Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior / Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned / Everywhere is war / Me say war

That until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any Nation / Until the colour of a man’s skin is of no more significance / Than the colour of his eyes / Me say war

That until the basic human rights / Are equally guaranteed to all / Without regard to race / Dis a war

That until that day the dream of lasting peace / World citizenship rule of international morality / Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued but never attained / Now everywhere is war, war

And until the ignoble and unhappy regime that hold our brothers in Angola / In Mozambique, South Africa, sub-human bondage / Have been toppled, utterly destroyed / Well, everywhere is war, me say war

War in the East / War in the West / War up North / War down South

War, war / Rumors of war / And until that day / The African continent will not know peace

We Africans will fight, we find it necessary / And we know we shall win / As we are confident in the victory of good over evil / Good over evil, yeah!…

[By Carlton Barrett – Allan Cole © Island Records, 1976]