Song: Victims ~~ 1993 ~~ 4:19
Artist: Lucky Dube
LP/CD: Victims ~~ Shanachie ~~ 1993
Composer: Lucky Dube

Didn’t know she was cryin’
Until now as she turns to look at me
She said, “Boy, oh, boy you bring tears to my eyes”
I said, “What?”
She said, “Boy, oh, boy you bring tears to my eyes”

Bob Marley said
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look
Little did he know that eventually
The enemy will stand aside and look
While we slash and kill our own brothers
Knowing that already they are the victims of the situation

Still licking wounds
From brutality
Still licking wounds
From humiliation

She said these words
And the wrinkles on her face
Became perfect trails for the tears
And she said

We are the victims everytime
We’ve got double trouble everytime
We are the victims everytime
We’ve got double trouble everytime

We are the victims everytime
We’ve got double trouble everytime

She took me outside to the church yard
Showed me graves on the ground
And she said, “There lies a man who fought for equality”
She said, “There lies a boy who died in the struggle”

Can all these heroes die in vain
While we slash and kill our own brothers
Knowing that already they are the victims of the situation

Still licking wounds
From brutality
Still licking wounds
From humiliation

We are the victims everytime
We’ve got double trouble everytime
We are the victims everytime
We’ve got double trouble everytime

We are the victims everytime
We’ve got double trouble everytime
We are the victims everytime
We’ve got double trouble everytime

We are the victims

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: January 8, 1998