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