The official Biko video, directed by Godley and Creme.
From a live performance at Cleveland Blossom Amphitheatre, 27 July 1987.
Video released in 1987 for the film ‘Cry Freedom’. The song is taken from the album Peter Gabriel, also known at ‘Melt’, released in 1980.
September ’77
Port Elizabeth weather fine
It was business as usual
In Police Room 619
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
– The man is dead
The man is dead
When I try to sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja,
– The man is dead
The man is dead
You can blow out a candle
But you can’t blow out a fire
Once the flame begins to catch
The wind will blow it higher
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
– The man is dead
– The man is dead
And the eyes of the world are watching now
Watching now