Biko (Remastered 2009)
Peter Gabriel"Biko (Remastered 2009)" is a song by Peter Gabriel, released in 1980 in the Pop genre. The song is 6:48 long and contains 31 lines and 150 words.
0:12Port Elizabeth's weathered find
1:05It was business as usual
1:20In police room six one nine
1:25Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko
1:35Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko
1:48Yihla moja yihla moja
1:52The man is dead
2:03The man is dead
2:19When I try to sleep at night
2:24I can only dream in red
2:30The outside world is black and white
2:34With only one colour dead
2:40Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko
2:51Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko
3:03Yihla moja yihla moja
3:07The man is dead
3:10The man is dead
3:17You can blow out our candle
3:33But you can't blow out our fire
3:46Once the flames begin to catch
3:50The Wind will blow it higher
3:55Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko
4:06Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko
4:24Yihla moja yihla moja
4:42The man is dead
4:55The man is dead
5:29And the eyes of the world are watching now
6:10Watching now
6:21Watching now
6:30Oh oh oh
6:48Tribal funerary singing
Port Elizabeth's weathered find It was business as usual In police room six one nine Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko Yihla moja yihla moja The man is dead The man is dead When I try to sleep at night I can only dream in red The outside world is black and white With only one colour dead Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko Yihla moja yihla moja The man is dead The man is dead You can blow out our candle But you can't blow out our fire Once the flames begin to catch The Wind will blow it higher Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko Oh Biko Biko Bikos Biko Yihla moja yihla moja The man is dead The man is dead And the eyes of the world are watching now Watching now Watching now Oh oh oh Tribal funerary singing
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