Aswad - African Children Lyrics
Many African children,Living in a concrete situationAfrican childrenLiving in a concrete situationAfrican childrenI wonder do they know where you're coming fromAfrican childrenDown there yes in a concrete situationAfrican children I wonder do they know where you're coming fromThe whole of the nationLiving in these tenements,Crying and applying to their councilFor assistance every dayNow that their tribulation so sadNow that their environment so badHigh rise concrete No back yard for their children to playAfrican childrenI wonder do they know where you're coming from,African childrenIn a concrete situationAfrican children Wonder do they know where you're coming fromAll of the nation are living in these tenementsPrecast stonewall concrete cubicals Their rent increases each and every other dayStructural repairs are assessed yet not doneLift out of action on the twenty-seventh floorAnd when they work they smellAfrican childrenLiving in a concrete situationAfrican children I wonder do they know where you're coming fromAfrican childrenLiving in a concrete situationAfrican childrenI wonder do they know where you're coming fromAfrican childrenDown there down there in a concrete situationAfrican childrenWonder do they know where you're coming fromWhere you're coming fromAfrican children REPEAT Sometimes wanting to party late into the nightAnd when they're out of sightThe neighbours' complaining againAnd its a place whereYou don't even know your neighbour's nameIt's a ghetto in the sky -
