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| + | ''Twenty-one years in captivity'' | ||
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| + | ''Shoes too small to fit his feet'' | ||
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| + | ''His body abused but his mind is still free'' | ||
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| + | ''Are you so blind that you cannot see?'' | ||
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| + | ''I said free Nelson Mandela'' | ||
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| + | ''I'm begging you, free Nelson Mandela'' | ||
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| + | ''Pleaded the causes at the ANC'' | ||
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| + | ''Only one there in a large army'' | ||
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| + | ''Are you so blind that you cannot see?'' | ||
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| + | ''Are you so deaf that you cannot hear his plea?'' | ||
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| + | ''Free Nelson Mandela'' | ||
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| + | ''Twenty-one years in captivity'' | ||
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| + | ''Are you so dumb that you cannot speak?'' | ||
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| + | ''I said free Nelson Mandela'' | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 21 January 2021
Nelson Mandela, known in some versions as Free Nelson Mandela, is a song written by British musician Jerry Dammers, and performed by band The Special A.K.A. – with lead vocal by Stan Campbell – released on the single "Nelson Mandela"/"Break Down The Door" in 1984. It was a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela by the apartheid South African government, and is considered a notable anti apartheid song.[1]
Key Lyrics
Free Nelson Mandela
Twenty-one years in captivity
Shoes too small to fit his feet
His body abused but his mind is still free
Are you so blind that you cannot see?
I said free Nelson Mandela
I'm begging you, free Nelson Mandela
Pleaded the causes at the ANC
Only one there in a large army
Are you so blind that you cannot see?
Are you so deaf that you cannot hear his plea?
Free Nelson Mandela
I'm begging you, free Nelson Mandela
Twenty-one years in captivity
Are you so blind that you cannot see?
Are you so deaf that you cannot hear?
Are you so dumb that you cannot speak?
I said free Nelson Mandela
I'm begging you, free Nelson Mandela
Free Nelson Mandela
Music
Reception
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/05/entertainment/la-et-ms-nelson-mandela-dies-music-ten-essential-antiapartheid-songs-20130627. Randall Roberts. 5 December 2013. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
