Fela Kuti
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Sorrow, Tears, and Blood

Sorrow, Tears, and Blood lyrics by Fela Kuti. Eh! Ah! Everybody run, run, run Everybody scatter, scatter Some people lost some bread Someone nearly die...

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Sorrow, Tears, and Blood

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Eh! Ah!

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

Eh! Ah!

Seven minutes later

All don cool down, brother

Police don go away

Army don disappear

Them leave sorrow, tears and blood

(Them regular trademark!)

Them leave sorrow, tears and blood

(Them regular trademark!)

Them regular trademark

(Them regular trademark!)

That is why

Eh! Ah!

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

Eh! Ah!

Seven minutes later

All don cool down, brother

Police don go away

Army don disappear

Them leave sorrow, tears and blood

(Them regular trademark!)

Them leave sorrow, tears and blood

(Them regular trademark!)

Them regular trademark

(Them regular trademark!)

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 yo' 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

(Them regular trademark!)

Them regular trademark

(Them regular trademark!)

Them regular trademark

(Them regular trademark!)

Regular trademark

(Them regular trademark!)

That is why

Eh! Ah!

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

Eh! Ah!

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

Eh! Ah!

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

Eh! Ah!

Seven minutes later

All don cool down, brother

Police don go away

Army don disappear

Them leave sorrow, tears and blood

(Them regular trademark!)

Them regular trademark

Them leave sorrow, tears and blood

(Them regular trademark!)

That is why

Everybody run, run, run

Everybody scatter, scatter

Some people lost some bread

Someone nearly die

Eh! Ah!

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