Lyrics Sorrow Tears and Blood (Extended Version) - Fela Kuti

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
All don cool down, brother
Police don go away
Army don 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 died (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) hey yeah

Seven minutes later
All don cool down, brother
Police don go away
Army don 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)
Someone 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
Like that choo, choo, choo, choo, ah
But 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 cool down, brother (hey, yeah)
Police don go away (hey, yeah)
Army don disappear (hey, yeah)

Them leave sorrow, tears, and blood
(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)

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