“When freedom rises from the killing floor,
No lock of iron or rivet can restrain the door.
And no kind of army can hope to win a war
Like trying to stop the rain or still the lion`s roar,
Like trying to stop the whirlwind scattering seeds and spores
Like trying to stop the tin cans rapping out jailhouse semaphore.”

— Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer and Bono, "46664", written for Nelson Mandela's HIV/AIDS festival in 2003.
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British musician, singer, actor and songwriter 1952–2002

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