Biko Lyrics by Peter Gabriel

Biko Lyrics


    september '77
    Port elizabeth weather fine
    It was business as usual
    In police room 619
    Oh biko, biko, because biko
    Oh biko, biko, because biko
    Yihla moja, yihla moja
    -the man is dead

    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
    Oh biko, biko, because biko
    Oh biko, biko, because biko
    Yihla moja, yihla moja
    -the man is dead

    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
    Oh biko, biko, because biko
    Yihla moja, yihla moja
    -the man is dead

    And the eyes of the world are
    Watching now
    Watching now

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