GREAT MANDELA



So I told him that he'd better

Shut his mouth and do his job like a man

And he answered, Listen, Father, I will never kill another

He thinks he's better than his brother that died

What the hell does he think he's doing

To his father who brought him up right



Take your place on the great Mandela

As it moves through your brief moment of time

Win or lose now, you must choose now

And if you lose, you're only losing your life



Tell the jailer not to bother

With his meal of bread and water today

He is fasting till the killing's over

He thinks he's a prophet, but he's a coward

He's just playing a game, he can't do it, he can't change it

It's been going on for ten thousand years



Tell the people they are safe now: hunger stopped him

He lies still in his cell

Death had gagged his accusation

We are free now, we can kill now

We can hate now, we can end the world

We're not guilty: he was crazy

And it's been going on for ten thousand years



recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary

@Africa @political @freedom

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