Please don't say sorry Presuming a respect for what you say If in your heart you mean it Then you'll understand me feeling You must prove it; sign the cheque without delay Most humbly yours, four hundred years back pay
I'm not begging charity Don't confuse the things I say Give me what belongs to me Give me what belongs to me
Just don't say sorry As if that can excuse this tyranny No value in your talking Money speaks and bullshit's walking Round in circles re-inventing history Trying to erase our memory
If you say sorry Can I assume you've realised the shame The seeds of your oppression Fall and ripen with aggression You can't hold us any longer with your chains Time to compensate us for our claims
Don't bother wi' no sorry Don't bother wi' delay A four hundred years Is not just the other day
I'm not begging charity Don't confuse up your mind Payment overdue Fe a long long time
You come a we gate No bother hesitate You tek away we tings Like a damn pirate
