(by Bob Marley)
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned —
Everywhere is war —
Me say war.
That until there no longer
First class and second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man’s skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes —
Me say war.
That until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all,
Without regard to race —
Dis a war.
That until that day
The dream of lasting peace,
World citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued,
But never attained —
Now everywhere is war — 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 —
Rumours 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
Of good over evil —
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil —
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil —
Good over evil, yeah!
— fadeout —