Bob Marley (1945 – 1981)
More famously known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer, guitarist, songwriter, and social activist.
All dese governments and dis this and that, these people that say they're here to help, why them say you cannot smoke the herb? Herb... herb is a plant, you know? And when me check it, me can't find no reason. All them say is, 'it make you rebel'. Against what?
Truth is the light
So you never give up the fight.
In the abundance of water a fool is thirsty.
Alcohol make you drunk, man. It don't make you meditate, it just make you drunk. Herb is more a consciousness.
I know that I'm not perfect and that I don't claim to be,
so before you point your fingers make sure your hands are clean.
They say: only the fittest of the fittest shall survive, stay alive!
Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too,
so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you.
Judge not, before you judge yourself.
Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment.
Today, people struggle to find what's real. Everything has become so synthetic that a lot of people, all they want is to grasp onto hope.
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
So, no woman, no cry.
We don't have education, we have inspiration; if I was educated I would be a damn fool.
Every day the bucket a-go a well, one day the bottom a-go drop out.
Don't worry about a thing,
'Cos every little thing is gonna be alright.
It is better to live on the house top
than to live in a house full of confusion.
One love, one heart,
Let's get together and feel alright.
Don't gain the world and lose your soul
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.
We JAH people can make it work.
Say you just can't live that negative way
You know what I mean
Make way for the positive day
Cause it's a new day.
The more you accept herb, the more you accept rastafari.
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind.
Have no fear for atomic energy, 'cause none of them can stop the time.