Why The King Of Love Is Dead

Nina Simone

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Transcribed from the live recording made two days after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. INTRO: quick strike of B7b5 and then long flutter of Bb13sus4 and What’s gonna happen now? In all of our cities? My people are rising; they’re living in lies. Even if they have to die Even if they have to die at the moment they know what life is Even at that one moment that ya know what life is If you have to die it’s all right Cause you know what life is You know what freedom is for one moment of your life But he had seen the mountaintop And he knew he could not stop Always living with the threat of death ahead Folks you’d better stop and think Everybody knows we’re on the brink What will happen now that the King is dead? We can all shed tears; it won’t change a thing Teach your people: Will they ever learn? Must you always kill with burn and burn with guns And kill with guns and burn - don’t you know how we gotta react? But he had seen the mountaintop And he knew he could not stop Always living with the threat of death ahead Folks you’d better stop and think Everybody knows we’re on the brink What will happen now that the King is dead?

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Cette chanson évoque la douleur et l'incertitude qui suivent la mort d'un grand leader. Elle décrit un peuple qui se lève face à l'injustice, sachant que la lutte pour la liberté peut mener à des sacrifices extrêmes. L'artiste évoque l'espoir et la prise de conscience que, même dans la souffrance, il existe un moment où l'on comprend la véritable signification de la vie et de la liberté. Le ton est à la fois désespéré et déterminé, mettant en lumière la nécessité d'une réflexion collective sur l'avenir. Cela se déroule dans un contexte historique poignant, peu après l'assassinat de Martin Luther King Jr., un symbole de la lutte pour les droits civiques. Cette période marquait une profonde crise sociale et un besoin urgent de changement.

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