"People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people."
-Bob Marley
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| Bob Marley with Manley and Seaga at Peace Concert (One Love Peace Concert, Jamaica, 1978)
I was not present during the king of Reggae's time, but I grew up listening to his words and his meaningful messages of unity. We deserve to live in a world where are government is not corrupted and our words stand for something. His messages now empower many, no matter the hardship, struggle, or fight that you are up against. I was a privileged child, but listening to Bob Marley, the King of Reggae, I knew that rich and poor, black and white, young and old all came together, united, because of the power of the music.
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with music comes no pain.
Without a war, there be no music,
But with music there be nobody in vain.
No matter the place you live,
no matter the color of your skin,
there be a music that help ev'rybody,
even if it be the anti-plague Jes Grew or just simply a grin.
I grew up in a good part of town,
others may not have been so lucky,
But once we hear the message of the words
we unite as one.
"Once the band starts, everybody starts swaying from one side of the street to the other, especially those who drop in and follow the ones who have been to the funeral. These people are known as "the second line" and they may be anyone passing along the street who wants to hear the music. The spirit hits them and they follow"
-Louis Armstrong (quote from Mumbo Jumbo)
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