{"id":2118,"date":"2026-08-26T14:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/?page_id=2118"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:23:53","slug":"song-lyrics-for-mandela","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/song-lyrics-for-mandela\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Lyrics for Mandela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Long-Road-of-Purpose-Freedoms-Patient-Flame-Treblo.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The_Harder_Way.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Intro]<br>Mm<br>Mm-hmm<br>Mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 1]<br>Stone walls held my shadow twenty-seven cold turns<br>Yet each quiet morning I rebuilt the name<br>Prison bent the years but never broke the flame<br>A purpose learned in darkness always burns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days came slow as hunger in a narrow cell<br>I made of them a discipline of steel<br>Inch by stubborn inch I kept the vision real<br>Through the long endurance I learned to dwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>Not the cage but the condition of my soul<br>That was the mountain I was climbing all along<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>Persevere with purpose<br>Let patience teach the heart<br>Justice needs the courage<br>To finish what we start<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 2]<br>When the high walls opened I did not raise a fist<br>Old wounds called for blood but I chose the bridge<br>A nation torn so long deserved no second edge<br>Revenge was never worth the ground we miss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freedom won must ask how freedom was pursued<br>The methods carry weight beside the prize<br>A righteous end leans on the how and why<br>And what we hand the children comes from what we choose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>Not the triumph but the tenderness we keep<br>That is the harvest shining underneath the deep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>Persevere with purpose<br>Let patience teach the heart<br>Justice needs the courage<br>To finish what we start<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Bridge]<br>Stood alone with a nation&#8217;s heavy chain<br>Listened to the silence still we sang<br>One man&#8217;s steady stride across the ages<br>Became a whole land turning every page<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>Persevere with purpose<br>Let patience teach the heart<br>Justice needs the courage<br>To finish what we start<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Outro]<br>Mm<br>Seek righteousness with care<br>Mm-hmm<br>Until the world is fair<br>Mm<br>Mm-hmm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]MmMm-hmmMm [Verse 1]Stone walls held my shadow twenty-seven cold turnsYet each quiet morning I rebuilt the namePrison bent the years but never broke the flameA purpose learned in darkness always burns Days came slow as hunger in a narrow cellI made of them a discipline of steelInch by stubborn inch I kept the vision realThrough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2125,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2118\/revisions\/2125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}