Biko Songtext
von Peter Gabriel

Ngomhla sibuyayo, ngomhla sibuyayo
Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal′igazi!
Ngomhla sibuyayo, ngomhla sibuyayo
Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal'igazi
Bakhala uVorster! Bakhala uVorster!
Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal′igazi
Ngomhla sibuyayo, ngomhla sibuyayo
Ngomhla sibuyayo

Huh-huh, huh-huh

September '77
Port Elizabeth, weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead, the man is dead


Huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh

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

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead, the man is dead

Huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh

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


Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead, the man is dead

Huh-huh, huh-huh
And the eyes of the world are watching now (huh-huh, huh-huh)
Watching now (huh-huh, huh-huh)

Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh (la-la-la-na-ha)
Oh-oh-oh (la-la-la-na-ha)

Oh-oh-oh (la-la-la-na-ha) (said Biko, Biko, said Biko, Biko)
Oh-oh-oh (la-la-la-na-ha) (said Biko, Biko, said Biko, Biko)
Oh-oh-oh (la-la-la-na-ha) (said Biko, Biko, said Biko, Biko)
Oh-oh-oh (la-la-la-na-ha) (said Biko, Biko, said Biko, Biko)
Oh-oh-oh

Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na?