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[Fela mimics a police siren with his voice]

[Chorus]
Hey yeah!

Everybody run run run
Everybody scatter scatter
Some people lost some bread
Someone nearly die
Someone just die
Police dey come, army dey come
Confusion everywhere
Hey yeah!

Seven minutes later
All don cool down, brother
Police don go away
Army don disappear
Them leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood

[Chorus]
Them regular trademark!

Them leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood
Them regular trademark
That is why

[Chorus]
Hey yeah!

Everybody run run run...

La la la la
My people self dey fear too much
We fear for the thing we no see
We fear for the air around us
We fear to fight for freedom
We fear to fight for liberty
We fear to fight for justice
We fear to fight for happiness
We always get reason to fear

We no want die
We no want wound
We no want quench
We no want go
I get one child
Mama dey for house
Papa dey for house
I want build house
I don build house
I no want quench
I want enjoy
I no want go
Ah!

So policeman go slap your face
You no go talk
Army man go whip your yansh
You go dey look like donkey
Rhodesia dey do them own
Our leaders dey yab for nothing
South Africa dey do them own

Them leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood...

Ah, na so
Time will dey go
Time no wait for nobody
Like that: choo, choo, choo, choo, ah
But police go dey come, army go dey come
With confusion
In style like this:

[Fela mimics a police siren with his voice]
[Fela mimics a police siren with his voice]      [Chorus]   Hey yeah!      Everybody run run run   Everybody scatter scatter   Some people lost some bread   Someone nearly die   Someone just die   Police dey come, army dey come   Confusion everywhere   Hey yeah!      Seven minutes later   All don cool down, brother   Police don go away   Army don disappear   Them leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood      [Chorus]   Them regular trademark!      Them leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood   Them regular trademark   That is why      [Chorus]   Hey yeah!      Everybody run run run...      La la la la   My people self dey fear too much   We fear for the thing we no see   We fear for the air around us   We fear to fight for freedom   We fear to fight for liberty   We fear to fight for justice   We fear to fight for happiness   We always get reason to fear      We no want die   We no want wound   We no want quench   We no want go   I get one child   Mama dey for house   Papa dey for house   I want build house   I don build house   I no want quench   I want enjoy   I no want go   Ah!      So policeman go slap your face   You no go talk   Army man go whip your yansh   You go dey look like donkey   Rhodesia dey do them own   Our leaders dey yab for nothing   South Africa dey do them own      Them leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood...      Ah, na so   Time will dey go   Time no wait for nobody   Like that: choo, choo, choo, choo, ah   But police go dey come, army go dey come   With confusion   In style like this:      [Fela mimics a police siren with his voice]