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Ease Up President Botha
Yellowman
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Now this is a special request
To all the black brothers and sisters down in South Africa
And all over, you know? (Listen)
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set di whole place on fire
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set
Di whole place on fire (Listen, listen)
Cah mi say, look weh a gwan in a South Africa
Dem a kill out di black bredda an' di sista
An' look weh a gwan in a Angola
Dem a kill out di black bredda an' we sista
Mi go open di bible an' read a scripture
Say, tell it to di brother an' di sista
Say, dis no slackness, you know our culture
Well, tell you Yellowman, your cool entertainer
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set di whole place on fire
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set di
Whole place on fire (Hear dis, hear dis)
Mi a go get some soldier from America
Mi a go get some soldier from Canada
Mi a go get some soldier from Cuba
Mi a go get some soldier from Jamaica
Mi a go get some soldier from England
Get some soldier from Germany
An' get some soldier from Antigua
An' get some soldier from Trinidad
An' get some soldier from St. Lucia
An' get some soldier from Bermuda
An' go down deh an' kill out Botha
Kill out him mother, kill him father
An' kill out him brother an' his sista
So ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin'
Set di whole place on fire (Remember dat)
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set di whole place on fire
Cah mi say, look how long you have Mandela
You have Mandela, say, as a prisoner
A twenty-five years an' over
True you know Mandela freedom fighter (So)
Free Mandela, you fi free Mandela
Free Mandela, you fi free Mandela
Free Mandela, mi say, boy Botha
Free Mandela, mi say, free Mandela
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set di whole place on fire (Hey)
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
If you don't ease up, we goin' set di
Whole place on fire (Listen, listen)
Mi a go tell it to di bredda, say, an' di sista
Man, mi honor mi roots a plus mi culture
You know dat Yellowman lyrics we a utter
Dedicate dis one to bredda an' di dawtas
Say, look weh a gwan in a Angola
An' look weh a gwan in a Liberia
An' look weh a gwan in a Nigeria
An' look weh a gwan in a Zimbabwe
An' look weh a gwan in a Ethiopia (Cho)
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set di whole place on fire (Hey)
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set
Di whole place on fire (You know why?)
Mi a go get some soldier from America
Mi a go get some soldier from Canada
Mi a go get some soldier from St. Lucia
An' get some soldier from Bermuda
An' get some soldier from Antigua
An' get some soldier from St. Lucia
So ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set
Di whole place on fire (Ah-ah-ah-ah-aye!)
Ease up, ease up, president Botha
Cah, if you don't ease up, we goin' set di whole place on fire
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