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Determination Lyrics by Mandala Band

Mandalaband I

1975

[Verse 1]
We marched into this paradise
With mortar bombs and tanks for liberation
Murdering and pillaging
Burning temples for re-education
[Chorus]
We're told that they are primitive
We're helping with our cause the people's freedom
But I'm not so sure that this time
The people weren't already free
[Chorus]
We're told that every man among us
Must father at least three half-caste children
To intermarry all our cultures
Show the people wе are far superior
[Build Up]
That finally Tibetans and oursеlves
Will live in peace with one another
But I'm not so sure that, after this
I can live with me
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
The wise men of this ancient nation
Live in exile rather than beneath us
Probably because they know already
The real reason why we're here
[Chorus]
To suffocate alternatives
Start enforcement to the revolution
To supplement the workforce
On the road to greater conflict East and West
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 4]
But after all the bombing
And the final round of self-capitulation
Tibet will rise again
Protected by her Himalayan wall and height
[Chorus]
And guided down the predetermined path
By the living incarnation
They have one weapon other cultures lack
Determination
Determination!
[Guitar Solo]
Credits
Mandala Band

Mandala Band

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"Determination" appears on "Mandalaband I" in 1975.

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