[Intro]
"This song was written for a brave man. A man who wasn't afraid to speak up for the rights of his people, whatever the cost to himself. For a man who was arrested, tortured, and killed in a jail in South Africa. For Stephen Biko. [?] Stephen Biko."
[Interlude]
[Verse 1]
September '77
Port Elizabeth weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619
[Chorus]
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead
The man is dead
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead
The man is dead
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead
The man is dead
[Post-Chorus]
And the eyes of the world are watching now
Watching now, watching now
[Interlude]
[Outro]
Hey! Hey! Ho! Everyone!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
For all those still in jail in Africa! Hey! Hey! Ho!
For all those still being torture! Hey! Hey! Ho!
For prisoners of conscience! Hey! Hey! Ho!
For Stephen Biko! Hey! Hey! Ho!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
What happens now is up to you
Hey! Hey! Ho!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
Hey! Hey! Ho!
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