I'rn hearing only sad news from Radio Africa

  They've still got trouble with a monster in the South
  Heads buried deep in that lion's mouth
  Like a jaw snapped shut, it keeps them apart
  If that jaw got broke it would be a start.

  The West still complains about the foreign aid
  They'd do better to change the terms of trade.
  More tanks than food in the Ogaden
  It looks like Moscow got it wrong again.

  Mozambique and Mugabe
  Still got Frelimo I hear them say
  But "Exchange" means...
  Recession" means",
  It all means "Harder to take".
  Tanzania should be moving up a gear
  Instead they've got to step on the brake.

  Can't stop a movement that's come this far
  But "Lending" means."
  "Interest" means",
  "Harder to Fight"
  Independence has a hidden expense
  When the hands on the purse strings are white