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Look here, old chap
It's us who gave you civilization
Invasion!
If a man in your house told you to come out
And told you to live in the garden
If it happened to you tell me what would you do?
Wouldn't you fight and fight and fight them?
Those old, old Europeans
They had a lot of man
They went over to other people's land
To conquer was their intention
Those old, old Europeans
They had a lot of man
They went over to America to try conquer
The Red Indian
Well, I don't know 'bout you
But I tell you what I do when I am looking at a Western
When I'm watching the tele
I don't really see the Red Indian as a real bad man
They had a lot of give
'Cause they didn't wanna live
Inna likkle old dutty reservation
'Cause they didn't care
'Cause they were just there
Defending their own homeland
Europeans come not one by one
But in their tens and thousand
With the intention of taking all the best land
And giving the Indian the bad one
Well, you must understand
That the Red Indian were not just savages and madman
'Cause I am aware that they were just there
Reacting like any human
If a man in your house told you to come out
And told you to live in the garden
If it happened to you tell me what would you do?
Wouldn't you fight and fight and fight them?
If a man in your house told you to come out
And told you to live in the garden
If it happened to you tell me what would you do?
Wouldn't you fight and fight and fight them?
Those old, old Europeans
They had a lot of man
They went over to other people's land
To conquer was their intention
Those old, old Europeans
They had a lot of man
They went over to South Africa
To try conquer the South African
Cecil Rhodes and him posse of Europeans
Did come 'pon we African land
They came for a fight with their gun inna them right
And them Bible in their left hand
They treated us with 'nuff disgust
Never treat we like man and woman
Treated us like something from outer space
Like something that you wouldn't spit on
We were first-class citizens inna Africa
They made us second-class citizen
It is mad and bad and so, so sad
To be a prisoner inna your own land
But me people a fight for the truth and right
And the truth and right must stand
So that system apartheid must be destroyed
And it can't carry on too long
If a man come in your house and told you to come out
And told you to live inna the garden
If that happened to you tell me what would you do?
Wouldn't you fight and fight and fight them?
If a man in your house told you to come out
And told you to live in the garden
If it happened to you tell me what would you do?
Wouldn't you fight and fight and fight them?
Those old, old Europeans
They had a lot of man
They went over to other people's land
To conquer was their intention
Those old, old Europeans
Were very cheeky man
They would turn 'round and say
That they gave us civilization
Hear them, nuh!
Look here, old chap
It's us who gave you civilization
If it wasn't for us
You'd be running around without any clothes on
We taught you to eat with a knife inna right
And a fork in your left hand
If it wasn't for us
You'd be fighting with spears instead of with shotgun
We think your gold and silver is sufficient payment
For bringing you out of the past
And right into the present
You owe a lot to us
I'm sure you're in agreement
So anything we say to do
Just do it and keep silent
These so-called civilized man
Did come with them big weapon
Kill off tiger, elephant
Rhinoceros, and lion
Them put them head inna dining room
For decoration
Now tell me does that sound like a civilized person?