Marley, Bob (Robert Nesta, 1945-81) Jamaican Rastafarian singer, guitarist and reggae composer born near Kingston. In the 1970’s he frontmanned “Bob Marley and the Wailers” and became a charismatic figure and international symbol for black emancipation and, in a general sense, human liberation and peaceful coexistence. His message was backed by second to none melodies, lyrics and musical arrangements in songs like Redemption Song:
How long shall they kill our prophets, while we stand aside and look? Some say it’s just a part of it, we’ve got to fulfill the Book.
And Pimper’s Paradise:
She’ll be laughing when there ain’t no joke. A pimper’s paradise, that’s all she was now. A pimper’s paradise, that’s all she was.
As well as Coming In From The Cold:
Would you let the system make you kill your brotherman?
No, Dread, no!
Would you make the system make you kill your brotherman?
No, Dread, no!…
Well, the biggest man you ever did see was – was just a baby.
Along with Time Will Tell:
Think you’re in heaven but you’re living in hell
Time alone, oh! time will tell
Think you’re in heaven but you’re living in hell
Marley was baptized in 1980 by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jamaica over a year before he died of cancer in 1981. » Rastafarianism
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