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Nelson Mandela
The Specials
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The Specials - Nelson Mandela (Official Music Video) [HD Remaster]
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The Specials
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Jerry Dammers
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Lyrics
[Intro]
Free Nelson Mandela
Free, free
Free, free, free Nelson Mandela
[Instrumental]
Free Nelson Mandela
Twenty-one years in captivity
Shoes too small to fit his feet
His body abused, but his mind is still free
Are you so blind that you cannot see? I said
[Chorus]
Free Nelson Mandela
I'm beggin'
Free Nelson Mandela
[Instrumental]
Pleaded the causes at the AMC
Only one man in a large army
Are you so blind that you cannot see?
Are you so deaf that you cannot hear his scream?
[Chorus]
Free Nelson Mandela
I'm beggin'
Free Nelson Mandela
[Instrumental]
Twenty-one years in captivity
Are you so blind that you cannot see?
Are you so deaf that you cannot hear him?
Are you so dumb that you cannot speak? I said
[Chorus]
Free Nelson Mandela
Oh, I'm beggin' you
Free Nelson Mandela
Free Nelson Mandela
I'm beggin' you, beggin' you, please
Free Nelson Mandela (Free him, got to free him, got to free him, yeah)
Free Nelson Mandela (Free)
Nelson Mandela (Free)
Tell you, tell you, tell you
You got to free him, yeah
You got to free him, yeah
You got to free him, yeah (Free)
You got to free him, Nelson Mandela (Free)
(Free)
(Free) Tell you, tell you, tell you
(Free)
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