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FREE NELSON MANDELA by THE SPECIALS




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FREE NELSON MANDELA by THE SPECIALS
 
EXERCISE ONE: LISTEN TO THE SONG AND FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS IN THE LYRICS

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Free Nelson Mandela
Free Nelson Mandela
 
MUSIC
 
Free Nelson Mandela

 years in captivity
Shoes too small to fit 
His body abused but his mind is still free
Are you so blind that you cannot ? I said…
Free Nelson Mandela, I'm begging you
Free Nelson Mandela

MUSIC

Visited the causes of the
Only one man in a large army
Are you so  that you cannot see?
Are you so deaf that you cannot  his plea?
Free Nelson Mandela, I'm begging you
Free Nelson Mandela
 
MUSIC

21 years in captivity
Are you so blind that you cannot see? 
Are you so deaf that you cannot hear? 
Are you so dumb that you cannot ? I said…
Free Nelson Mandela, I'm begging you
Free Nelson Mandela
Free Nelson Mandela,   you, begging you

Free Nelson Mandela,  free, you've got to free
Free Nelson Mandela,
Free Nelson Mandela, 
yeah, you've got to free, 
yeah, you've got to free, 
yeah, you've got to free, 
yeah, you've got to free, Nelson Mandela

 
EXERCISE TWO: COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH WORDS FROM THE ABOVE LYRICS
1- if you can't see you are
2- if you can't hear you are
3- if you can't speak you are
 
EXERCISE THREE: FIND IN THE LYRICS THE SHORT FOR "African National Congress"
 
EXERCISE FOUR: TRUE OR FALSE?
 
1- he fought against apartheid in South Africa
2- he was in prison for many years
3- he was against segregation in the USA
4- he fought for the rights of the blacks in South Africa
5- he was Prime Minister in South Africa
6- he is the President of South Africa now
7- he won the Nobel Prize for Peace
8- he was the leader of the ANC 
9- he fought against the whites
10- he wrote a book "The long walk to freedom"