| I know Babylon for a plot
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| Runnings inna Earth well hot
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| False rulers sit back and get fat
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| Runnings inna yard well hot
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| Can’t get no food for the pot
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| Runnings inna Earth well hot
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| It come in like a melting pot
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| I can’t stop thinking ‘bout South Africa
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| Why do my people have to suffer?
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| Racist regime nothing to offer
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| Not even two pence in the coffer
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| Women and babies under baton charge
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| Informers, backsliders are all at large
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| Stoning of churches even cemeteries
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| We’ve been in turmoil for centuries
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| There must be something we can do
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| There must be a way we can get through
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| There must be something we can do
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| There must be a way we can get through
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| Runnings in the ghetto well hot
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| I know Babylon for a plot
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| Runnings inna Earth well hot
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| False rulers sit back and get fat
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| Runnings inna yard well hot
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| Can’t get no food for the pot
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| Runnings inna Earth well hot
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| It come in like a melting pot
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| Can’t get no food, feel restless
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| Sometimes it seems so helpless
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| Guns, bombs, dogs and batons
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| We’ve had enough
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| It seems the only solution is fight rough with tough
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| Guns, bombs, dogs and batons
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| We’ve had enough
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| It seems the only solution is fight rough with tough
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| There must be something we can do
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| There must be a way we can get through
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| There must be something we can do
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| There must be a way we can get through
|
| Runnings in the ghetto well hot
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| I know Babylon for a plot
|
| Runnings inna Earth well hot
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| False rulers sit back and get fat
|
| Runnings inna yard well hot
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| Can’t get no food for the pot
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| Runnings inna Earth well hot
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| It come in like a melting pot
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| We know (I and I know)
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| We know seh them done have a plot
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| We know (yes we know)
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| We know seh the Earth a run hot
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| We know (I and I know)
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| We know Babylon got a plot
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| We know (yes we know)
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| It come in like a melting plot |