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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.
[...]
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: 30jun. 2011 (fragmento).
Bob Marley foi um artista popular e atraiu muitos fãs com suas canções. Ciente de sua influência social, na música War, o cantor se utiliza de sua arte para alertar sobre
a
a inércia do continente africano diante das injustiças sociais.
b
a persistência da guerra enquanto houver diferenças raciais e sociais.
c
as acentuadas diferenças culturais entre os países africanos.
d
as discrepâncias sociais entre moçambicanos e angolanos como causa de conflitos.
e
a fragilidade das diferenças raciais e sociais como justificativas para o início de uma guerra.
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