Third World Child Lyrics - Johnny Clegg & Savuka

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 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