Father
The man that gave me life is down
A revolutionary then and now
Even though he’s passed on
His life lives on like Jesus
In the Gospel according to John
Not only through me, my brothers and my son
But the coming generation
This is the situation of his reality
Every day he gave his life for his family
Bringing home what was needed
And sometimes what we wanted
Passing on the values
and revolutionary rules
With messages taken straight to the heart
Sometimes with arguments that would tear us apart
He was just one grain now a strong root
Of the tallest tree and the life giving fruit
All praises to mother earth the fertile land
All power to the people
so I raise my hand
Now I take his message
The message of the people
To the ones who don’t listen and can’t perceive
Those who will be sent away
At the last judgment cause they don’t believe
In helping the poor and the oppressed
And treat them like an unwelcome quest
Cause they are obsessed
with their material wealth
which will lead to ill health
I don’t doubt that
cuz he taught me to pray the kingdom come
But he also taught me not to follow
a dogmatic institution cause that would be shallow
but to question my faith everyday
so that I would grow in a spiritual way
so that I could be a better warrior
to fight the devils and the creators of war
I’m not ashamed to say it so I will
I love you father and I always will
Every day I’ll fight for the revolution
Speaking my mind giving my contribution
I can’t wait for resurrection day
So you can give me a hug and say it’ll all be okay
And that we have achieved victory
This is our history
You see it’s already been written
To walk into
And cry in the arms of all those with whom we see eye to eye
And gave their lives so that we could be free
To the highest degree
It’s all clear to me now
And I know that’s real
Cause I hear the whispers
Of my father speakin with zeal
From the other side
Sayin crush the economic apartheid
That’s keeping our people poor
Get militant and break down the door
Of injustice and greed
Soon it’ll be your turn to be the seed
And bare fruit to a thousand doves
That will fly through the world spreadin the love
So until that day keep spreadin’ the message
And keep steppin wisely along the narrow passage
And don’t shed a tear my loving son
Cuz soon you will live and we will all be one.
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