Saturday 21 February 2015
Miriam Makeba - Malcolm X
Miriam Makebas song for Malcolm X on the anniversary of his death. The prescient words of brother Malcolm X, still today slice today through our lives, slicing through the rhetoric of politicians and pundits alike as if he still walked among us. His opinions, his work, his deeds, still matter, strike a chord, as we still work towards goals of social justice and continue to remember his transformative power. we continue to make a stand against racism wherever it may raise its ugly head.
Everybody seems to be preaching revolution
Though no one ever seems to show appreciation
To that man over there who bought about a new generation
To that man over there who bought about a new black nation
Do you remember Malcolm
Do you remember him, Malcolm
Yeah brother Malcolm
Don't you know he was a great man
He tried to keep the people away from oppression
From day to day M lived for liberation
Until that man with a man took away his devotion
He and his wife and kids without protection
Do you remember Malcolm
Do you, remember him, Malcolm
Yeah brother Malcolm
Don't you know he was a great man
Oh yeah
It seems life and death seem to go together
For me in my heart. Malcolm will live forever
Especially when I think about the blackness he reflected
I said especially when I think about the one he represented
Do you remember Malcolm
Do you remember him, Malcolm
Oh yeah brother Malcolm
Don't you know he was a great man
Oh yeah
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