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    Africans Life In The Ghetto

    Star Light City
    • Africans – Life In The Ghetto
    • Africans – Ghetto Version
    • 1. Life In The Ghetto
    • 2. Ghetto Version

    Originally released in 1980 on their own 'African' label wicked harmony roots cut with dub.

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