Life is an illusion reflected by my voice. Language ads credence to this illusion because it is perpetrated and perpetuating by my voice. Let's destroy the illusion and make it a reality.
"Freedom Time" by Bob Marley suggests a new language in cultural politics must be obtained. His plea resonates echos from the past and, this still current day message, will continue to be valid unless we open our hearts, ears and minds to ideologies that we must teach to our children so their future generations don't make the mistakes of their previous generations. His words:
"got the news from the whispering trees,this is the time when man must be freed, no more burning in vain, all we lose we'll have to gain, get ready children, please, didn't I build the cabin, didn't I plant the corn, didn't my people keep holy, slave to this country, my sermon it was billed for freedom, the good lord said son you're a free man, I'm gonna talk that freedom talk, let me see you walk that freedom walk, when yah gets ready, children please, a tellya, got the news from a whispering tree...
Lauren Hill takes it one step further in her lyrics from "Freedom Time":
Everybody knows that they're guilty
Everybody knows that they've lied
Everybody knows that they're guilty
Resting on their conscious eating their inside
It's freedom, said it's freedom time now
It's freedom, said it's freedom time now
Time to get free, oh give us yourselves up now
It's freedom. said it's freedom time
Both songs want us to take a social action. Their language takes on a range of meanings and these meanings identify issues in our communities. Unless we exploit the media, in this case music, we can't get "the truth" out there for all to hear. Sometimes exploitation is a good thing.
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