Cover art for Biko (Live) [Buenos Aires 1988] by Peter Gabriel
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Biko (Live) [Buenos Aires 1988] Lyrics

[Intro: Peter Gabriel]
Muchas gracias

Sometimes when a man is brave enough
To fight for the rights of its people
The cost can be very high
This is a song written for a man
Who was imprisoned, tortured and killed
In a jail in South Africa

Esta canción fue escrita para un hombre con cora- coraje
Molto coraje
Fue torturado y asesinado en una prisión en Sudáfrica
Por los sufrientes de Sudáfrica y por Steven Biko


[Verse 1: Peter Gabriel]
September '77
Port Elizabeth weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619

[Chorus: Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel and Crowd]
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: Peter Gabriel]
When I try to sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead

[Chorus: Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel and Crowd]
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: Peter Gabriel]
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: Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel and Crowd]
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead
The man is dead
[Post-Chorus: Peter Gabriel]
And the eyes of the world are watching now
Watching now
Watching now

[Outro: Peter Gabriel, Crowd, Peter Gabriel and Crowd]
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
Oh-oh-ohhh, for all those suffering in South Africa
Oh-oh-ohhh, for Nelson Mandela
Oh-oh-ohhh. for all prisoners of conscience
Oh-oh-ohhh, por todos los sufrientes en Chile
Oh-oh-ohhh, y Argentina
Oh-oh-ohhh, justicia, Biko
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
Oh-oh-ohhh, todos
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
Oh-oh-ohhh, el resto, ustedes
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
(Oh-oh-ohhh)
(Oh-oh-ohhh)

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Credits
Recorded At
River Plate Stadium
Release Date
January 1, 2013
Biko (Live) [Buenos Aires 1988] Is A Live Version Of
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