Wednesday, May 11, 2011

My Journey to Redemption already has a song!

What more can someone write about Bob Marley?  I think every aspect of his life has been examined.  Every possibility behind every word of every song has already been observed.  I don't know if I would call myself a fan.  I am a follower.  In the end, no other person symbolizes the power of the musical word more greatly than Robert Nesta Marley.  Hard to believe that the world has been without his physically for 30 years because his music is still so prevalent.  He has a song to capture every emotion that could be felt by the disenfranchised.  He speaks my heart and mind while at the same time giving me hope that I have to power to transform.  His work speaks for itself and my love affair with one song will be a forever commitment to Redemption!  The poetry of its words are timeless!  The power of this song's sentiment shows me some thing new every time.  30 years is too long but just press and I'm right there, in the moment like when he performed it for the first time. 

Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill the Book.

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill the book.
Won't you have to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.