African (song)

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African is a song by Peter Tosh from his 1977 album Equal Rights. The lyrics of the song have strong pan african leanings. In it Tosh says black people the world over have an African identity.

the lyrics for the song are:

Don't care where you come from 
As long as you're a black man 
You're an African 
(CHORUS) 
No mind your nationality 
You have got the identity of an African 
'Cause if you come from Clarendon 
And if you come from Portland 
And if you come from Westmoreland 
You're an African 
CHORUS 
No mind your nationality 
You've got the identity of an African 
 'Cause if you come Trinidad 
And if you come from Nassau 
And if you come from Cuba 
You're an African 
CHORUS 
No mind your complexion 
There is no rejection 
You're an African 
'Cause if your plexion 
High(3x) 
If your complexion low, low, low 
And if your plexion in between 
You're an African 
CHORUS 
No mind denomination 
That is only segregation 
You're an African 
'Cause if you go to the Catholic 
And if you go to the Methodist 
And if you go to the Church of Gods 
You're an African 
CHORUS 
No mind your nationality 
You have got the identity of an African 
'Cause if you come from Brixton 
And if you come from Weesday 
And if you come from Wingstead 
And if you come from France 
...Brooklyn 
...Queens 
...Manhattan 
...Canada 
...Miami 
...Switzerland 
...Germany 
...Russia 
...Taiwan 
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