Inspired from watching this cool video of Gladiator dedicated to the heroic Maximus played by Russell Crowe- one of my favorite movies and great characters. The original song is by Lisa Gerrard. Wonderful.

““Now We Are Free”
by Derek Felix AKA D Flex

Now we are free
For all to see
After being deceived
Fought so valiantly to achieve

Never gave up the good fight
Had to persevere and reach your destined sight
No matter how much heartache or pain
You were much too strong in the brain

Possessing so much inner drive
Which explained why you survived
Bloody and beaten but kept on going
With images of your wife and son showing

Now we are free
From all the misery
Having never given in
To that evildoer’s distasteful sin

Despite their tragic slaying
In this shameful game he was playing
You killed all foes and were on the move
Fully driven cause you had so much to prove

Determined to prove a point
Which explained why the crowd would anoint
Adoring you for the passion on display
Cheering your sword and shield expressing what to say

Now we are free
And can let it be
Having come home
And finally won

One final battle to the death
Where good and bad take their last breath
With you overcoming a concealed wound
Beating, tormenting and killing that goon

Good over evil on this bittersweet day
But in the end you got your way
Able to rejoin them up above
Forever being with the ones you love

Avenging them and the King for what you believed
Which is why you’re at peace and can really leave
On this day you might really be gone
But your legend shall always live on

Now you are free
For your family to see
You’ll be staying quite a while
And that’s why you can finally smile