New Word Hawdah
Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Originale | 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. |