UB40 je britská dub/reggae, pop skupina založená v decembri 1977 v Birminghame. Kamarátov z Birminghamu spojila spoločná láska k jamajskej reggae hudbe. Väčšina ich nahrávok je ovplyvnená reggae a ska zo 60-tych rokov, ktoré vytvorili v...

Píseň: One In Ten

Interpret:
UB40
Album:
Present Arms
[Chorus:]
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don`t exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I`m always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn`t care


My arms enfold the dole queue
Malnutrition dulls my hair
My eyes are black and lifeless
With an underprivileged stare
I`m the beggar on the corner
Will no-one spare a dime?
I`m the child that never learns to read
`Cause no-one spared the time


[Chorus]


I`m the murderer and the victim
The licence with the gun
I`m a sad and bruised old lady
In an ally in a slum
I`m a middle aged businessman
With chronic heart disease
I`m another teenaged suicide
In a street that has no trees


[Chorus]


I`m a starving third world mother
A refugee without a home
I`m a house wife hooked on Valium
I`m a Pensioner alone
I`m a cancer ridden spectre
Covering the earth
I`m another hungry baby
I`m an accident of birth.


[Chorus]