In this part of Africa
we all have a saying
whenever something bad happens
we just throw our hands up to the sky
and say HASA DIGA EEBOWAI
Hasa Diga Eebowai
It's the only way to get through
all these troubled times
There's war poverty famine
but having a saying
makes it all seem better
There isn't enough food to eat
Hasa Diga Eebowai
People are starving in the street
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Well that's pretty neat
Does it mean no worries
for the rest of our days
Kind of
We've had no rain in several days
Hasa Diga Eebowai
And 80% of us have AIDS
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Many young girls here get
Circumcised
Their clits get cut right off
Way oh
And so we say up to the sky
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Now you try
Just stand up tall
tilt your head to the sky
and list off all the bad things
in your life
Somebody took our luggage away
Hasa Diga Eebowai
The plane was crowded
And the bus was late
Hasa Diga Eebowai
When the world is getting you down
There's nobody else to blame
Way oh
Raise your middle finger to the sky
And curse his rotten name
Wait what
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Am I saying it right
Excuse me sir
but what exactly does
that phrase mean
Well lets see
Eebowai means God
And Hasa Diga means Fuck You
So I guess in English it would be
Fuck you God
Hasa Diga Eebowai
What
When God fucks you in the butt
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Fuck God right back in his cunt
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Fuck you God
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Fuck you God
Excuse me Sir
but you should really
not be saying that
Things aren't always
as bad as they seem
Oh really Well take this
fucking asshole
Mtumbo here
He got caught last week
trying to rape a baby
What Why
Some people in his tribe believe
having sex with a virgin
will cure their AIDS
There aren't many virgins left
so some of them are turning to babies
But that's horrible
I know
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Here's the butcher he has AIDS
Here's the teacher she has AIDS
Here's the doctor he has AIDS
Here's my daughter she has A
Wonderful disposition
She's all I have left in the world
And if either of you lays a hand on her
I will give you my AIDS
If you don't like what we say
Try living here a couple days
Watch all your friends and family die
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Fuck you
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Fuck you God in the ass mouth
And cunt-a
Fuck you God in the ass mouth
And cunt-a
Fuck you God in the ass mouth
And cunt-a
Fuck you in the eye
Hasa
Diga Eebowai
Hasa
Fuck you in the other eye
Fuck you
Fuck you God
Fuck you
Fuck you God
Fuck you
Fuck you God
Hasa Diga
Fuck you God
In the cunt