New Word Hawdah
Linton Kwesi Johnson
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| Original | Standard English translation
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| NEW WORD HAWDAH | NEW WORLD ORDER |
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| Di killahs a Kigale | The killers of Kigali |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Di butchaz a Butare | The butchers of Butare |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Di savajiz a Shatila | The savages of Shatila |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Di beasts a Boznia | The beasts of Bosnia |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Inna di new word hawdah | In the new world order. |
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| Like a dutty ole bandige | Like a dirty old bandage |
| Pan di festahrin face a umanity | On the festering face of humanity |
| Di ole haedah anravel an reveal | The old order unravels and reveals |
| Ole scar jus a bruk out inna new sore | An old scar that just breaks out into a new sore |
| Primeval woun dat time wone heal | A primitive wound that time won't heal |
| An in di hainshent currency of blood | And in the ancient currency of blood |
| Tribal tyrants a seckle de score | Tribal tyrants settle the score. |
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| Di killahs a Kigale | The killers of Kigali |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Di butchaz a Butare | The butchers of Butare |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Di savajiz a Shatila | The savages of Shatila |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Di beasts a Boznia | The beasts of Bosnia |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Inna di new word hawdah | In the new world order. |
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| An is di same ole Cain an Able syndrome | And it's the same old Cain and Abel syndrome |
| Far more hainshent dan di fall of Rome | Far more ancient than the fall of Rome |
| But in di new word hawdah a atrocity | But in the new world order an atrocity |
| Is a brand new langwidge a barbarity | Is a brand new language of barbarity. |
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| Mass murdah | Mass murder |
| Narmalize | Normalized |
| Pogram | Pogrom |
| Rationalize | Rationalized |
| Genocide | Genocide |
| Sanitize | Sanitized |
| An di hainshent clan sin | And the ancient clan sin |
| Now name etnick clenzin | Now name it ethnic cleansing. |
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| An so | And so |
| Di killahs a Kigale | The killers of Kigali |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Di butchaz a Butare | The butchers of Butare |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Di savajiz a Shatila | The savages of Shatila |
| Mus be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Di beasts of Boznia | The beasts of Bosnia |
| Muz be sanitary workaz | Must be sanitary workers |
| Pra-pram-pram | Pra-pram-pram |
| Inna di new word hawdah | In the new world order. |
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