Tribal Statistics by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Album: Somewhere In Afrika 1983

Who are you ?
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Everywhere you look now, questionnaires
They want every detail of your affairs
Oh, so many people lives
Wrapped up in those...

Statistics, statistics - figures in a page
Statistics, statistics - numbers on a tape
Zulu, Xhosa,
Sotho, Venda
Zulu, Xhosa,
Sotho, Venda

Everywhere you go now
You're in their sight
Yes, they classify you
Shades of black and white
Oh, so many people lives
Wrapped up in those...

Statistics, statistics - figures in a page
Statistics, statistics - numbers on a tape
Zulu, Xhosa,
Sotho, Venda
Zulu, Xhosa,
Sotho, Venda

No chance of going back
And putting things right
These people rule with facts in the night
Oh, so many people lives
Wrapped up in those...

Statistics, statistics - figures in a page
Statistics, statistics - numbers on a tape
Statistics, statistics

Who are you ?
Give details
Who are you ?
Give details

Zulu, Xhosa,
Sotho, Venda
Zulu, Xhosa,
Sotho, Venda

Statistics, statistics - numbers on a tape

A song about the uniform, dehumanizing and bureaucratic way west observers use to perceive, describe and classify the cultural diversity of other civilizations in order to utilize/exploit them for their own sake and purposes.

You can hear this song in youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65fkqu5Hfok