Mandela (Listen to What the Drums Say)

Would you go to prison to gain freedom Or get nailed to a cross to change heathens Heal the world if its pain your receiving And spend a lifetime locked in chains to redeem them When the children are starving Would you risk it all to till the garden When your enemies are stealing and robbing Will you build a brotherhood are you willing to arm them What if justice was illegal and equality was evil Poverty was see through the ruling body deceitful When the righteous need you Will you fight for your people for the slight for the feeble Through the eye if a needle was the image of a man He reached from the clouds he was giving me his hands Said he was still alive but I didn't understand When you die for your nation then your living in the land Then I looked over the horizon and saw Mandela in a sun that was rising He said listen to what the drum say, we are all gonna be free one day When I looked over the horizon and I saw Mandela with wings he was flying He said listen to what the drum say, we are all gonna be free one day Patience is necessary for greatness The question is how strong your faith is Will it matter how long the wait is If sacred is what the source of your strength is The definition of will power Cause real power don't have to steal power Behind bars can you still build power And will you stay pure when you finally feel power Mandela 27 years in hells cellar But you can't jail a lyric you can't kill a spirit When the children hear it their hearts rise This is much bigger than apartheid its our lives It only takes one match to start fires To light up the dark skies The flames keeps burning even after the spark dies Tell me what impact will your life have When your last nights pass will your light last