I Owe No Apology chords by Mighty Sparrow
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Nelson Mandela – Freedom Fighter
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That couple was the interviewer,
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I want you to know
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He wanted Mandela to
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condemn Muammar Gaddafi
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Fidel Castro, Yasser Arafat,
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right there on TV
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Mandela said these people helped me
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When apartheid was on the rise
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And they took them out of this city
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So I do not apologize, you hear
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Though it grieves me to see
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the people suffering
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but chains of bondage
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have been placed on my head
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to impede my pro
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gress
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Tons and tisks have been laid on my back
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to curtail my rest
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I've been tortured and
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suffered immensely
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They isolate me,
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incarcerate me
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Still in spite of their barbarous cruelty
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I will never apologize for my identity
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No apology for me color, it is part of me
I'm wearing it bravely with honor,
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pride and dignity
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How can I say sorry for a birthright
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named proud by my forefathers?
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A skin that bends with the
darkness of night
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yet distinguishes me from others
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There were times I know because of it
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Tears of sorrow had filled my eyes
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But the Lord made me free in spirit
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And I do not apologize
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You hear?
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He scratched his head
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and continued complaining that
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Shades of bondage
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have been placed on my head
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To impede my progress
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And then he said,
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Tons and pistols
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have been laid on my neck
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To curtail my rest
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They subject me to gross
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inhumanity
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Brutality, hostility
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But no matter how rough
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the tactics be
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I will never apologize for my identity
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I own no apology personally
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I have done no wrong
And what I have endured physically
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Have made me more strong
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How could I be ashamed
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Of a mind that refuses to be twisted
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A heart as warm as the morning sunshine
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A character so gifted
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With its trials and tribulations
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I am fulfilling destiny
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In my quest for emancipation
I owe no apology
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You hear, sit down they feel
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his joke a making
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Chains of bondage
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have been placed on my head
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To impede my progress,
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and then he said
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Tons and tisks have
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been laid on my bed
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Two could tell my rest,
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I've had my share of pain and misery
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It was ghastly,
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downright nasty, if I had
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But they fell miserably,
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cause I never apologized for my identity
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No apology for me culture,
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for it suits me fine
The folklore of all me ancestors
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makes me feel sublime
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I am not repentant
of a music
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that expresses how I feel
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These sweet melodies
come from deep in me soul
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Enriching all my ideas
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give me courage
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And the lyrics does make me wise
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So in spite of all the advantage
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I do not apologize
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Do you hear?
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Though it grieves me
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to see the people suffering but
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Chains of bondage
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have been placed on my head
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To impede my progress
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And then he said
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Thorns and tissues have
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been laid on my neck
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To curtail my rest
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Their exercises were in futility
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That's when they gave
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me psychotherapy
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But they surrendered while I'm shouting,
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free, free
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Cos I never apologise
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for my identity
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And that's the way it is
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Have I paralysed you,
Mr Puppet?
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I Owe No Apology
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