Who gives you the right to come here and tell me I have to leave this place my home To you it's a jungle, to me it's a kingdom Where people are free there to roam Born with the stars we are happy and peaceful 'Til now we were left undisturbed But you rupture the forests our gardens And fill them with filth from your cities unheard
Savage, who is savage Leave your morals, stake your claim Savage, you are savage Modern man can take the blame
You poisoned my tribe with civilised progress Baptising our blood with disease You christened our bodies with sadness and suffering Saying then that your god is well-pleased What have we done to deserve such injustice Explain to us please if you can But you can't, no you can't, we can see it in your eyes Of us both who's the primitive man
Savage, who is savage Leave your morals, stake your claim Savage, you are savage Modern man can take the blame
You poisoned my tribe with civilised progress Baptising our blood with disease You christened our bodies with sadness and suffering Saying then that your god is well-pleased What have we done to deserve such injustice Explain to us please if you can But you can't, no you can't, we can see it in your eyes Of us both who's the primitive man
Savage, savage Savage, savage Who's the savage Modern man Who's the savage Modern man