Through the eyes of a child
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There's no wrong or right
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No reason to hate
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No need for a fight
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No colour, no creed
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No malice, no greed
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Till the child becomes a man
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Give up your freedom
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Hand back your rights
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Then change your colour now
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You're black not white
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And there'll never be a piece of the action
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Now you're an African
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Forget beliefs and swallow your pain
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You're just a number now
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And Boy's your name
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And you'll never get a piece of the action
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Now you're a working man
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African, Asian, it's all the same
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Brown, black, Caucasian
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It's all the same
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Slave labour, working class
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What's in a name?
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Far left, far right, centre
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It's power they crave
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The politics of Apartheid
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The politics of shame
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The cold abuse of human rights
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Of torture and of pain
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Are only part of the action
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When you're an African
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The politics of making more
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The politics of greed
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The cold abuse of poverty
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To keep your labour cheap
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Are only part of the action
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When you're a working man
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African, Asian, it's all the same
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Brown, black, Caucasian
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It's all the same
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Slave labour, working class
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What's in a name?
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Far left, far right, centre
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Far left, far right, centre
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Far left, far right, centre
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It's power they crave
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The politics of buying arms
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When there's no food to eat
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The politics of digging gold
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Instead of planting seeds
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The leader with his private golf course
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And his flashy cars
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Sits playing with his diamond wrist watch
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While the people starve
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The politics of shooting down
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A plane that brings relief
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By fat men playing power games
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Who've got enough to eat
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The politics of racial hate
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The politics of war
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The men who sell the guns have fun
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While we all count the score
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One, two, three, four
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Thousands, millions
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People dying just to keep
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Them in the action
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Through the eyes of a man
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There's wrong and there's right
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A reason to hate
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There's need for a fight
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There's colour, there's creed
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There's malice, there's greed
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When the child becomes a man
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African
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| Barclay James Harvest |
