Prejudice.. prejudice..
Prejudice.. prejudice..
Black, White, Nigger, Jew
It just doesn't matter to you
You put people down because of the colour of their skin,
or just because of the religion they are in
You're prejudice...
Blind cold calculated -prejudice
Oh you're just so -prejudice
Ignorant misguided -prejudice
Blind yourself to those not the same
Pull them down and call them names
Show favouritism to the devil you know
As for the rest they'll have to go
Apartheid, Ku Klux Klan, Asian race, Macho Man
Money talks it's in the bag, she's a dyke and he's a fag.
Prejudice, so many victims of Prejudice,
Oh yeah are you Prejudice, (Could this be true? yes)
It's a cancer in the nation,
Breeding fear and exploitation
Trampling justice into humiliation
We don't need this biased, bigoted prejudice.
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Freedom of thought, freedom of choice,
Freedom to buy, freedom to voice
Freedom to abuse, freedom to kill
Freedom to destroy for better or ill,
Calling names, playing games,
National pride and more beside
In the narrow vision of a fools paradise
It seems we fall for the devils lies.
Prejudice...
Blind cold calculated prejudice
Oh you're just so prejudice
Ignorant misguided prejudice
(Could this be true? Yes)
It's a cancer in the nation,
Breeding fear and exploitation
Trampling justice into humiliation
We don't need this biased, bigoted prejudice.
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
(Could this be true? Yes)
[Spoken:]
"Could this be true? Yes it was not a dream.
The granite walls of apartheid,
Like the granite walls of the Berlin wall,
Like.. the granite curtain of the iron curtain,
Are crumbling down.
The road ahead is still uncertain.
But it is frought with danger.
We need to take every step cautiously"
(Could this be true? Yes)
Prejudice. Let us fight against this
Prejudice, Can't we live without it?
Blind cold calculated prejudice
We all can be so prejudice
Ignorant misguided prejudice
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Oh yeah are you .... Prejudice
(Could this be true?)
Prejudice.. prejudice..
Black, White, Nigger, Jew
It just doesn't matter to you
You put people down because of the colour of their skin,
or just because of the religion they are in
You're prejudice...
Blind cold calculated -prejudice
Oh you're just so -prejudice
Ignorant misguided -prejudice
Blind yourself to those not the same
Pull them down and call them names
Show favouritism to the devil you know
As for the rest they'll have to go
Apartheid, Ku Klux Klan, Asian race, Macho Man
Money talks it's in the bag, she's a dyke and he's a fag.
Prejudice, so many victims of Prejudice,
Oh yeah are you Prejudice, (Could this be true? yes)
It's a cancer in the nation,
Breeding fear and exploitation
Trampling justice into humiliation
We don't need this biased, bigoted prejudice.
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Freedom of thought, freedom of choice,
Freedom to buy, freedom to voice
Freedom to abuse, freedom to kill
Freedom to destroy for better or ill,
Calling names, playing games,
National pride and more beside
In the narrow vision of a fools paradise
It seems we fall for the devils lies.
Prejudice...
Blind cold calculated prejudice
Oh you're just so prejudice
Ignorant misguided prejudice
(Could this be true? Yes)
It's a cancer in the nation,
Breeding fear and exploitation
Trampling justice into humiliation
We don't need this biased, bigoted prejudice.
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
(Could this be true? Yes)
[Spoken:]
"Could this be true? Yes it was not a dream.
The granite walls of apartheid,
Like the granite walls of the Berlin wall,
Like.. the granite curtain of the iron curtain,
Are crumbling down.
The road ahead is still uncertain.
But it is frought with danger.
We need to take every step cautiously"
(Could this be true? Yes)
Prejudice. Let us fight against this
Prejudice, Can't we live without it?
Blind cold calculated prejudice
We all can be so prejudice
Ignorant misguided prejudice
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Oh yeah are you Prejudice
Oh yeah are you .... Prejudice
(Could this be true?)
inviata da giorgio - 13/12/2010 - 13:22
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Lyrics & Music by Adrian J. Pratt
Album: Passions, Pains and Protestations
"FIGHT AGAINST IT... It's a cancer in the world, breeding fear and exploitation, trampling justice into frustration... we don't need this blind, cold, calculated prejudice.
'We all can be so prejudice' We all have our 'us and them' moments. We hide names we seldom speak out loud to describe those we consider 'different'.
Maybe it's fear. Maybe it's ignorance. It's not helpful. Its like a cancer that prevents us from discovering the riches that those who are 'not the same' as us can enrich our lives with.
The song itself doesn't need much explanation. It was written not long after the Berlin Wall came down (1989)... when there was a spirit of optimism still in the air.
The sound sample is of South African Methodist Bishop Stanley Mogoba, who was imprisoned along Nelson Mandela at Robben Island, 1963-1966. He spoke at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Wales when it met at Rhossllanycrygog (I think in 1990... but I may be wrong). Prophetically he spoke of how progress in dismantling prejudice had been made, but the road ahead was 'still uncertain' and how we needed to 'take every step cautiously'.
So many of the gospel encounters of Jesus involve victims of prejudice. Outcasts. Prostitutes. Lepers. Unclean women. He even gives us parables with titles that in His time would have been scandalous... like the 'Good' 'Samaritan'... not two words most Jewish folk at that time would include in the same sentence!
We have all experienced prejudice in one way or another... giving or receiving. We are never entirely free of it! Hopefully awareness can be part of the healing process!"