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This song seems to be about South African Apartheid.

"How can I turn away.

Brother/Sister going dancing through my head.

Human as to Human"

Many in that country just turned their head away from the suffering that was occurring in that country.

"Cry freedom cry

From a crowd 10,000 wide

Hope laid upon hope

That this crowd will not subside.

Let this flag burn to dust and a new fair design be raised."

This seems to refer to a rally before the end of apartheid. When Mandela came into power, they got rid of the Afrikaan flag and created a new flag with the colors of the ANC being split by the colors of the US which have traditionally been seen as the colors of freedom.

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