Esta canción es original de Bob Marley and The Wailers y trata sobre el racismo, planteando que mientras haya racismo y actos o actitudes racistas en el mundo, habrá guerra.
El año 1992, y a raíz de las noticias sobre actos de pedofília al interior de la Iglesia Católica en Irlanda, la cantante irlandesa Sinead O'Connor versionó esta canción, a cappella, en el programa
'Saturday Night Live' agregando el concepto "abuso de niños" ("Child abuse"), con el que le cambia totalmente el sentido a la canción y la transforma en una protesta contra la Iglesia Católica y su defensa hacia los abusadores sexuales. Al final de la presentación, la cantante rompe una fotografía del Papa Juan Pablo II y termina diciendo: "Luchen contra el enemigo real" ("Fight the real enemy").
Una canción controvertida, que lamentablemente tiene plena vigencia hoy en día, donde vemos que, claramente, O'Connor no era la que estaba equivocada.
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War
Until the philosophy,
Which holds one race superior
And another inferior,
Is finally and permanently
Discredited and abandoned,
Everywhere is war.
Until there is no longer first class
Or second class citizens of any nation.
Until the color of a man's skin,
Is of no more significance than
The color of his eyes,
I've got to say "war".
That until the basic human rights,
Are equally guaranteed to all,
Without regard to race,
I say "war"
Until that day the dream of lasting peace,
World-citizenship and the rule of
International morality will remain
Just a fleeting illusion to be pursued,
But never obtained.
And everywhere is war.
Until the ignoble and unhappy regime
Which holds all of us through,
Child-abuse, yeah, child-abuse yeah,
Sub-human bondage has been toppled,
Utterly destroyed,
Everywhere is war.
War in the east,
War in the west,
War up north,
War down south,
There is war,
And the rumors of war.
Until that day,
There is no continent,
Which will know peace.
Children, children.
Fight!
We find it necessary.
We know we will win.
We have confidence in the victory
Of good over evil
Fight the real enemy!
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Guerra
Hasta que no hayan ciudadanos
Hasta que el régimen innoble e infeliz