| The night Steve Biko died I cried and I cried
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| The night Steve Biko died I cried and I cried
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| Biko, O, Steve Biko died still in chains
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| Biko, O, Steve Biko died still in chains.
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| Biko died in chains, moaned for you
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| Biko died in chains, moaned for you, yeh.
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| Blame South African security,
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| A no suicide he was’nt insane.
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| It was not for him to live in Rome, No Still they would’nt leave him alone.
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| Yeh yeh yeh,
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| They provoke him, they arrest him
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| They took him life away,
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| but can’t take him soul,
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| Then they drug and ill-treat him,
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| till they kill him,
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| And they claim suicide.
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| I’ll never forgive I’ll always remember,
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| Not, not only not only I no,
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| But papa brothers sisters too, Yeh, yeh
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| Him spirit they can’t control
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| Him spirit they can’t man-trol
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| Cannot be bought nor sold
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| Freedom increase one-hundred fold.
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| The system something’s got to be done,
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| Straight away,
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| The system of weakheart emontion
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| They’ve got to pay
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| The system of backra corruption
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| They’ve got to pay
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| The system is destroying my nation
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| The system… kill him
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| O, O Jah Jah, O Jah Jah,
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| Take them where life sweeter,
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| Send a Moses to set them Free.
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| Pharoah’s army won’t let them be,
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| From the beginning he knew he’d meet his end
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| Yes my friend
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| They’ll keep on ruling, all hours Jah
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| Jah send
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| I’ll tell you again
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| Dem take him life — Dem take him soul,
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| Him spirit they can’t control
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| Cannot be bought nor sold
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| Freedom increases one hundred fold
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| Freedom increases one hundred
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| Freedom
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| The system, the system, the system,
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| the sy, a, a,
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| Somethings got to done,
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| The system where black man get no, get no,
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| Get no recoginition.
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| The system of colour partition
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| The system shoul be yanked from creation
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| The system kill him.
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| O, O Jah Jah, O Jah Jah,
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| Take him where life sweeter
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| Send a Moses. |
| Send a Moses.
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| Pharohs army won’t let them be,
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| Biko died in chains Yeh
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| Moans for you
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| Biko died in chains all are moaning
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| Moans for you Yeh eh eh eh…
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| Biko, O, O, O Steve Biko died still in chains
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| Biko, O, O, O Steve Biko died still in chains
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| Still, still in chains
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| Still, still in chains
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| Cha-ains… |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Biko's Kindred Lament , by - Steel Pulse. Song from the album Sound System: The Island Anthology, in the genre Регги