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Artist: Fela Kuti
Canonical path: /fela-kuti/sorrow-tears-and-blood
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Sorrow, Tears, and Blood
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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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