I look my front, I see my people, they cry I look my back, I see them they cry On my left, on my right, I see them they cry All around me, I see them they cry So I ask them why then they cry? When I ask them why then they cry Then tell me, then tell me, then tell me I hear them tell me why I ask them If council elections can bring corruption If kill the Dneiper can spoil Nigeria I hear them tell me why I ask them 'Cause they cry, oh, aha, aho, huh, huh Men like this can spread them All over Africa To rid this filthy water for all Their colonial masters These sufferers of worry and woe No repo then to see thee The damage them then do their lives now Of their brothers and sisters Now, the small mud the house over season Then kill their fathers and brothers Then don't sell their lives away To their colonial masters These lovers are boiling low Don't spoil Africa They're must be no rightful nation Ask the traitors of Africa Traitors of Africa, traitors of Africa Traitors of Africa, traitors of Africa Traitors of Africa, traitors of Africa