War a Africa

War a Africa war a Africa war
War a Africa war a Africa war
War in the Gulf war in the Gulf war
War in the Gulf war in the Gulf war

An' a President Bush and Margaret Thatcher
John Major and Helmut Kohl, Fred Martins and Rud Lubers
Mitterand, Saddam Hussein
War a Africa war a Africa war
Say war in the east but the people want peace and a war
United States and Soviet Russia, Brutany and Italy
Germany, France and Japan, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

War a Africa war a Africa war
War a Africa war a Africa war
And then a who dat a lie down dey
Who dat a lie down dey
Who dat a lie down dey
Say who dat a lie down dey

Parson an' all a go lie down dey woo yooo
Say Iman an' all a go lie down dey woo yooo

War a Africa war a Africa war (war war war...)
Say war a Africa war a Africa war (war war war...)
Say get out you long gun put in you bayonet
Get out the oïl and the bottle and the gas
Come we go make up all a dem bum
Sticks and stones these are our weapons

We want our lives our land our gold no more war
We're tired of crying, dying, tired of war (war war war...)
Then a who dat a lie down dey
Who dat a lie down dey
Who dat a lie down dey
Who dat a lie down dey

The parson and all a go lie down dey woo yooo
An' a priest an' all a go a lie down dey woo yooo
It's not racial it's not separation
It's not tribal it's liberation

President Bush and John Major, Mitterand and Helmut Kohl
Get out your ballistic
Get out your higher power this won't stop
The black liberation
President de Klerc we want our land
President de Klerc we want our world
Say war a Africa