Black Gold (Ogoni Nine)
Off a dark continent by the edge of the sea
Lies a dark liquid gold waiting to be seized
By whomever has the confidence, by whomever has the might
Irregardless of the consequence, irregardless of the right
Black liquid gold
Worth more than the land that God gave to Eve
More valuable than the oceans and the air we breathe
Worth more than the cries in the middle of the night
Of the widowed wives of those who sacrificed
Black liquid gold
They met you with poise and they met you with valiance
And you met them with charts showing profits per gallons
But the mighty Dutch gilder proved too hard to resist
For the Nigerian generals and the minds they would twist
And like those who came before with only gold on their minds
To the natives and their lands and to their rights they are blind
As history has shown on every continent
Yellow or black gold always leaves a trail of lament
Black liquid gold
As their veins once carried to their arteries
Your pipes now take their blood to your refineries
So it can fuel our cars and our SUVs
But if you look up to the stars then you just might see
Ogoni Nine, Ogoni 9
Unmoved by blackmail, undeterred by death
They forged on for their tribe as your noose stole their breath
As you watched without concern for a Heaven or a hell
Or the lives you sold to Royal Dutch Shell
Ogoni Nine, Ogoni Nine, Ogoni Nine, Ogoni Nine
They Royal Dutch Shell oil company
They weren't what you needed them to be
The Royal Dutch Shell oil company
They weren't where you needed them to be
Lies a dark liquid gold waiting to be seized
By whomever has the confidence, by whomever has the might
Irregardless of the consequence, irregardless of the right
Black liquid gold
Worth more than the land that God gave to Eve
More valuable than the oceans and the air we breathe
Worth more than the cries in the middle of the night
Of the widowed wives of those who sacrificed
Black liquid gold
They met you with poise and they met you with valiance
And you met them with charts showing profits per gallons
But the mighty Dutch gilder proved too hard to resist
For the Nigerian generals and the minds they would twist
And like those who came before with only gold on their minds
To the natives and their lands and to their rights they are blind
As history has shown on every continent
Yellow or black gold always leaves a trail of lament
Black liquid gold
As their veins once carried to their arteries
Your pipes now take their blood to your refineries
So it can fuel our cars and our SUVs
But if you look up to the stars then you just might see
Ogoni Nine, Ogoni 9
Unmoved by blackmail, undeterred by death
They forged on for their tribe as your noose stole their breath
As you watched without concern for a Heaven or a hell
Or the lives you sold to Royal Dutch Shell
Ogoni Nine, Ogoni Nine, Ogoni Nine, Ogoni Nine
They Royal Dutch Shell oil company
They weren't what you needed them to be
The Royal Dutch Shell oil company
They weren't where you needed them to be
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