(Repeat:)
Hobaalayow heedhe
How come they only fix the bridge after somebody has fallen..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How come they only fix the bridge after somebody has fallen..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How come you turned the deafest ear when it is your own brother calling..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How come you turned the deafest ear when it is your own brother calling..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How can you teach your kids to love when it is killing they are memorizing..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How can you teach your kids to love when it is killing they are memorizing..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How can they go to war with terror when it is war that is terrorizing..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How can they go to war with terror when it is war that is terrorizing..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Adduunyada hanweynidaa milmaa loo halgamayaaye..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Hawadana rag baa dagoo dayaxa hoos u soo dayaayee..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Dadka ninkii hurdee taa ogeyn halistii weyaanee..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Anagana haleelada dhashiyo hilibka mooyaanee..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Inaan dhiig dhulkeena u hurnaa wey haboontahaye..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Hobaalayow heedhe
How come they only fix the bridge after somebody has fallen..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How come they only fix the bridge after somebody has fallen..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How come you turned the deafest ear when it is your own brother calling..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How come you turned the deafest ear when it is your own brother calling..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How can you teach your kids to love when it is killing they are memorizing..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How can you teach your kids to love when it is killing they are memorizing..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How can they go to war with terror when it is war that is terrorizing..
Hobaalayow heedhe
How can they go to war with terror when it is war that is terrorizing..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Adduunyada hanweynidaa milmaa loo halgamayaaye..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Hawadana rag baa dagoo dayaxa hoos u soo dayaayee..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Dadka ninkii hurdee taa ogeyn halistii weyaanee..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Anagana haleelada dhashiyo hilibka mooyaanee..
Hobaalayow heedhe
Inaan dhiig dhulkeena u hurnaa wey haboontahaye..
Hobaalayow heedhe
inviata da giorgio - 29/9/2013 - 14:51
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Lyrics by Keinan Abdi Warsame
Music: Traditional
Album: The Dusty Foot Philosopher (Re-Issue: Deluxe Edition)
With traditional sounds of Somalian strings and drums "Hoobaale" begins with one of the best lines from K'naan to sum up the whole album as he says: "How come they fix the bridge only after somebody has fallen?"