The Groove

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Sun City Lyrics

[Intro]

Ahh, Sun City

Sun City

South Africa

South Africa

[Scatting]

[Verse 1: Run-D.M.C,

Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee

,

Afrika Bambaataa & Kurtis Blow

,

Big Youth & All rappers

]

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

[Chorus]

We gotta say

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

Oh, no, no, no

I, I, I, I, I, I

I ain't gonna play Sun City

Everybody say

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

No, no, baby

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City[Verse 2: David Ruffin,

Pat Benatar

,

Eddie Kendrick

,

Bruce Springsteen

]

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

[Chorus]

We're gonna say

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

We're gonna say

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

[Verse 3: George Clinton,

Joey Ramone

,

Jimmy Cliff & Daryl Hall

,

Darlene Love

]

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

[Chorus]

We're gonna say

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

I ain't gonna play, no, no

We're gonna say

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

Don't wanna play, don't wanna play[Scatting]

[Verse 4: Bonnie Raitt,

Ruben Blades & John Oates

,

Lou Reed

,

Bobby Womack

]

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

[Chorus]

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

Will someone tell me what's going on?

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play sun city

[Verse 5: Run D.M.C.,

Kurtis Blow, Run D.M.C. & Afrika Bambaataa

,

Duke Bootee, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Afrika Bambaataa

,

Linton Kwesi Johnson & All Rappers

]

Bophuthatswana 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 'cause I ain't gonna play

[Chorus]

We've gotta say

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City[Verse 6: Jackson Browne & Bob Dylan,

Peter Garrett

,

Nona Hendryx & Kashif

,

Bono

]

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

[Chorus]

We've gotta say

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

No, no no, no, no

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

We've gotta say

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

No, no, no no no

I, I, I, I, I, I

Ain't gonna play Sun City

[Outro]

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

Don't, not gonna play Sun City