One In Ten

808 State & UB40

1993

jaar
Top 40

piekpositie
Top 40

weken
Top 40

punten
Top 40

808 State UB40

Wist je dat? Remix versie door 808 State is een bewerking van het origineel uit 1981.

Artiest(en)

808 State, UB40

A-kant Titel

One In Ten

A-kant Lengte

2:40

A-kant Componist(en)

808 State & UB40

A-kant Producer(s)

808 State

A-kant Engineer(s)

Al Fisch

B-kant titel

One In Ten (808 Original Mix)

B-kant lengte

04'16

B-kant componist(en)

808 State & UB40

B-kant producer(s)

808 State

Platenlabel

ZTT

Hoogste positie UK

Hoogste positie US

Album

Gorgeous

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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
But 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 am the one in ten .... etc

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 am the one in ten .... etc

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

I am the one in ten .... etc