(introduction = a capella
choir)
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1. September '77, Port Elizabeth, weather fine,
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it was business as usual in police room 619.
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Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko, oh Biko, Biko, because Biko,
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hiromija, hiromija, the man is dead, the man is
dead.
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2. When I try to sleep at
night, I can only dream in red,
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the outside world is black and
white, with only one colour dead.
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Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko, oh Biko, Biko, because Biko,
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yihla moja, yihla moja, the man is dead, the man
is dead.
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D
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3. You can blow out a candle,
but you can’t blow out a fire,
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once the flames begin to
catch, the wind will blow it higher.
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+ And the eyes of the world are watching you now, watching you now,
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D - A - D ...
(Peter Gabriel)