MAFALA 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!
ELDER CUNNINGHAM Hasa Diga Eebowai?
MAFALA 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!
ELDER PRICE Well, that's pretty neat!
ELDER CUNNINGHAM Does it mean no worries for the rest of our days?
MAFALA Kind of!
We've had no rain in several days. (Hasa Diga Eebowai!) And eighty percent 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!
Now you try. Just stand up tall, tilt your head to the sky, and list all the bad things in YOUR life.
ELDER CUNNINGHAM Somebody took our luggage away. (Hasa Diga Eebowai!)
ELDER PRICE The plane was crowded and the bus was late. (Hasa Diga Eebowai!)
MAFALA When the world is getting you down, There's nobody else to blame. (Way oh!) Raise a middle finger to the sky, And curse his rotten name.
ELDER PRICE Wait, what?
ELDER CUNNINGHAM Hasa Diga Eebowai! Hasa Diga Eebowai! Am I saying that right?
ELDER PRICE Excuse me, sir, but what EXACTLY does that phrase mean?
MAFALA Well, let's see...'Eebowai' means 'God', and 'Hasa Diga' means 'FUCK YOU'. So I guess in English it would be, "Fuck you, God!" Hasa Diga Eebowai!
ELDER PRICE What?!!
MAFALA When God fucks you in the butt. (Hasa Diga Eebowai!) Fuck God back right in his cunt. (Hasa Diga Eebowai!)
Hasa Diga Eebowai! (Fuck you, God!) Hasa Diga Eebowai! (Fuck you, God!)
ELDER PRICE Excuse me, sir, but you should really not be saying that. Things aren't always as bad as they seem.
MAFALA Oh, really? Well, take this fucking asshole, Mutumbo, here. He got caught last week trying to rape a baby.
ELDER PRICE What!? Why?
MAFALA Some people in his tribe believe that having sex with a virgin will cure their AIDS. There aren't many virgins left, so some of them are turning to babies.
ELDER PRICE But...that's horrible!
MAFALA I know!
(Hasa Diga Eebowai!) Here's the bucher, 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! 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 Hasa – fuck you in the other eye!
Hasa Diga Eebowai! Fuck you, fuck you God Hasa Diga Eebowai! Fuck you, fuck you God Hasa Diga Eebowai! Fuck you, fuck you God