War

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior

And another inferior

Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned,

Everywhere is war - Me say war.

That until there is no longer

First class and second class citizens of any nation,

Until the color of a man’s skin

Is of no more significance than the color of his eyes -

Me say war.

[...]

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes

that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique,

South Africa, sub-human bondage have been toppled,

Utterly destroyed -

Well, everywhere is war - Me say war.

War in the east, war in the west,

War up north, war down south –

War - war - Rumors of war.

And until that day, the African continent will not know peace.

We, Africans, will fight — we find it necessary —

And we know we shall win

As we are confident in the victory.

[...]

(MARLEY, B. Disponível em: http://www.sing365.com. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2011 (fragmento).)

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