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=**Defining Freedom**=

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--from the //Declaration of Independence//
 *  "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, **
 *  that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, **
 *  that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." **

Charters of Freedom

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**[|The Clash Clampdown]** //Uploaded by [|DrEuthanasia]. - [|Explore more music videos.]//

“Working for the Clampdown,” by The Clash

What are we gonna do now?! . . . Taking off his turban, they said is this man a Jew? Cos they’re working for the Clampdown. They put up a poster saying we earn more than you! When we’re working for the Clampdown, We will teach our twisted speech To the young believers. We will train our blue-eyed men To be young believers.

The judge said five to ten—but I say double that again, I’m not working for the Clampdown, No man born with a living soul, Can be working for the Clampdown, Kick over the wall, cause governments to fall How can you refuse it? Let fury have the hour, anger can be power, D’you know that you can use it?

The voices in your head are calling Stop wasting your time there’s nothing coming Only a fool would think someone could save you. The men at the factory are old and cunning You don’t owe nothing so boy get runnin’ It’s the best years of your life they want to steal.

You grow up and you calm down, You’re working for the Clampdown. You start wearing blue and brown, You’re working for the Clampdown So you got someone to boss around It makes you feel big now You drift until you brutalize You made your first kill now

In these days of evil presidentés Working for the Clampdown But lately one or two has fully paid their due For working for the Clampdown But Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong!

And I’ve given away no secrets, Who’s barmy now?

Langston Hughes || **Refugee in America** There are words like //Freedom// Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heart-strings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like //Liberty// That almost make me cry. If you had known what I knew You would know why. —Langston Hughes From: // Selected Poems of Langston Hughes //. New York: Vintage, 1990. 290. || ***
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Bob Marley: "Redemption Song"
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Bruce Springsteen: "Independence Day"
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Tom Rush: "Child's Song"
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Martin Luther King. Jr.: "I Have a Dream"
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