<b>War par Sinéad O'Connor en 1992</b> <br /><br />"War" is a song recorded and made popular by Bob Marley. The lyrics are derived from a speech made by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I before the United Nations General Assembly in 1963. <br /><br />In 1992 Sinéad O'Connor performed "War" a cappella on Saturday Night Live with slightly modified lyrics, referring to child abuse rather than racism. At the end of this performance, she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II to protest the Catholic Church covering up cases of child molestation by priests. In 2005 O'Connor released a studio version of "War" on her album Throw Down Your Arms. <br /><br /><i>Until the philosophy,<br />Which holds one race superior<br />And another inferior,<br />Is finally and permanently<br />Discredited and abandoned,<br />Everywhere is war.<br /><br />Until there is no longer first class<br />Or second class citizens of any nation.<br />Until the color of a man's skin,<br />Is of no more significance then<br />The color of his eyes,<br />I've got to say "war".<br /><br />That until the basic human rights,<br />Are equally guaranteed to all,<br />Without regard to race,<br />I'll say "war"<br /><br />Until that day the dream of lasting peace,<br />World-citizenship and the rule of<br />International morality will remain<br />Just a fleeting illusion to be pursued,<br />But never obtained.<br />And everywhere is war.<br /><br />Until the ignoble and unhappy regime<br />Which holds all of us through,<br />Child-abuse, yeah, child-abuse yeah,<br />Sub-human bondage has been toppled,<br />Utterly destroyed,<br />Everywhere is war.<br /><br />War in the east,<br />War in the west,<br />War up north,<br />War down south,<br />There is war,<br />And the rumors of war.<br /><br />Until that day,<br />There is no continent,<br />Which will know peace.<br /><br />Children, children.<br /><br />Fight !<br /><br />We find it necessary.<br />We know we will win.<br />We have confidence in the victory<br />Of good over evil<br />Of good over evil<br />Of good over evil<br /><br />Fight !</i><br /><br /><b><i>Spéciale dédicace à Reine-Zinzin et à tous ceux qui souhaitent combattre les penchants les plus noirs des êtres humains</i></b>
