Soldiers

Dutallee Dutallee Dutallee Dutallee And when soldiers came Them say them come to make us tame And from that day until now on, now on We were jeered and laughed to scorn Ire (before the soldiers came) Things used to be nice, so nice now (before the soldiers came) Things used to be ire (before the soldiers came) Things used to be nice, so nice, so nice (before the soldiers came) Our country them did enter, yeah Troops trodding left right and centre everywhere One moment at peace with nature Now victims of a massacre, yeah, yeah We got our spears We got our shields But their guns were greater Prepare for a slaughter Give I back I witch doctor Give I back I black ruler We no want no dictator, we no want no We no want no tyrant on yah Dutallee Dutallee Dutallee Dutallee Way down Way down Way down in Africa Where the backra still rules day after day The black man is suffering now far more Than when he was a slave Is there a need for war? No Peace my brethren, here them bawl Bodies in mutilated condition Faces scarred beyond recognition Is this what civilization means to me? Then without it I prefer to be So Give I back I witch doctor Give I back I black ruler, give I back I We no want no dictator, oh we no want no Oh we no want no tyrant on yah Dutallee Dutallee Dutallee Dutallee Dutallee Dutallee (We want) Dutallee (We crave for) Dutallee Dut Dut Dut