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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Peter Tosh
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Tosh
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dennis Thompson
Mixing Engineer
Will Gosling
Mixing Engineer
Michael C Collins
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man (You are an African)
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity (You are an African)
[Verse 2]
'Cause if you come from Clarendon
(You are an African)
And if you come from Portland
(You are an African)
Said, if you come from Westmoreland (You are an African)
[Verse 3]
Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man (You are an African)
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity (You are an African)
[Verse 4]
'Cause if you come Trinidad
(You are an African)
And if you come from Nassau
(You are an African)
Said, if you come from Cuba (You're an African)
[Verse 5]
Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man (You are an African)
No mind your complexion
There is no rejection (You are an African)
[Verse 6]
'Cause if your 'plexion high, high (High)
And if your 'plexion low, low (Low)
And if it's in between (You are an African)
[Verse 7]
Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man (You are an African)
No mind denomination
That is only segregation (You are an African)
[Verse 8]
'Cause if you go to the Catholic
(You are an African)
And if you go to the Methodist
(You are an African)
Said, if you go to the Church of Gods (You are an African)
[Verse 9]
Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man (You are an African)
No, no mind your nationality
You have got the identity (You are an African)
[Verse 10]
'Cause if you come from Brixton
(You are an African)
And if you come from Weesday
(You are an African)
Said if you come from Harstad
(You are an African)
And if you come from France, yeah
(You are an African)
If you come from Brooklyn
(You are an African)
Said, if you come from Queens
(You are an African)
And if you come from Manhattan
(You are an African)
If you come from Canada
(You are an African)
If you come from Miami
(You are an African)
Said, if you come from Switzerland
(You are an African)
And if you come from Germany
(You are an African)
If you come from Russia
(You are an African)
And if you come from China
(You are an African)
If you come from Taiwan
(You are an African)
Said, if you come from Thai' too
(You are an African)
If you come from the North Pole
(You are an African)
If you come from the South Pole
(You are an African)
Said, if you come from I don't know where
(You are an African)
Written by: Peter Tosh