Pride (in The Name Of Love)
U2‘Pride (In The Name Of Love),’ was a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King. The civil rights pioneer was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Though initially written as a song condemning president Ronald Reagan and his pride in the military strength of the U.S., a visit to an MLK exhibit at the Chicago Peace Museum in 1983 along with a couple of books that Bono had been reading at the time, one on Martin Luther King and Malcom X, altered the lyrics.
The song contains the erroneous reference to King's shooting as "Early morning, April 4," when it actually occurred after 6 p.m. Bono acknowledges the error and in live performances he occasionally changes the lyric to "Early evening...."
One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed up on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
Early morning, April four
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
Play with the song, fill the gaps
Legend
- The video player plays from the time specified
- Chorus
- People Talking
leader: remove from power)
The king was overthrown in a military coup.
Make a very loud noise
They killed you
A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect
to free from the guilt of sin
To be brought to shore by the tide
To be be disloyal
Charles I of England was executed for betraying his country.
having sharp points