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Mutabaruka
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Mutabaruka
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[Verse 1]
Meanwhile, you're dancing to this music
I'm trying to figure out these lyrics
Meanwhile, you're drinking and having fun
WATCH OUT
The revolution a come
[Verse 2]
Better be a part of the solution
This might be the final confrontation
Better awake to this reality
This is no time to lose your sanity
'Cause
[Verse 3]
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
[Verse 4]
Killing the children in Soweto
Turnin' El Salvador into one big ghetto
Dumpin' waste on sea and land
Buildin' up arsenal of nuclear weapons
[Verse 5]
Oppressin' the Haitians
Bombin' in Iran
Troops in Afghanistan
There must be
There must be
A solution, a revolution
[Verse 6]
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
[Verse 7]
Now, you kill I today
You can't kill I tomorrow
Today for you
Tomorrow your sorrow
[Verse 8]
Revolution for the poor
A change must come
Either by the Bible or by the gun
A change must come
A change must come
[Verse 9]
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
[Verse 10]
Talking to you leftists and capitalists
Food, clothes, and shelter have no politics
The Almighty creator belongs to no religion
Ideologies won't bring about the solution
Now turn to your Psalms in the bible
And show me your AK 47
[Verse 11]
Come, mek we fight oppression
Come, mek we find a solution
Come, mek we fight oppression
Come, mek we start a revolution
There must be
There must be
A solution, a revolution
[Verse 12]
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
[Verse 13]
In El Salvador
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
[Verse 14]
In Nicaragua
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Any which way, freedom must come
[Verse 15]
In South Africa
By the ballot or the bullet
By the Bible or the gun
Written by: Mutabaruka