Monday, January 21, 2013

"Madagascar" – Guns N' Roses' Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.




"Madagascar" – Guns N' Roses

I won't be told anymore,
that I've been bought down in this storm,
And left so far out from the shore,
but I can't find by way back, my way back anymore.
Oh no, I won't be told anymore,
that I've been bought down in this storm,
And left so far out from the shore,
Oh that I can't find my way back, my way anymore,

Oh, I, I

Forgive them that tear down my soul,
bless them that they might grow old,
And free them so that they may know,
that it's never too late.

For the many times, what seemed like a memory,
I've searched and found the ways,
You used to lure me in,
Oh, I found the ways, oh, why it had to be,
My'd own denial, and so afraid.

If we ever find it's true,
that we have a strength to choose,
Oh, freedom of all the chains
We have together.

Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963

"I'm gonna tell you a story
What?
What?
How can a person grow up with all this around them?
Where does it come from?
All this hatred?
(What we've got here is...
...failure to communicate)
Everybody's acting like we can do anything and it don't matter what we do. Maybe we gotta be extra careful because maybe it matters more than we even know..
Hatred isn't somethin' you're born with
It gets taught
I felt this fear
Let's get something straight, alright?
(This whole thing was f*cked up...)
All men betray. All lose heart!
I don't want to lose heart!...I want to believe
Stand up for righteousness! Stand up for justice! Stand up for truth! You got to call on that something That can make a way out of no way That power that can make a way out of now no way I tell ya I seen the lightning...I've heard the thunder roll! Sometimes... I feel discouraged Sometimes I feel discouraged He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone, no never alone, no never alone! Promised never to leave me! Never to leave me alone!
Black men and white men Together at the table of brotherhood!

I have a dream...
...free at last!
Free at last!
Thank God almighty!!
WE ARE FREE AT LAST!!"
 — "I Have A Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.



Oh I won't be told anymore
(if we ever find it's true)
That I've been brought down in this storm
(that we have a strength to choose)
And left so far out from the shore
(Oh, freedom of all the chains)
That I can't find my way back, my way anymore
(We have together)

Oh no I won't be told anymore
(if we ever find it's true)
That I've been brought down in this storm
(that we have a strength to choose)
And left so far out from the shore
(Oh, freedom of all the chains)
That I can't find my way back, my way anymore
(We held together)

Chinese Democracy (2008) by Guns N' Roses

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