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Sun City

Artists United Against Apartheid, Bruce Springsteen, Hank Williams Jr., Ray Charles, Jimmy Ruffin, Joey Ramone, Stetsasonic, Mr. Ness, Lionel Richie, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Whodini, El DeBarge, Fat Boys, Tina B., Tech And The EFFX, Miles Davis, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Malopoets, Shankar, Lou Reed, Nona Hendryx, Bobby Womack, Peter Gabriel, Will Downing, Gerald Albright, Bonnie Raitt, Darlene Love, Rick James, Loose Ends, Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul, Diana Ross, Daryl Hall & John Oates, TKA, Club Nouveau, The Time, LL COOL J, Duke Bootee, Afrika Bambaataa, MC Jazzy Jeff, UTFO, Anthrax, Pat Benatar, Kenny G, Aerosmith, U2, The Temptations, Carol Hitchcock, Pebbles, Janet Jackson, The Deele, Starpoint, Third World, New Edition, Metallica, Natalie Cole, Run–DMC

Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (Deluxe Edition), 1985, English

Lyrics

Pick up to six lines to make a card.

Ahh. sun city
Sun city
South africa
South africa
We're rockers and rappers united and strong
We're here to talk about south africa
We don't like what's going on (tell it)
It's time for some justice it's time for the truth (speak it)
We've realized there's only one thing we can do
We gotta say
Ain't gonna play sun city
Oh, no no no no
I ain't gonna play sun city
Everybody say
Ain't gonna play sun city
Not baby
I, i i, i i i
Ain't gonna play sun city
Relocation to phony homelands
Separation of families i can't understand
23 million can't vote because they're black
We're stabbing our brothers and sisters in the back
We're gonna say
Ain't gonna play sun city
We're gonna say
Ain't gonna play sun city
Our government tells us we're doing all we can
Constructive engagement is ronald reagan's plan
Meanwhile people are dying and giving up hope
Well this quiet diplomacy ain't nothing but a joke
We're gonna say
Ain't gonna play sun city
I ain't gonna play no no
We're gonna say
Ain't gonna play sun city
Don't wanna play, don't wanna play
It's time to accept our responsibility
Freedom is a privilege nobody rides for free
Look around the world baby it cannot be denied
Some-somebody tell me why are we always on the wrong side
Ain't gonna play sun city
Will someone tell me what's going on?
Ain't gonna play sun city
Boputhuswana is far away
But we know it's in south africa no
Matter what they say (no matter what they say)
You can't buy me i don't care what you pay
Don't ask me sun city because i ain't gonna play
We gotta say
Ain't gonna play sun city
I, i i, i i i
Ain't gonna play sun city
Relocation to phony homelands
Separation of families i can't understand
23 million can't vote because they're black
We're stabbing our brothers and our sisters in the back
Gotta say
Ain't gonna play sun city
Gotta
Ain't gonna play sun city
No no no no no
Ain't gonna play sun city
Said
Ain't gonna play sun city
Said
Ain't gonna play sun city
No no no no no
Ain't gonna play sun city
It ain't that far away
It ain't that far away, sun city
Don't go
No no no no no no no
Sun, sun, sun, sun city
Ain't gonna play sun city
Brothers and sisters being stabbed in the back
Help, help, yeah yeah
Don't, not gonna play sun city

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