Lucky Philip Dube was born on the 3rd of August in 1964. After a few failed pregnancies attempts by his mother Sarah, Lucky came into the world. Giving birth to a boy was considered a blessing and his mother considered his birth so fortunate that she aptly named him ‘Lucky’. His birth took place on a small farm outside the town of Ermelo, a dry, unspectacular area some 150 kilometers west of Johannesburg. Born into a single parent family, times were tough for a black boy born into poverty and with the Group Areas Act and the Pass Laws of the time, many families relocation was restricted, therefore children grew up not knowing their fathers at all, as they were often forced to leave home to find work in the cities. Lucky’s parents had separated before he was born.
His mother relocated to find work, leaving Lucky and his siblings Thandi and Patrick to be cared for by his devoted and steadfast grandmother. Unfortunately for Sarah, work was scarce and survival became her objective as she took a job as a domestic worker, barely able to send money home for her children. Lucky began working at the age most western children enter school to help support his grandmother. He began by working in gardens around the white suburbs in town. and what is crucial today is what he has passed through, what lesson taught. one most impressed song up to now was:
“Victim,” Lucky Dube warns society about the growing problem of violence, crime, and injustice, especially in communities where people feel powerless. He shows that violence does not choose specific people anyone can become the next victim. Through the song, he creates fear on purpose, not to scare people, but to make them aware that ignoring crime and social problems puts everyone at risk.
Lucky Dube also criticizes leaders and systems that fail to protect ordinary people. He suggests that corruption, inequality, and lack of responsibility from those in power allow crime to continue. When governments and communities do nothing, criminals grow bolder, and innocent people suffer. The song is a call for accountability and action, not silence or denial.
As future writer and journalist practitioner I wish the world should learnt from the past, but now, we all are judging each other? what crooked cannot be made straight and what lost is uncountable? Distinction wouldn't be a problem; power would be used in serving public interests not violence or unjust activities. let have one world full of peace and live in harmony, I reflect critically ask myself... and find no answer, unless we learnt from the past to make future radiant. what if all world chooses peace over wars? imagine what world we would be having! Stop Genda based violence, and all kind of violence, parents remember family is not victims of your wrong choices. past left scars, to avoid today's traps you have to use yesterday's maps.
Finally, the song carries a strong message about unity and awareness. Lucky Dube wants people to stop thinking violence only affects others and start realizing that society is connected. If injustice is allowed to continue, the cycle will never end. His message is clear: change must come from both leaders and citizens, or the suffering will continue, and there will always be another “next victim.”
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