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Peter Gabriel – Biko (Live) [Athens 1987] (1987) | Track profile | Dork

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Live in Athens 1987
Biko (Live) [Athens 1987]

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Biko (Live) [Athens 1987]

Release date: 1st November 1987

From Live in Athens 1987

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About This Track

"Biko (Live) [Athens 1987]" is a track by Peter Gabriel, from the album Live in Athens 1987, released 1st November 1987. Full lyrics are available below.

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Peter Gabriel

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Lyrics

Biko (Live) [Athens 1987]

[Intro]

"This song was written for a brave man. A man who wasn't afraid to speak up for the rights of his people, whatever the cost to himself. For a man who was arrested, tortured, and killed in a jail in South Africa. For Stephen Biko. [?] Stephen Biko."

[Interlude]

[Verse 1]

September '77

Port Elizabeth weather fine

It was business as usual

In police room 619

[Chorus]

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Yihla moja, yihla moja

The man is dead

The man is dead

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]

When I try and sleep at night

I can only dream in red

The outside world is black and white

With only one colour dead

[Chorus]

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Yihla moja, yihla moja

The man is dead

The man is dead

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]

You can blow out a candle

But you can't blow out a fire

Once the flames begin to catch

The wind will blow it higher

[Chorus]

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Yihla moja, yihla moja

The man is dead

The man is dead

[Post-Chorus]

And the eyes of the world are watching now

Watching now, watching now

[Interlude]

[Outro]

Hey! Hey! Ho! Everyone!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

For all those still in jail in Africa! Hey! Hey! Ho!

For all those still being torture! Hey! Hey! Ho!

For prisoners of conscience! Hey! Hey! Ho!

For Stephen Biko! Hey! Hey! Ho!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

What happens now is up to you

Hey! Hey! Ho!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

Hey! Hey! Ho!

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From Live in Athens 1987

1987

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Album

Live in Athens 1987

Release year

1987

—Shock the Monkey (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Biko (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Family Snapshot (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Solsbury Hill (Live) [Athens 1987]
—No Self Control (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Don't Give Up (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Lay Your Hands on Me (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Games Without Frontiers (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Sledgehammer (Live) [Athens 1987]
—San Jacinto (Live) [Athens 1987]
—This is the Picture (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Here Comes the Flood (Live) [Athens 1987]
—In Your Eyes (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Mercy Street (Live) [Athens 1987]
—The Family and the Fishing Net (Live) [Athens 1987]
—Intruder (Live) [Athens 1987]

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