no go talk

Army man go whip your yansh

You go dey look like donkey

Rhodesia dey do them own

Our leaders dey yab for nothing

South Africa dey do them own

Them leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood...

Ah, na so

Time will dey go

Time no wait for nobody

Like that: choo, choo, choo, choo, ah

But police go dey come, army go dey come

With confusion

In style like this:

[Fela mimics a police siren with his voice]