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The Betrayer
by The Revolutionary Peasants and Workers of the Mau Mau Resistance

Long ago the British came upon us
With weapons of war
And they successfully fought us
And drove us out and took our land.
Go away, go away, you whites,
The time is soon coming
When you will be crying for mercy.

There is a great wailing
In the land of the African people
Because of land hunger.
The wise and even the foolish,
Who among you does not see
The overcrowding in our land?

You whites are like beasts in sheep's clothing
You pretended you came to lead us into the light
But instead you stole our land.
Go away, go away, you whites,
The years that are past
Have been more than enough for us!

You divided us into police and common people
So that if the common people put up a resistance
They are viciously punished by their traitorous brothers
And yet the Black policeman is himself oppressed.
Go away, go away, you whites,
The years that are past
Have been more than enough for us!

You who betray the people,
I ask myself what will happen to you
When the whites have gone back to their own land.
Go away, go away, you whites,
The years that are past
Have been more than enough for us!