Scurvy, smallpox, syphilis, typhoid
Starvation, laceration, mutilation, rape


Drums of the dead
The beat's in your head


Born of prayers of a thousand dead souls
Chained by fate down the abyss
God in drum, protector of spirits

Yearning for home so their bones rest in peace

Sorrow, anger, confusion, fear

Branding, clubbing, drowning, death

Slave traders, death dealers

Misinterpreters of right and wrong
Vengeance from beyond the grave
Will make you pray for death


Ancestors, forefathers
Avengers of helpless souls

Pound your justice upon our own
Who sold their blood,
Make them wish and pray for death