Top Songs By The Heptones
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Heptones
Performer
Earl Morgan
Vocals
Barry Llewelyn
Vocals
Leroy Sibbles
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Winston Boswell
Songwriter
Earl Morgan
Songwriter
Dolphin Morris
Songwriter
Lyrics
African child, that's what I am (I'm an African child)
That's what I am (ooh-ooh-ooh)
I was born right here in 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, (ooh-ooh-ooh)
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, ooh-ooh-ooh)
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
Writer(s): Unknown, Kwesi T Mensah
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