No matter how i try
I just can’t understand it!
Rwanda, rwanda, rwanda
Hey! Tell me why? Tell me why?
Rwanda, rwanda, rwanda
Tell me why? Tell me why?
Who gave you the guns? Who gave you the bombs?
Who gave you devices of destruction?
Jah jah gave us the moon the sun,
Oh yeah! And all the land
So why you wanna hurt
And kill your brother man?
Tell me why?
Rwanda, rwanda, rwanda
Hey! Tell me why? Tell me why?
Rwanda, rwanda, rwanda
Tell me why? Tell me why?
Somebody tell me?
Somebody x2
Roots! I am the english, jamaican, african
Who goes by the name of pato banton
Yeah once again well here i came
Like a lion in the jungle proud and strong
So listen to me keenly and understand
Mama africa heres a beautiful land yes
The birthplace of every nation
The mother of the whole civilization
That’s why i can not understand
All the suffering and the contention
When will we learn how to live as one
Underneath jah jah moon and sun
Rwanda! I have a question: why the tribal segregation?
Rwanda!
Where do the guns come from? And the ammunition?
Rwanda! I bet its not an african
Probably some european
Rwanda! So many people a die, why?
Because of rumors and lies
Rwanda! What about the childrens cries?
Who will wipe the tears from their eyes
Rwanda! Somebody tell me why!
Wont somebody tell me?
Rwanda, rwanda, rwanda
Lord! Tell me why?
Rwanda, rwanda, rwanda
Tell me why? Tell me why?
East, west, north south africa!
The time has come to shake loose the chains that bind us
And break down the barriers of prejudice that devide us
The gates of freedom are open wide
The time has come for us to step inside
Lets move away the acts of genocide
And all forms of racial suicide
All forms of racial suicide
Move away from acts of genocide
And all forms of racial suicide