Unchain our minds
by Mak Manaka
You,
Who stand with your backs
against these walls
step up front and jazz
You,
Who stand facing the exit
step outside and dance to your nightmares
this moment comes once
You,
Who love to hear words turning into beats
that silence the violence in our streets
raise your fists and ignite those lighters
for those that fought and died
in the name of peace
Love like revolution has no age
So please,
plant that sensitive seed with love
from an early age
I lost my father to the wind
before I could write to understand
before I could be a man
though my mother taught us
how to walk with the sun in our hands
and that blood is thicker than water
for us to fight with ourselves any longer
“Home is where the fire burns for us all”
so look at yourself first
and keep the peace at home young soldier
unchain your heart from street politics
and listen to her when she speak
life was not meant to be easy,
even for the rich
On the table of discipline and respect
I learned,
the price for happiness is painful
for years we hid our struggles and pains
behind
Investigate figurations of ‘mother’ and ‘father’ ….
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