Third World People

Third world people Remember where ya' comin' from Third world people Know where you belong Mother country, mother country We 'ave been told That it's England, France, Germany, Portugal Since the days of old But I know that life could not start in a refrigerator Has to be in an incubator So mark I words, mark these words Well, I'n'I could never be the third Third world people Remember where ya' comin' from Third world people Know where you belong Father country, my father country I've been told, time and time again Says America, France, Germany, Portugal Netherlands, Italy or Spain But I know That it's hungry Europe, barren Asia And bountiful Africa So you see now, you know who is first Well, I'n'I could never be the worst Third world people Remember where ya' comin' from Third world people Know where you belong Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh They want to keep you down in perpetual Insecurity, ignorance and poverty By keeping the pressure on the innocent ones Continually, this can't go on Third world people I'n'I remember where ya' comin' from Bona fide, dis third world people Know where you belong Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Civilization did not go up the Nile It went down the Nile And it reached Europe last So if you not 'ave the roots You just can't know the Just can't know the truth, now Africa, my country, my land Africa, where the plants come from, I love to be Africa, our wonderful Africa Where the gold comes from The diamonds come from The platinum, the lignum, the oil The rubber, ya' name it We got it, we got it, we got it, we got it Ooh, ooh, ooh --- Third World People - Jimmy Cliff