African Child (Trapped In Me) Songtext / Lyric

I have crossed the mystic desert

To snap pictures of the poor

I've invited them to brunch

Let them crash out on my floor.



There's sunshine in my veins

My kitchen's filled with flies

I'm crying out in vain

Like a little African child.



Trapped in me

There's an African child

Trapped in me

There's a little African child trapped in me.



All these rooms are cluttered with the spoils of my fame

My doors and windows shuttered I just can't keep out the rain

There's sunshine down in hell

My kitchen's filled with flies

I'm crying out for help

Like a little African child.






Trapped in me

There's an African child

Trapped in me

There's a little African child trapped in me.



All these blowjobs in limousines

What do they matters

What do they mean

To the little African child

Trapped in me.



[Swahili chant] (partially shown with translation)



Mungu linda watoto

Mungu linda watoto

Mimi ni mungu nalinda watoto

Mimi ni mungu nalinda watoto

Usalama ni mimi

Upendo ni mimi

Na natika afrika mfalme ni mimi



God protects children

God protects children

I am a god who protects children

I am a god who protects children

Save me

Love me

I am the king of Africa



[End Swahili chant]



African child

Trapped in me

There's an African child

Trapped in me

There's a little African child trapped in me.

There's a little African child trapped in me.

There's a little African child trapped in me.