Album: Rastaman Vibration (1976)
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  • 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 color of a man's skin
    Is of no more significance than the color 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
    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

    Of good over evil
    Good over evil, yeah
    Good over evil
    Good over evil, yeah
    Good over evil Writer/s: Allan Cole, Carlton Barrett
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 2

  • Bruno from Lima, PeruThe first known version of this song by Sinead O'Connor was the A capella version that she performed on Saturday Night Live. She changed the mentions of the African countries in the song by the repetition of the phrase "child abuse" as a protest for the child abuse by Catholic priests and the tolerance of that by the Vatican. It was because of this that she tore up the photo of the Pope John Paul II.
    The second known version was performed in the Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration when the audience booed at her about the SNL events two weeks before. This version was a capella too, in a more wilder style. At the end of her terrific performance she let the stage and cried in the arms of Kris Kristofferson.
    The third and only official release version was that can be found in her reggae album "Thrown down your arms" in a reggae style and without changes in the lyrics.
  • Adam from South Pasadena, IsraelOne of his most powerful songs
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