Just to set the record straight, I wrote this song in 1991. It was originally recorded by Morning Star in NY the same year. I wrote most of it on the D train on the way home from Yankee Stadium after seeing Nelson Mandela there soon after his release from Robin Island. It was a powerful night. I would like to contact people who have recorded it so I am listed as the composer in the future and to clear up the lyrics with them. The lyrics posted on this site are wrong.