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