New Word Hawdah

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Originale	Standard English translation
NEW WORD HAWDAH	NEW WORLD ORDER
Di killahs a Kigale	The killers of Kigali
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Di butchaz a Butare	The butchers of Butare
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Di savajiz a Shatila	The savages of Shatila
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Di beasts a Boznia	The beasts of Bosnia
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Inna di new word hawdah	In the new world order.
Like a dutty ole bandige	Like a dirty old bandage
Pan di festahrin face a umanity	On the festering face of humanity
Di ole haedah anravel an reveal	The old order unravels and reveals
Ole scar jus a bruk out inna new sore	An old scar that just breaks out into a new sore
Primeval woun dat time wone heal	A primitive wound that time won't heal
An in di hainshent currency of blood	And in the ancient currency of blood
Tribal tyrants a seckle de score	Tribal tyrants settle the score.
Di killahs a Kigale	The killers of Kigali
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Di butchaz a Butare	The butchers of Butare
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Di savajiz a Shatila	The savages of Shatila
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Di beasts a Boznia	The beasts of Bosnia
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Inna di new word hawdah	In the new world order.
An is di same ole Cain an Able syndrome	And it's the same old Cain and Abel syndrome
Far more hainshent dan di fall of Rome	Far more ancient than the fall of Rome
But in di new word hawdah a atrocity	But in the new world order an atrocity
Is a brand new langwidge a barbarity	Is a brand new language of barbarity.
Mass murdah	Mass murder
Narmalize	Normalized
Pogram	Pogrom
Rationalize	Rationalized
Genocide	Genocide
Sanitize	Sanitized
An di hainshent clan sin	And the ancient clan sin
Now name etnick clenzin	Now name it ethnic cleansing.
An so	And so
Di killahs a Kigale	The killers of Kigali
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Di butchaz a Butare	The butchers of Butare
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Di savajiz a Shatila	The savages of Shatila
Mus be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Di beasts of Boznia	The beasts of Bosnia
Muz be sanitary workaz	Must be sanitary workers
Pra-pram-pram	Pra-pram-pram
Inna di new word hawdah	In the new world order.