"Soldiers" lyrics

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Dutallee
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And when soldiers came
(When the soldiers came, I said, war)
They said they come to make us tame
(When the soldiers came, I said, war)
From that day till now on
(When the soldiers came, war)
We were jeered and laughed and scorned
(When the soldiers came)

Irie (Before the soldiers came)
Things used to be nice, so nice now (Before the soldiers came)
Things used to be irie, yeah (Before the soldiers came)
Things used to be nice, so nice, so nice (Before the soldiers came)

Our country, they did enter, yeah
Troops trodding left, right, and center, everywhere
One moment at peace with nature
Now (Victims of a massacre)
Yeah, yeah, we've got our spears, we've 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 wan' no (Dictator)
Oh, we no wan' no
We no wan' no tyrant on ya

Dutallee
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Way down
Murder
Way down

(Way down) in Africa
Where the backra still rules day after day (Way down)
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 wan' no (Dictator) oh, we no wan' no
Oh, we no wan' no tyrant on ya

Dutallee
Dutallee
Dutallee
Dutallee

Dutallee
Dutallee
Ooh, we want dutallee
We cry for it, dutallee

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