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