Heptones - African Child (aka Jamaica)

African, that's what I am (I'm an African child)
That's what I am (ooh-ooh-ooh)

I was born right here, Jamaica
My mother was born, in an island
(An island, an island)
My daddy was born, in Africa
(Africa, Africa) So what kind of child, am I?

(I'm an African child)
African child, that's what I am
(I'm an African child)
African, African

My daddy was enslaved, in an island
(An island, an island)
And only one occasion, he met this woman
(This woman, this woman)
And she was held there, as a servant
So what kind of child, am I?

(I'm an African child)
Yes, I'm an African child, I know
(I'm an African child)

Tell them what I am!
(I'm an African child)
That's what I am - African child!
(I'm an African child)

African child, that's what I am!

My daddy was enslaved, in an island
(An island, an island)
And only one occasion, he met this woman
(This woman, this woman)
And she was held there, as a servant
So what kind of child, am I?

(I'm an African child)
Yes, I'm an African child, that's what I am
And I know
(I'm an African child) African
(I'm an African child) African child

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