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Johnny Clegg & Savuka Third World Child Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 8.60/10 [5 votes]Album: Third World Child / Original Release Date: 1987Genre: WorldSong Duration: 4 min 16 sec
JOHNNY CLEGG & SAVUKA
- Third World Child Lyrics / with translationsBits of songs and broken drums
Are all he could recall
So he spoke to me
In a bastard tongue
Carried on the silence of the guns
"it's been a long long time
Since they first came
And marched through our village
They taught us to forget our past
And live the future in their image"
Chorus
They said
'you should learn to speak a little bit of english
Don't be scared of a suit and tie.
Learn to walk in the dreams of the foreigner
-- I am a third world child
The outworld's dreams are the currency
That grip the city streets
I live them out
But I have my own
Hidden somewhere deep inside of me
In between my father's fields
And the citadels of the rule
Lies a no-man's land which I must cross
To find my stolen jewel.
They said
'you should learn to speak a little bit of english
Maybe practise birth control
Keep away from controversial politics
So to save my third world soul
Chorus
They said
'you should learn to speak a little bit of english
Don't be scared of a suit and tie.
Learn to walk in the dreams of the foreigner
-- I am a third world child
Wo! ilanga lobunzima
Nalo liyashona
Ukuthini asazi
Mus' ukukhala
Mntanami
(oh! we don't know when this sun of hardship will set.
Don't cry, my child.)
Bits of songs and broken drums
Are all he could recall
But the future calls his name
Out loud
Carried on the violence of the guns
Are all he could recall
So he spoke to me
In a bastard tongue
Carried on the silence of the guns
"it's been a long long time
Since they first came
And marched through our village
They taught us to forget our past
And live the future in their image"
Chorus
They said
'you should learn to speak a little bit of english
Don't be scared of a suit and tie.
Learn to walk in the dreams of the foreigner
-- I am a third world child
The outworld's dreams are the currency
That grip the city streets
I live them out
But I have my own
Hidden somewhere deep inside of me
In between my father's fields
And the citadels of the rule
Lies a no-man's land which I must cross
They said
'you should learn to speak a little bit of english
Maybe practise birth control
Keep away from controversial politics
So to save my third world soul
Chorus
They said
'you should learn to speak a little bit of english
Don't be scared of a suit and tie.
Learn to walk in the dreams of the foreigner
-- I am a third world child
Wo! ilanga lobunzima
Nalo liyashona
Ukuthini asazi
Mus' ukukhala
Mntanami
(oh! we don't know when this sun of hardship will set.
Don't cry, my child.)
Bits of songs and broken drums
Are all he could recall
But the future calls his name
Out loud
Carried on the violence of the guns
Facts about Third World Child
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Third World Child is written by Johnny Clegg.
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It is first released in 1987 as part of Johnny Clegg & Savuka's album "Third World Child" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the 7th track on this album.
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Third World Child falls under the genre World.
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Third World Child song length is 4 minutes and 16 seconds.
Who wrote Third World Child lyrics?
Third World Child is written by Johnny Clegg.
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When was Third World Child released?
It is first released in 1987 as part of Johnny Clegg & Savuka's album "Third World Child" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the 7th track on this album.
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Which genre is Third World Child?
Third World Child falls under the genre World.
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How long is the song Third World Child?
Third World Child song length is 4 minutes and 16 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): johnny cleggRecord Label(s): 1987 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Music Catalogue Marketing, A Division Of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG
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