The higher you build your barriers The taller I become The farther you take my rights away The faster I will run You can deny me You can decide to turn your face away No matter, cos there's.... Something inside so strong I know that I can make it Tho' you're doing me wrong, so wrong You thought that my pride was gone Oh no, something inside so strong Oh oh oh oh oh something inside so strong The more you refuse to hear my voice The louder I will sing You hide behind walls of Jericho Your lies will come tumbling Deny my place in time You squander wealth that's mine My light will shine so brightly It will blind you Cos there's...... Something inside so strong I know that I can make it Tho' you're doing me wrong, so wrong You thought that my pride was gone Oh no, something inside so strong Oh oh oh oh oh something inside so strong Brothers and sisters When they insist we're just not good enough When we know better Just look 'em in the eyes and say I'm gonna do it anyway x 2 Something inside so strong And I know that I can make it Tho' you're doing me wrong, so wrong You thought that my pride was gone Oh no, something inside so strong Oh oh oh oh oh something inside so strong Brothers and sisters When they insist we're just good not enough When we know better Just look 'em in the eyes and say I'm gonna do it anyway Because there's something inside so strong And I know that I can make it Tho' you're doing me, so wrong Oh no, something inside so strong Oh oh oh oh oh something inside so strong-- Labi Siffre
Strange Aeons
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Simon Wells is an academic researching Argumentation Theory, Automated Reasoning, Intelligent Agents (IA) and MultiAgent Systems (MAS) all approached through a ludic lens.
He is particularly interested in how these tools can be usefully applied to critical literacy, security, gamification, and complex systems.
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They picked Akanni up one morning
They picked Akanni up one morning Beat him soft like clay And stuffed him down the belly Of a waiting jeep.
- What business of mine is it
- So long they don't take the yam
- From my savouring mouth?
They came one night Booted the whole house awake And dragged Danladi out, Then off to a lengthy absence.
- What business of mine is it
- So long they don't take the yam
- From my savouring mouth?
Chinwe went to work one day Only to find her job was gone: No query, no warning, no probe- Just one neat sack for a stainless record.
- What business of mine is it
- So long they don't take the yam
- From my savouring mouth?
And then one evening As I sat down to eat my yam A knock on the door froze my hungry hand. The jeep was waiting on my bewildered lawn Waiting, waiting in its usual silence.(Niyi Osundare)
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Kommunist.Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat. Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten, habe ich nicht protestiert; ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter. Als sie die Juden holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Jude. Als sie mich holten, gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte. (Pastor Martin Niemöller)Which translates to:
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist.When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
