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Biko (Live) Lyrics
[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
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
[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
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Genius Annotation
Recorded at Blossom Music Centre, Cleveland, on 27 July 1987. Originally released with “Biko” single, 1987. Re-released in support of Cry Freedom.
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Release Date
1983
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