They Want to Be Free Songtext
von Joe Smooth

As we live and learn, we all desire
A time and place where life conditions take us higher
Although it seems like Murphy′s Law always reoccurs
Like the pages torn from history
Look to the people in South Africa as they stand their ground
'Cause all they want to be is free

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa

Who are you to say you′re the better man?
Open your eyes and see the truth
It's obscene not to give a hand

And although it seems like Murphy's Law always reoccurs
Like the pages torn from history
Look to the people in South Africa as they stand their ground
′Cause all they want to be is free

All they want to be is free
All they want to be is free
All they want to be is free


Free to make their choice and have their say
Free to keep the foundation from decay
Free to be built just like you
Free from what you do

′Cause all they want to be is free

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa

Oppression: to keep down unjustly or by cruelty
Apartheid: racial segregation as a principle of society
Upheld by law and underlying the domestic policy
Of the South African government

Justified, I can't justify

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa

Although it seems like Murphy′s Law always reoccurs
Like the pages torn from history
Look to the people in South Africa as they stand their ground
'Cause all they want to be is free

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, South Africa