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Barclay James Harvest

Genres: Rock

African Lyrics - Barclay James Harvest

Through the eyes of a child 

There's no wrong or right 

No reason to hate 

No need for a fight 

No color, no creed 

No malice, no greed 

Till the child becomes a man 

Give up your freedom 

Hand back your rights 

Then change your color now 

You're black not white 

And there'll never be a piece of the action 

Now you're an African 

 

Forget beliefs and swallow your pain 

You're just a number now 

And Boy's your name 

And you'll never get a piece of the action 

Now you're a working man 

 

African, Asian, it's all the same 

Brown, black, Caucasian 

It's all the same 

Slave labor, working class 

What's in a name? 

Far left, far right, center 

It's power they crave 

 

The politics of Apartheid 

The politics of shame 

The cold abuse of human rights 

Of torture and of pain 

Are only part of the action 

When you're an African 

 

The politics of making more 

The politics of greed 

The cold abuse of poverty 

To keep your labor cheap 

Are only part of the action 

When you're a working man 

 

African, Asian, it's all the same 

Brown, black, Caucasian 

It's all the same 

Slave labor, working class 

What's in a name? 

Far left, far right, center 

Far left, far right, center 

Far left, far right, center 

It's power they crave 

 

The politics of buying arms 

When there's no food to eat 

The politics of digging gold 

Instead of planting seeds 

The leader with his private golf course 

And his flashy cars 

Sits playing with his diamond wrist watch 

While the people starve 

 

The politics of shooting down 

A plane that brings relief 

By fat men playing power games 

Who've got enough to eat 

The politics of racial hate 

The politics of war 

The men who sell the guns have fun 

While we all count the score 

 

One, two, three, four 

Thousands, millions 

People dying just to keep 

Them in the action 

 

Through the eyes of a man 

There's wrong and there's right 

A reason to hate 

There's need for a fight 

There's color, there's creed 

There's malice, there's greed 

When the child becomes a man 

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