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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aswad
Performer
Jimmy Senya Haynes
Guitar
Brinsley Allen Ford
Lead Vocals
John Kaipye
Guitar
Clifton "Bigga" Morrison
Keyboards
Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton
Trumpet
Vin "Trommie" Gordon
Trombone
Michael "Bammie" Rose
Saxophone
Drummie Zeb
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brinsley Allen Ford
Composer
Angus Gaye
Composer
Dennis Biddy
Composer
Tony Robinson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Aswad
Producer
Mikey Campbell
Producer
Jerry Rappaport
Reissue Producer
Martin "Tata" Augustine
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Many African children
Living in a concrete situation
African children
Living in a concrete situation
African children
I wonder do they know where you're coming from
African children
Down there yes in a concrete situation
African children
I wonder do they know where you're coming from
[Verse 2]
The whole of the nation
Living in these tenements
Crying and applying to their council
For assistance every day
Now that their tribulation so sad
Now that their environment so bad
High rise concrete
No back yard for their children to play
[Verse 3]
African children
Are living in a concrete situation
African children
I wonder do they know where you're coming from
African children
Are living in a concrete situation
African children
Wonder do they know where you're coming from
[Verse 4]
All of the nation are living in these tenements
Precast stonewall concrete cubicals
Their rent increases each and every other day
Structural repairs are assessed yet not done
Lift out of action on the twenty-seventh floor
And when they work they smell
[Verse 5]
African children
Living in a concrete situation
African children
I wonder do they know where you're coming from
African children
Living in a concrete situation
African children
I wonder do they know where you're coming from
[Verse 6]
African children
Down there down there in a concrete situation
African children
Wonder do they know where you're coming from
Where you're coming from
[Verse 7]
African children
African children
African children
[Verse 8]
Sometimes wanting to party late into the night
African children
And when they're out of sight
The neighbours' complaining again
African children
And it's a place where you don't even know your neighbour's name
African children
It's a ghetto in the sky
African children
Written by: Angus Gaye, Brinsley Allen Ford, Dennis Biddy, Tony Robinson