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Beware of the Bight of Benin

The one's who came out, died

We won't survive the passage

In chains our children cried.

Banned from our beautyful valley

where the corn grew wild and tall

We left the shores at daybreak

O Lorde hear our call!

The mandate of the monarch

Of the king of death

Through cold oceans staring

He's drowning our breath.

Overwhelmed by a wretch

Whom no peril could deter

The promise they made

Is the war we declare.

Our chapels once strong

Now placed under ban

Our prayers once long

Now stalled to sermon.

Damballah will open the barriers

Hidden in a marvellous shrine

Envelloped in a shroud of terror

Her wrath be the sign of decline.

Dreams of wines and liquors

Won't cure our exile for long

Our hearts are forged in terror

United we are strong.