Bits 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 the village
They taught me to forget my past
And live the future in their image

They said I 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 I 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

You should 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
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Wo! Ilanga lobunzima
Nalo liyashona
Ukuthini asazi
Wo! Ilanga lobunzima
Mus' ukukhala
Mntanami

(Oh! We don't know when this Sun of Hardship will set.
Don't cry, my child.)

Wo! Ilanga lobunzima
Nalo liyashona
Ukuthini asazi

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

I can speak a little bit of English
I am the seed that has survived
I am the fire that has been woken!
I am a Third World Child*

I can speak a little bit of English
I am the seed that has survived
I am the fire that has been woken!
I am a Third World Child

I can speak a little bit of English
I am the seed that has survived
I am the fire that has been woken!
I am a Third World Child

I can speak a little bit of English
I am the seed that has survived
I am the fire that has been woken!
I am a Third World Child

[fade out]


Thanks to KiwiSong for these lyrics

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