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Steven Biko & Nelson Mandela
Political Music Lyrics

Biko
Freedom Now

"Biko" (1980)
Peter Gabriel

September '77
Port Elizabeth weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619
{Refrain}
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
The man is dead, the man is dead
When I try to sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead
{Refrain}
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
{Refrain}
And the eyes of the world are
Watching now
Watching now
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, na na na na na
Oh oh oh, na na na na na
So Biko, Biko
Oh Biko, Biko


"Freedom Now" (1989)
Tracy Chapman
They throwed him in jail
And they kept him there
Hoping soon he’d die
That his body and spirit would waste away
And soon after that his mind
But every day is born a fool
One who thinks he can rule
One who says tomorrow’s mine
One who wakes one day to find
The prison doors open the shackles broken
And chaos in the street
Everybody sing we’re free free free free free (3 times)
They throwed him in jail
And they kept him there
Hoping his memory’d die
That the people forget how he once led and fought for justice in their lives
But every day is born a man
Who hates what he can’t understand
Who thinks the answer is to kill
Who thinks his actions are god’s will
And he thinks he’s free free free free
Yes he thinks he’s free free free free
He thinks he’s free free free free
Soon must come the day
When the righteous have their way
Unjustly tried are free
And people live in peace I say
Give the man release
Go on and set your conscience free
Right the wrongs you made
Even a fool can have his day
Let us all be free free free free (3 times)
Free our bodies free our minds
Free our hearts
Freedom for everyone
And freedom now
Freedom now
Freedom now
Freedom now
Biko
Freedom Now