apne baap ka kya jata hai apne baap ka kya jata hai
kahi band kahi chhaka jam kar gaya koi kam tamam
chorahe pe jal gayi bas do ko mar ke bhage das
bich sadak pe nare baji pandit se takaraya kaji
dharam aur mahajab ke naam pe koi dhandha karwata hai
koi dhandha karwata hai apne baap ka kya jata hai
koi dhandha karwata hai arey apne baap ka kya jata hai
apne baap ka kya jata hai apne baap ka kya jata hai
apne baap ka kya jata hai

bacha chhota bag bada hai kamar jhuki hai phir bhi khada hai
usko education ne mara usko doneshan ne mara
aaj ke dor me aage badana hai bada mushkil ab padana
jiske pas nahi hai paisa wo kaha ab pad pata hai
wo kaha ab pad pata hai apne baap ka kya jata hai
wo kaha ab pad pata hai arey apne baap ka kya jata hai
apne baap ka kya jata hai arey apne baap ka kya jata hai
apne baap ka kya jata hai

gunde ka bhai inspector inspector ka jija lawyer
loyar ka neta hai sala alag hai chabi par ek tala
phir bhi hai bas mari mari jaye kaha janta bechari
upar se lekar niche tak har koi ab ghus khata hai
har koi ab ghus khata hai apne baap ka kya jata hai
har koi ab ghus khata hai arey apne baap ka kya jata hai
apne baap ka kya jata hai apne baap ka kya jata hai
apne baap ka kya jata hai

achha kam jo karne jao morache walo se takarao
baap na hoga ma na hogi sapno ki duniya na hogi
kale mukhade ho jayenge desh ke tukade ho jayenge
ab bhi kya tu ye gayega sath mere jo ab gata hai
sath mere jo ab gata hai

arey bolte kyu nahi hai apne baap ka kya jata hai
bolti band ho gayi kya apne baap ka kya jata hai
apne baap ka kya jata hai apne baap ka kya jata hai
apne baap ka kya jata hai

What matters to your father, what does he lose?
A riot here, a wheel jammed there, some deed, it consumes.
A bus ablaze at the square, two felled, ten fled the scene,
Slogans clash on the road, a Pandit, a Qazi convene.
In the name of faith, a business thrives, a profit spun,
A business thrives, oh, what matters to your father, what is done?
A business thrives, ah, what matters to your father, what is gone?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?

A small child, a heavy bag, back bowed, still he stands,
Education, it has wounded him, education, it demands.
To run this race, a struggle to teach, a climb so steep,
For those without coin, where can they learn, secrets to keep?
Where can they learn, what matters to your father, how deep?
Where can they learn, ah, what matters to your father, asleep?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?

The goon's brother, an inspector, the inspector's brother-in-law, a lawyer,
The lawyer's kin, a leader, a key, a lock, but no savior.
Yet conflict rages, where does the helpless public go?
From the heights to the depths, all partake, on corruption's flow.
All partake, what matters to your father, the shadows grow?
All partake, ah, what matters to your father, below?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?

When you seek to do good, you face the mobs' might,
No father's support, no mother's, dreams vanish in the night.
Faces darken, the nation shattered, a fractured land,
Will you still sing this, this song, hand in hand?
Hand in hand,

Why silence now? What matters to your father, somehow?
Has your voice been stilled? Ah, what matters to your father, now?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?
What matters to your father, what does he lose?