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trouble in africa


There is fire running down the mountain

And nobody seem to care about it

There is fire running down the mountain top

And nobody seem to care about it

I wake up early in the morning

I put on my TV and

I see the killing of innocent children

And everybody's is standing and watching

I open up my door and                                                                      

I see an army of soldiers

Marching across my steeth

I said id to the soldier

Why are you fighting for another man's cause

And you don't even know him

I also asked him for

his conscience and reason

Could it be love for your country

Or for the gun you use in killing

 

Hey  Mr. solider man

Can I have a word with you

Cause you are fooling with a dead man's corpse

And you don't know what you do

 

So you say you have a lover

And you love her like no other

So you buy her a diamond

That someone has died on

Don't you think there's something wrong with this?

 

Tell me who's responsible

For what we teach our children?

Is it the internet?

Or the stars on television?

Hey Mr. solider man

Life is not about your policies all the all

So better rearrange your philosophy and be

Good to your fellow human

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