Equal Rights

Everyone desires peace, but no one is advocating for justice.

Reiteration: The collective cry is for peace, with a lack of emphasis on justice.

Similar to line 1, emphasizing the widespread desire for peace.

Reiteration: The focus is on peace, neglecting the call for justice.

The singer rejects the mere pursuit of peace and emphasizes a need for more.

The singer explicitly expresses the need for equal rights and justice.

I need equal rights and justice

I need equal rights and justice

Reiteration: Strong determination to obtain equal rights and justice.

A paradoxical observation that people desire to go to heaven but avoid the associated sacrifice (death).

But nobody want to die (father of the Jesus)

Everybody want to go up to heaven

But none of them, none of them want to die

Reiteration: The rejection of mere peace, emphasizing the demand for equal rights and justice.

Repeated expression of the singer's urgent need for equal rights and justice.

I got to get it, equal rights and justice

I really need it, equal rights and justice

Just give me my share, equal rights and justice

The singer draws a parallel, emphasizing the necessity of giving each entity what rightfully belongs to it.

You better give it all to Caesar, yeah, yeah, yeah

And what belong to I and I

You better, you better give it up to I

Reiteration of the singer's demand for equal rights and justice, expressing a readiness to fight for it.

I need equal rights and justice

I need equal rights and justice

I've got to get it, equal rights and justice

I'm a fighting for it, equal rights and justice

A rhetorical question about the distance to the top and bottom, symbolizing societal hierarchy and the struggle for success.

But tell me how far is it from the bottom

Nobody knows but everybody fighting to reach the top

How far is it from the bottom

Reiteration of the singer's insistence on equal rights and justice, emphasizing the urgency of obtaining them.

I need equal rights and justice

I need equal rights and justice

I've got to get it, equal rights and justice

I really need it, equal rights and justice

A question about crime and criminals, expressing skepticism about the existence of visible culprits.

Tell me who are the criminals

I said everyone is talking about crime, crime

Tell me who, who are the criminals

I really don't see them

Reiteration: The singer connects the absence of crime and criminals with the attainment of equal rights and justice.

I need equal rights and justice

We got to get equal rights and justice

And there will be no crime, equal rights and justice

There will be no criminals, equal rights and justice

Mention of various places and people (Palestinians, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Rhodesia) fighting for equal rights and justice.

Palestinians are fighting for equal rights and justice

Down in Angola, equal rights and justice

Down in Botswana, equal rights and justice

Down in Zimbabwe, equal rights and justice

Reiteration of the universal call for equal rights and justice in different locations.