"Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near.”- Paul Robeson
(singer, actor & activist)
(singer, actor & activist)
Artists must learn to become activists. Artists must somehow yearn to become activists who speak up and speak out, giving an artistic voice to the voiceless and raising some sense of cultural and social consciousness in the society that surrounds them. Without doing so, the artist leaves a void instead of a legacy along with a mere dent rather than an impression on life in 
his or her times.
his or her times.One Question (originally, published in Words from the Underground by Bruce Jackson)
There is an alert.
Someone sounded the alarm.
They sang out like a herald,
Crying out for change.
Someone said something must be done.
Yet, I raise a question:
Who will do it?
Who will lead the change?
The ones who ask for it merely scatter.
The ones who said it was necessary cringed.
No one stepped up.
No one stepped out.
Who will lead the change?
Who will it be?
The question lingers on. Will you lead the change? Answer for yourself.
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