Real Heroes - A Broken Silence

Born in Bondi with a keen eye for politics

Many got degrees but don’t know what knowledge is

Acknowledge his dedication to the truth

And he never changed name just for chasing lute

So today he remains of the few

Ain’t here for fame, dedication to that news but

Not the news that your seeing on fox

Ecause they label his views as treasonous plots

Believe it or not he’s a prize winning professor

Been a front line eye witness to terror

Been threatened to leave countries

And had death threats

Made me believe how we deceived by you west press

And now I know why these secrets are best kept

Right after his readings I be needing a stress test

A best bet for those not familiar

Check the intellect of Mr. John Pilger

Real heroes are hard to come by

Lived in darkness but strived for sunshine

The human race would rise as one kind

If these lies hypnotized our young minds

Sunshine

Born to a tribe in a south Africa village

In a country wealth but without any privilege

His land pillaged by settlers with greed on their mind

They showed no respect so no peace he could find

He would read all the time, be speaking his mind

Be a lead to the blind so his people would climb

Free speech was a crime in the time that he lived

Apartheid had people divided by skin

And not a guy to give in on a quest to be free

Twenty seven years of life in a penitentiary

Finished off degrees in Bothe law and arts

So smart, leaving court rooms torn apart

Showed heart like Phar Lap on release from jail

Said, «We are all one people let peace prevail»

Without fail we raise a glass in health to this fella

The selfless path of Mr. Nelson Mandela

Real heroes are hard to come by

Lived in darkness but strived for sunshine

The human race would rise as one kind

If these lies hypnotized our young minds

Sunshine

Real heroes are hard to find

With super powers that really exist

That influence the hearts of men

Who could you turn to

If we did not have direction and inspiration

From men like this, from men like this

Real heroes are hard to come by

Lived in darkness but strived for sunshine

The human race would rise as one kind

If these lies hypnotized our young minds

Sunshine