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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Third World
Third World
Performer
Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper
Keyboards
Steven Coore
Steven Coore
Guitar
Richard Daley
Richard Daley
Bass Guitar
Irvin Marshall
Irvin Marshall
Percussion
Willie Stewart
Willie Stewart
Drums
William Alexander Clarke
William Alexander Clarke
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper
Composer
Richard Daley
Richard Daley
Composer
Willie Stewart
Willie Stewart
Composer
William Alexander Clarke
William Alexander Clarke
Composer
Stephen Haldane Coore
Stephen Haldane Coore
Composer
Irving Christopher Jarrett
Irving Christopher Jarrett
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Third World
Third World
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Telephone ringin' outside my door
More new news to break up my meditation
Flying machines and Time Magazine
And all this twentieth century situation
[Verse 2]
No good, no good, no good
For the third world man
From the land of creation
Third world man
From the land of iration
[Verse 3]
I ain't no bionic man
I ain't no bionic man
I ain't no bionic man
[Verse 4]
Oil sheiks in their big German Benz
Freedom fighters and everyday people
Sing a simple song (Why can't we be friends?)
We got to catch a fire, love
No more trouble
[Verse 5]
That's good, that's good, that's good
For the third world man
From the land of creation
Third world man
From the land of iration
[Verse 6]
I ain't no bionic man
I ain't no bionic man
Written by: Irving Christopher Jarrett, Michael Cooper, Richard Daley, Stephen Haldane Coore, William Alexander Clarke, Willie Stewart

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