WYCLEF JEAN - Diallo lyrics
rate me[wyclef as amadou]<br>Boy I am so tired<br>I'll be glad when I get inside the house<br>Oh, I dropped my keys<br>Oh what tis bright light? <br>My God they must gonna rob me<br>Who these people with them all at they gonna rob me<br>I'm gonna take out my wallet to make sure they just get the money<br>Nothing else.. (? ? )<br>Oh it's the police (*whew*)<br>I feel so much better<br>I will show them, I have my id<br>So they know I am good people<br><br>{*followed by a rapid flurry of gunshots*}<br><br>[wyclef jean]<br>Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death<br>I fear no evil for thou art with me thou ride with me<br>J-j-jah! ras-tafari<br>I can't forget you knotty dreads, y'all up in here<br>I gotta respect that, youknowhati'msayin? <br>Night is in the air<br><br>Enemy.. on the borderline<br>Who'll be the next to fire<br>Forty-one shots by diallo's side? <br><br>You said he reached sir<br>But he didn't have no piece sir<br>But now he rest in peace sir<br>In the belly of the beast sir<br><br>You guys are vampires<br>In the middle of the night<br>Suckin on human blood<br>Is that your appetite? <br><br>You said he reached sir<br>But he didn't have no piece sir<br>But now he rest in peace sir<br>In the belly of the beast sir<br><br>Have you ever been shot<br>Forty-one times? <br>Have you ever screamed<br>And no one heard you cry? <br>Have you ever died<br>Only so you can live? <br>Have you ever lived<br>Only so you can die again, then be born again<br>From these enemies, on the borderline<br>Who'll be the next to fire<br>Forty-one shots by diallo's side? <br><br>You said he reached sir<br>But he didn't have no piece sir<br>But now he rest in peace sir<br>In the belly of the beast sir<br><br>You guys are vampires<br>In the middle of the night<br>Suckin on human blood<br>Is that your appetite sir? <br><br>You said he reached sir<br>But he didn't have no piece sir<br>But now he rest in peace sir<br>In the belly of the beast sir<br><br>Diallo, diallo - similar to steven biko<br>Diallo, diallo - you told me the murder was an error<br>Diallo, diallo - but every man will be judged<br>Diallo, diallo - according to his words<br><br>Have you ever been held<br>Against your will? <br>Taken to a dark place<br>Where not even scientists can reveal? <br>So what is for ceasar<br>Let it be for ceasar<br>Cause we don't want no peace<br>We want equal rights and justice.. for<br><br>Diallo, diallo - similar to steven biko<br>Diallo, diallo - you tell me that the murder was an error<br>Diallo, diallo - but every man will be judged<br>Diallo, diallo - according to his words<br><br>You know what? <br>You told me - that I wouldn't understand man<br>Tonight some cry - in the streets a burial<br>Survival of the fittest - only the strong will survive<br>How can I survive - with forty-one shots by my side? <br><br>You guys are murderers<br>In the middle of the night<br>Killin innocent people<br>Is that your appetite? ohhh<br><br>You said he reached sir<br>But he didn't have no piece sir<br>But now he rest in peace sir<br>In the belly of the beast sir<br><br>You guys are vampires<br>In the middle of the night<br>Suckin on human blood<br>Is that your appetite? <br><br>You said he reached sir<br>But he didn't have no piece sir<br>But now he rest in peace sir<br>In the belly of the beast sir - lick a shot for<br><br>Diallo, diallo - similar to steven biko<br>Diallo, diallo - I can hear your spirit callin, I can hear it<br>Diallo, diallo - ten thousand chariots with no riders<br>Diallo, diallo - they on they way to america, I hear the tribe singin<br><br>They're sayin -<br>Diallo diallo, amadou diallo (14x)<br>Amadou diallo..<br><br>[samples]<br>Now there ain't but 20,000 police in the whole town<br>Can you dig it? can you dig it? can you dig it? !? !
