Sorrow Tears and Blood
by Fela Kuti
From the album: The Best of the Black President
Duration: 10:15
Lyrics for Sorrow Tears and Blood
Hey, yeah Everybody run, run, run Hey, yeah Everybody scatter scatter Hey, yeah Some people lost some bread Hey, yeah Someone nearly die Hey, yeah Someone just die Hey, yeah Police dey come, army dey come Hey, yeah Confusion everywhere Hey, yeah Seven minutes later All don't cool down, brother Police don't go away, army don't disappear Them leave sorrow, tears and blood Them regular trademark Them leave sorrow, tears and blood Them regular trademark Them regular trademark Them regular trademark That is why Hey, yeah Everybody run, run, run Hey, yeah Everybody scatter scatter Hey, yeah Someone nearly die Hey, yeah Some people lost some bread Hey, yeah Someone just die Hey, yeah Police dey come, army dey come Hey, yeah Confusion everywhere Hey, yeah Seven minutes later All don't cool down, brother Police don't go away, army don't disappear Them leave sorrow, tears and blood Them regular trademark Them leave sorrow, tears and blood Them regular trademark Them regular trademark Them regular trademark La, la, la, la My people self dey fear too much We fear for the thing we no see We fear for the air around us We fear to fight for freedom We fear to fight for liberty We fear to fight for justice We fear to fight for happiness We always get reason to fear We no want die, we no want wound We no want quench, we no want go I get one child, mama dey for house Papa dey for house, I want build house I don build house, I no want quench I want enjoy, I no want go, ah So policeman go slap your face You no go talk Army man go whip your yansh You go dey look like donkey Rhodesia dey do them own Our leaders dey yab for nothing South Africa dey do them own Them leave sorrow, tears and blood Them regular trademark Them regular trademark Them regular trademark Them regular trademark Them regular trademark Regular trademark Them regular trademark That is why Hey, yeah Everybody run, run run Hey, yeah Everybody scatter, scatter Hey yeah Some people lost some bread Hey, yeah Nearly die Hey, yeah Police dey come, army dey come Hey, yeah Confusion everywhere Hey, yeah Ah, na so, time will dey go, time no wait for nobody Ah, police go dey come, army go dey come With confusion in style like this Hey, yeah Everybody run, run, run Hey, yeah Everybody scatter, scatter Hey, yeah Some people lost some bread Hey, yeah Someone nearly die Hey, yeah Someone just die Hey, yeah Police dey come, army dey come Hey, yeah Confusion everywhere Hey, yeah Hey, yeah Seven minutes later Hey, yeah All don't cool down, brother Hey, yeah Police don't go away, army don't disappear Hey, yeah Them leave sorrow, tears and blood Hey, yeah Them regular trademark Them regular trademark Them regular trademark Them leave sorrow, tears and blood Them regular trademark That is why Hey, yeah. Everybody run, run, run Hey yeah Everybody scatter, scatter Hey, yeah Some people lost some bread Hey, yeah Someone nearly die Hey, yeah Aaah Hey, yeah Hey, yeha Hey, yeah Hey, yeah Hey, yeah Hey, yeah Hey, yeah Hey, yeah Hey, yeah Hey, yeah