“Biko)”

by Manu Dibango feat. Alex Brown, Peter Gabriel, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Geoffrey Oryema

Composed by Peter Gabriel

3 versions

3:50 radio edit

“Biko” single

4:51 remix

Wakafrika album

“Biko” single

Lyrics

(Source: petergabriel.com)

	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

	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
	Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
	Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
	Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja,
	- The man is dead
	The man is dead

	You can blow out a candle
	But you can't blow out a fire
	Once the flame begins 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

	And the eyes of the world are watching now
	Watching now

Musicians

Manu Katché	drums
Armand Sabal-Lecco	bass
Francis M'Bappé	programming
Paul Jackson Jr.	guitars
Vincent N'Guini	guitars
Dominic Miller	guitars
Alex Brown	backing vocals
Sinéad O'Connor	backing vocals
Michael Fisher	percussions
Peter Gabriel	additional keyboards

Source: Wakafrika

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