Nelson Mandela

Free Nelson Mandela Free, Free, Free, Nelson Mandela Free Nelson Mandela Twenty-one years in captivity His shoes too small to fit his feet His body abused but his mind is still free Are you so blind that you cannot see I say Free Nelson Mandela I'm begging you Free Nelson Mandela He pleaded the causes of the ANC Only one man in a large army Are you so blind that you cannot see Are you so deaf that you cannot hear his plea Free Nelson Mandela I'm begging you Free Nelson Mandela Twenty-one 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 speak I say Free Nelson Mandela I'm begging you Oh free Nelson Mandela, free Nelson Mandela I'm begging you begging you Please free Nelson Mandela free Nelson Mandela I'm telling you, you've got to free Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Written by Dammers Performed by The Special AKA Produced by Elvis Costello Musicians Stan Campbell - lead vocals Jerry Dammers - organ John Shipley - guitar Gary McManus - bass John Bradbury - drums Rhoda Dakar - vocals Dick Cuthell - trumpet Andy Aderinto - saxophone David Heath - flute Paul Speare - penny whistle Afrodiziak (Caron Wheeler, Naomi Thompson, Claudia Fontaine) - backing vocals Molly & Polly (Jackson) - backing vocals Lynval Golding - backing vocals Elvis Costello - backing vocals Ranking Rodger - backing vocals Dave Wakeling - backing vocals Released 1984-04-17 Albums The Special AKA, In The Studio, 1984 Singles Nelson Mandela, 1984 Internal links Lyrics External links YouTube