The night Steve Biko died I cried and I cried
The night Steve Biko died I cried and I cried
Biko, O, Steve Biko died still in chains
Biko, O, Steve Biko died still in chains.
Biko died in chains, moaned for you
Biko died in chains, moaned for you, yeh.
Blame South African security,
A no suicide he was'nt insane.
It was not for him to live in Rome, No
Still they would'nt leave him alone.
Yeh yeh yeh,
They provoke him, they arrest him
They took him life away,
but can't take him soul,
Then they drug and ill-treat him,
till they kill him,
And they claim suicide.
I'll never forgive I'll always remember,
Not, not only not only I no,
But papa brothers sisters too, Yeh, yeh
Him spirit they can't control
Him spirit they can't man-trol
Cannot be bought nor sold
Freedom increase one-hundred fold.
The system something's got to be done,
Straight away,
The system of weakheart emontion
They've got to pay
The system of backra corruption
They've got to pay
The system is destroying my nation
The system.....kill him
O, O Jah Jah, O Jah Jah,
Take them where life sweeter,
Send a Moses to set them Free.
Pharoah's army won't let them be,
From the beginning he knew he'd meet his end
Yes my friend
They'll keep on ruling, all hours Jah
Jah send
I'll tell you again
Dem take him life - Dem take him soul,
Him spirit they can't control
Cannot be bought nor sold
Freedom increases one hundred fold
Freedom increases one hundred
Freedom
The system, the system, the system,
the sy, a, a,
Somethings got to done,
The system where black man get no, get no,
Get no recoginition.
The system of colour partition
The system shoul be yanked from creation
The system kill him.
O, O Jah Jah, O Jah Jah,
Take him where life sweeter
Send a Moses. Send a Moses.
Pharohs army won't let them be,
Biko died in chains Yeh
Moans for you
Biko died in chains all are moaning
Moans for you Yeh eh eh eh.....
Biko, O, O, O
Steve Biko died still in chains
Biko, O, O, O
Steve Biko died still in chains
Still, still in chains
Still, still in chains
Cha-ains..........
The night Steve Biko died I cried and I cried
Biko, O, Steve Biko died still in chains
Biko, O, Steve Biko died still in chains.
Biko died in chains, moaned for you
Biko died in chains, moaned for you, yeh.
Blame South African security,
A no suicide he was'nt insane.
It was not for him to live in Rome, No
Still they would'nt leave him alone.
Yeh yeh yeh,
They provoke him, they arrest him
They took him life away,
but can't take him soul,
Then they drug and ill-treat him,
till they kill him,
And they claim suicide.
I'll never forgive I'll always remember,
Not, not only not only I no,
But papa brothers sisters too, Yeh, yeh
Him spirit they can't control
Him spirit they can't man-trol
Cannot be bought nor sold
Freedom increase one-hundred fold.
The system something's got to be done,
Straight away,
The system of weakheart emontion
They've got to pay
The system of backra corruption
They've got to pay
The system is destroying my nation
The system.....kill him
O, O Jah Jah, O Jah Jah,
Take them where life sweeter,
Send a Moses to set them Free.
Pharoah's army won't let them be,
From the beginning he knew he'd meet his end
Yes my friend
They'll keep on ruling, all hours Jah
Jah send
I'll tell you again
Dem take him life - Dem take him soul,
Him spirit they can't control
Cannot be bought nor sold
Freedom increases one hundred fold
Freedom increases one hundred
Freedom
The system, the system, the system,
the sy, a, a,
Somethings got to done,
The system where black man get no, get no,
Get no recoginition.
The system of colour partition
The system shoul be yanked from creation
The system kill him.
O, O Jah Jah, O Jah Jah,
Take him where life sweeter
Send a Moses. Send a Moses.
Pharohs army won't let them be,
Biko died in chains Yeh
Moans for you
Biko died in chains all are moaning
Moans for you Yeh eh eh eh.....
Biko, O, O, O
Steve Biko died still in chains
Biko, O, O, O
Steve Biko died still in chains
Still, still in chains
Still, still in chains
Cha-ains..........
Contributed by Alessandro - 2009/12/16 - 10:44
Oltre che divorato dal cancro Gideon Nieuwoudt era anche affetto da disturbi mentali e quando morì nel 2005 lo psichiatra che lo aveva in cura dichiarò: "Penso che Mr Nieuwoudt abbia ammazzato così tanta gente che, ad un certo punto, questo è diventato troppo persino per lui stesso"...
Alessandro - 2009/12/16 - 10:58
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Album "Tribute to the Martyrs"
Un'altra canzone dedicata a Stephen Biko, il leader del Movimento per la Coscienza Nera, ucciso nel 1977 dal regime sudafricano per mano del feroce assassino Gideon Nieuwoudt e dei suoi cani bianchi del Port Elizabeth Security Branch.
Biko fu una delle tante vittime, solo la più nota, di questo sadico torturatore, omicida seriale... Voglio qui ricordare Siphiwo Mtimkhulu, un attivista del movimento degli studenti neri, che nel 1981 (tre anni dopo la morte di Biko, quindi), durante una manifestazione, fu ferito dalla polizia, arrestato e detenuto per cinque mesi senza imputazione alcuna. In prigione fu torturato selvaggiamente dallo stesso Gideon Nieuwoudt che, prima di rilasciarlo, gli somministrò pure del tallio, un metallo pesante che avvelena velocemente l'organismo portando in breve tempo alla morte (vecchio metodo di eliminazione tipico dei servizi segreti, riportato di recente in auge nel caso di Alexander Litvinenko, l'ex agente del KGB che indagava sull'assassinio di Anna Politkovskaja). Infatti all'epoca la polizia sudafricana faceva di questi esperimenti rivolti all'eliminazione dei militanti neri.
Siphiwo Mtimkhulu, ridotto su una sedia a rotelle, denunciò la detenzione ingiustificata, le torture subite e l'avvelenamento e riuscì a trascinare in tribunale il capo della polizia e lo stesso Nieuwoudt... Ma alla vigilia del processo, nell'aprile dl 1982, sparì nel nulla insieme ad un amico che sempre lo accompagnava, Topsy Madaka.
Solo nel 1996, durante le audizioni davanti all'Amnesty Committee, Nieuwoudt ammise che Siphiwo e l'amico erano stati prelevati, uccisi e fatti sparire da uno squadrone della morte da lui stesso costituito e diretto.
Qualche anno fa, nel corso del programma "TV contrition", Gideon Nieuwoudt provò a chiedere perdono ai parenti di Siphiwo Mtimkhulu: in tutta risposta, il figlio della vittima si scagliò sul carnefice colpendolo al capo con un vaso e causandogli un trauma cranico...
Questa è stata l'unica "pena" inflitta ad una delle peggiori bestie sanguinarie che l'umanità abbia mai conosciuto... per fortuna, il cancro se l'è portato all'inferno nel 2005.