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Verse 1
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There's enough work
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in South Africa alone
to feed the whole of Africa,
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so why are black people starving?
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Free Mesa Mandela!
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The Negro in the United States of America
still isn't free.
How can you stand there
and try to tell me it's right
that a black man could be put
under white?
You try to tell me, will it?
In a world democratic
and all I can see is crazy fanatics,
does it take so many to die
before you see all the people
really want is equality?
Many years ago, South Africa,
the European man took over,
now he lives in starve,
blacks live in shacks.
I say it's time for the
brothers to take it back.
The diamonds and gold belong to them
Don't call them boy,
cos you know they're men
See from what I'm saying,
I hope you see
That one day, the black man will be free
Free
Today in South Africa,
a rioting broke out
Armed a black schoolteacher
was shot in the street
In front of a group of schoolchildren
The teacher was escorted to
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Jewish prison
And then Martin Luther King both
knew that their words
would one day bring all the brothers together in all countries
and inspire words and rhymes like these,
they were sick of sitting down
and hearing the lies,
cause brothers ain't stupid
and pigs don't fly,
cool brother
Malcolm X said it's this way,
if a man wrecks your wife,
what do you say the whole crowd
Just like a one -loader,
squeeze your trigger and shoot your gun
You see this ain't a dream,
this is reality,
ain't science fiction
On TV, they can't report
and won't let us see
But one day, the black man will be free, free
In South Africa,
President Burton
has once again refused to release
Nelson Mandela
He wants their freedom, he's white,
he only thinks in his way
He can't kill you until you're free
The world sits back to match and relax,
while South African whites
shoot down African blacks.
Basher tries to say
she's against racism.
Bolsas in England,
she's hanging out with them.
Brothers go down into the mines
to bring to the surface the
gold they find.
They're only doing the job
just to earn the wage.
Do they earn fair money?
No, it's been arranged that they do it.
Adults stay alive, no regular money,
no 9 to 5.
These words, I'm saying,
I don't give a damn
I'm black and I'm free
I hate the Ku Klux Klan
And if they ever put brothers
back in slavery
One of them niggas'll never be me
Cause I'm free
Today in Parliament,
Mrs. Thatcher once again opposed
sanctions against South Africa
Claiming that it would
only hurt the black citizen
Or any suffering under
the apartheid system
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Now you've been hoping
it's a question of mind over matter,
but the black man's skinny
while the white gets fatter.
Tell me, what do you see on your TV?
The living's stupid confusion.
Tarzan swings in the air,
and without a care, kills the niggas.
Pure illusion.
So what I'm trying to say,
this ain't a game, no way.
It's a whole mess of rap.
If you believe what you see, you don't
Your brain needs a mega slap
You said you'd make us civilize
Taking away our fears
But now the sound of the shotgun
is also clear
All the warriors were brave
But now they're not
Now they hide behind rocks
With the triggers cocked
Now I check out the battle
The whites stand back
While on the battlefield
The blacks kill blacks
It's wrong
But that's the way it is
Cause everybody minds
their own business
And I tell you something
You listen to D
One day the black man
will be free
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That's the end of tonight's
news bulletin.
Please disregard everything
you just heard.
Peace. Peace. Peace. Peace. Peace. You