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The often overlooked 1987 Pride anthem that still moves people to tears
“The higher you build your barriers, the taller I become / The further you take my rights away, the faster I will run / You can deny me, you can decide, to turn your face away / No matter ’cause there’s, something inside so strong / I know that I can make it, though you’re doing me wrong, so wrong / You thought that my pride was gone, oh no, there’s something inside so strong.”Upon its release, protests against apartheid laws in South Africa were escalating. Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was still in jail. He’d been imprisoned since 1962.