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This somber, horn-laden song from Jamiroquai's second album, The Return of the Space Cowboy is about the slave trade.

The speaker (presumably JK) is taking a look at the truth of the ideas that supported slavery, "the shame of [his] ancestry", and trying to make sense of the horrible practice.

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Manifest Destiny Lyrics: As I remember / It was 400 years or more / Since you came to crucify / And they were taken far away from home / There were promises of paradise / But if they had been told that

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The song talks about how Americans took freedom from other people.

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The song breaks down evil works justified by destiny and religion. the singer also talks about slavery and the damage that was done to Africa and how we lost our culture/tradition. also how the evil ambitions of America's movement cause them to take over America and make the states we call great. If you didnt comply you were looked at as an enemy because they used religion.  Something that stands out in the song is how they told it from their point of view in the and kind of summarized what happened centuries ago.

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I feel like it's not their place to wipe out people just because they feel like it's their "purpose". Thats unethical.

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No one has the right to dismiss anyone based on their beliefs. I really liked the song and found it very catchy.

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The singer expresses the idea that Manifest Destiny is irrational and doesn't justify the loss of enslaved African Americans culture and tradition. The Manifest Destiny showed how Europeans claimed other ethnicities is uncivilized but commit uncivilized crimes to those ethicities

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In the song he speaks about the Trail of Tears and how it affects his life and many soon to be born. He feels haunted by his ancestors past. " A troubled trail of tears will tell the tale
Of how I was put down where I don't belong, oh". another part that stood out to me was when he said "As he took away the blue above the clouds, oh
"Superiority was clearly meant to be
So destiny will manifest itself in time", yeah".

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The singer expresses the song about Manifest Destiny by addressing the hardships of what took place against the African American culture. What stood out was the singer talking about African Americans being taken out their homes and forced upon things.

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The singer says that the slaves were misled and lured into slavery. The singer states,
"There were promises of paradise
But if they had been told that day
That they would be sold this way
To satisfy the souls of chosen men".

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This song talks about how life has changed in history. The artist talks about their ancestry and how 400 years ago slaves were taken from their land. The artist talks about how the slaves were promised certain things that was never given to them.

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It talks about all the struggles black people went through, he talks about slavery a lot. And how we were lured into this almost like a trap.

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This songs is explaining how people can't look down upon any just because of their beliefs and values. The song also talks about slavery and how it has affected African Americans negatively.

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The song breaks down how evil is justified by destiny and religion. The evil he speaks of is enslavement and the damage it has done to many African Americans for or centuries. He highlights this to shed light on how we lost a sense of identity. Americas new becoming had a strong force that made the set out to believe that this was the land of the chosen and only the great. If they felt you were inferior they would walk over you or rid of your existence like an enemy.

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This song talks about slavery, its affects on the present and what people's beliefs has to do with their personality and how they should be treated.

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This song is taken about destiny is the justification  for wrong doing. The lyrics is taking about how black people were taken from their homes and put into slavery. The trail is tears is a terrible memory of how blacks were treated during slavery.

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He speaks about how his ancestors were taken from there homes and mistreated and its affected him and will affect children in the future. the line “Superiority was clearly meant to be so destiny will manifest in time” stood out to me

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I am not entirely clear on the meaning of the song's lyrics, but I think the song describes how Americans, or white people really, use their own religion and beliefs to justify doing terrible things to other people, or even just to look down upon others. The message of the song seems to be that nobody has the right to look down upon others because of their beliefs or however they may justify this. The song also directly relates to the Trail of Tears because of the harm it forced on African people in this manner.

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The Trail of Tears and how it affects his life and the lives of countless more who will be born shortly. He is plagued by the ghosts of his forefathers. "A troubled trail of tears will tell the tale Of how I was put where I don't belong, oh," says the singer. The song also deconstructs horrible acts that are excused by fate and religion. The artist also discusses slavery and the harm it caused to Africa, as well as how we lost our culture and customs. Also, how America's movement's terrible goals force them to take over America and create the states we call magnificent. Because they exploited religion, if you didn't cooperate, you were considered an enemy.

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This song is clarifying how individuals can't peer downward on anything as a result of their beliefs. Also taking about what subjugation meant for African Americans contrarily enlightening all concerning the battles during that time.

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The singer i think is trying to express how they feel the past will cause a downfall. "A troubled trail of tears will tell the tale" meaning that the past will reveal itself. All the things that were forced upon people the lives that were wrongly taken all of their history and pain will manifest into the truth

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What I got while listening to the song was how a group of people used there beliefs to justify their wrong doing.

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this was used to jusify  the genocide of colored people and westward expansion needless to say this is worng.

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The song explains how our struggle is ongoing with constant tragedies. So until our time for our "destiny" we're going to wait it out. Our time will come sooner or later.

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The song shows that the atrocities acted upon back in the day were justified by the Americans hypocrisy

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I think that it really just touches on how if people manifest their destiny it might not just affect what was really for them but for others.

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This song shows how Americans took away freedom from other people and their cultures in the name of progress.

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The song explains how slavery was "destined" to happen or how slavery was seen at the "right thing to do". Ignoring the hard truth that families were stripped a part.

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This song demonstrates the dimissie action they had towards people in the pass because of race.

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The song explains how slavery for justified at one point and that the people really thought they had morals to do such a thing.

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The song shows how settlers felt that it was there destiny to expand across North American. That The United States was destined by God.

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i like the line in the song that say "see i had to look carefully and shame of my ancestry to redefine the story line again"He expressed the idea he doesn't want the story line of others but he wants to create his own

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The lyrics really open your eyes , it justifys the evil of religion . Whatt stands out is the fact that they are washing out people.

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The song talks about how you shouldn´t diminish other people´s beliefs or force them to do anything just for your advantage. The singer expresses ¨Manifest destiny¨ by saying how other people shouldn´t be given the right to change somebody´s future and what they do in life.

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The artist is saying that the the possibility that manifesting destiny is unreasonable and doesn't legitimize the lost and forgotten  cultures of other ethnicities because they were white washed through out the years. The song showed how Europeans asserted themselves as the superior while labeling other ethnicities as inferior.

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The song lyrics speaks for its self.It talks about how Africans were took and stripped away from their land and also talks about africans were stripped of their culture and tradition .Not only that it breaks down how the europeans felt people with darker skin should be lower than them.

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Manifest Destiny is on the idea that bad thing were just supposed to happen. Like how the singer talks about slavery and how it affected Africans.

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this song is talking about how evil is justified

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I'll try to decipher the metaphor. The sun is the United States. The sun is the most powerful object in our solar system, and the United States is the most powerful nation right now. The sun (aka the US) abuses its power and bullies the moon and stars (Middle East countries), who are now rebelling. I could be wrong, but hey, I tried. Also the last part is obviously about bombs dropping, buildings falling, etc.

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The song  talks the atrocities acted upon back in the day were justified by the Americans hypocrisy and the damage that was done Africa and how to lost our culture-Omarion Lewis  

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The song  talks the atrocities acted upon back in the day were justified by the Americans hypocrisy and the damage that was done Africa and how to lost our culture-Omarion Lewis  

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The song talks about to change the world and be a free nation. About religion and what happened in 400 years. "It was 400 years or more".

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It talks about change and can only happen if we work together

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This song is about how change can happen by uniting the people of the U.S and then we can have full freedom.

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The song brings back the reality of the past and what it was done for. It also talks about how change can always happen by uniting (getting together) to make a movement changing the future

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The Trail of Tears and how it affects his life and the lives of countless more who will be born shortly. He is plagued by the ghosts of his forefathers. "A troubled trail of tears will tell the tale Of how I was put where I don't belong, oh," says the singer. The song also deconstructs horrible acts that are excused by fate and religion. The artist also discusses slavery and the harm it caused to Africa, as well as how we lost our culture and customs. Also, how America's movement's terrible goals force them to take over America and create the states we call magnificent. Because they exploited religion, if you didn't cooperate, you were considered an enemy.

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The song is kinda about americans hypocrisy because it is talking about what was happening back in the day like 500 years i think and many americans speaks on it.

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the song is smooth which contrast the lyrics of the song which tells the brutality of the white man on whoever where to stand up to him.

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This song shows how a lot of things were destined to happen like Americans taking away freedom from others and also from other cultures

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this song talks about evil doings that are explained by religion. the singer also sings about Africa and the disruption it has endured over the centuries. it also talks about manifestation and destiny

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the song talk about americans taking freedom and the culture of black ppl

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This song is about the idea that the united states was destined by god to expand to all parts of the us

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The song takes about working together to make change possible.

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It talks about the struggles that black people went through with slavery and like no one should be able to just disregard someone based on what they believe in.

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Afrrican American struggles, most importanly slavery. figurative language and imagery

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This song talks about the cruel things done by white people to poc and how religion and a false narrative of destiny has justified it.

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The songs give pieces about the woulds past and problems that happened over time.

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This song shows how Americans took away freedom from other people and their cultures in the name of progress.

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This song talks about the freedom and rights tooken away from people of other races who white.

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The singer expresses the idea that Manifest Destiny is irrational and doesn't justify the loss of enslaved African Americans culture and tradition. The Manifest Destiny showed how Europeans claimed other ethicities is uncivilized but commit uncivilized crimes to those ethicties

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The singer expresses the idea that Manifest Destiny is irrational and doesn't justify the loss of enslaved African Americans culture and tradition. The Manifest Destiny showed how Europeans claimed other ethicities is uncivilized but commit uncivilized crimes to those ethicties

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3) What strikes me as particularly impressive is how he was able to articulate the wrongs committed by his ancestors against people of color / African Americans. 4)The singer, in my opinion, is attempting to convey ideas about Manifest Destiny by voicing the wrongs that were done to African Americans, such as being viewed as inferior, being forced into slavery, being forced out of their homes, and so on. Because of the harm it caused African-Americans, the song also has a direct link to making them feel unworthy.

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The lyrics really open your eyes. It justify the evil of religion.

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The song talks about how our misleading past and also talks about things from the slaves perspective of being taken from your home and being sold to a chosen man.This can be connected to the hypocrisy  some Americans try to falsely try to teach or ignore.  

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The song talks about how our misleading past and also talks about things from the slaves perspective of being taken from your home and being sold to a chosen man.This can be connected to the hypocrisy  some Americans try to falsely try to teach or ignore.  

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This song talks about how the Americans took freedom from other people.

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This touches on how the things that happened with peoples freedom and the belief that the expansion of the US continents was both justified and inevitable. And was achieved through slavery, and killing of the natives.

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The song talks about the non freedom that this country is built on.

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The Song talks about how evil is justified by destiny and religion at the time. The singer also talks about slavery and the damage that was done to Africa and how we lost our culture/traditions.

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Golden Line: "Superiority was clearly meant to be; so destiny will manifest itself in time".
This song tells a tale of people being taken from their homes and being promised a better life, but when they arrived to this new land, they were betrayed. They had been lied to. They were kept as slaves, and being had been sold off. The settlers had a superiority complex, in such, they felt justified by their actions. They lied, cheated, and stole from these people because they believed it was meant to happen for them. This, clearly, wasn't actually true.

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He speaks about how his ancestors were taken from there homes and mistreated. It breaks down the evil  justified by destiny, religion, and race. The singer also talks about slavery and the damage that was done to Africa and how we lost our land, tradition, resources, and culture. No one has the right to dismiss you or anybody just based on their beliefs and religion.

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The song talks about African American struggles and what they went through while being held captive because

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The song talks about African American struggles and what they went through while being held captive and stripped away from their beliefs

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This song is taken about destiny is the justification  for wrong doing. The lyrics is talking about how black people were taken from their homes and put into slavery. The trail is tears is a terrible memory of how blacks were treated during slavery.

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the song talks about how Americans took freedom from other people and breaks down evil works justified by destiny and religion