Lyrics Your Enemy - Mádé Kuti

Why must he die?
Why must she die for you alone?

What crime? (What crime?)
What crime? (What crime?)
What is his crime? (His crime)
What is her crime? (Her)

Why? (What is his?)
Your enemy (crime)

What did he do? (Where?)
What did she do?
Where are you taking them?
Where is he going? (Why?)
Where is she going?
Why are you taking them?
Please, officer
Sir, sir, ma, ma (sir, sir, sir)
They are innocent (Innocent)

But you see officer get house
And for him, house officer, him get wife
And with him wife officer, him get plenty pikin
And so officer must buy food, you know
And then officer must by gen, you know
And then officer must pay for school fees
And he and she, and he and she (And he, and he, and he)

And he
Must find money (Must find money)
From who
With which salary
Oh, yes
From you

Why? (What is his?)
Your enemy (crime)
Why? (What is his?)
Your enemy (Crime)

Why? (What is his?)
Your enemy (crime)
Why? (What is his?)
Your enemy (crime)
Why? (What is his?)
Your enemy (crime)

If civilians dey suffer, and
Police sef day suffer, then
Who day cause the suffer, then
If civilians dey suffer, and
Police sef dey suffer, then
Who dey cause the suffer, then

When we say
When we say
When we talk of police brutality
We must know, we must know, we must know
Why they are the way they are
Why they are the way they are
Why they are the way they are

Why they are the way they are
Why they are the way they are
Why they are the way they are
Why they are the way they are
Why they are the way they are

Free your mind, and
Clear your eyes
See who is the real
Enemy, your enemy
Enemy, your enemy
Enemy, your enemy
Enemy, your enemy

Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy

Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy

Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Your enemy
Why? Why?
Why? Why?
Why? Why?
Why? Why?