Song time - 1:10 - 1:50
Bob Marley-Jamaican singer-songwriter, musician and guitarist -1945 - 1981
Song - Redemption Song - Released: 1980
other songs - Buffalo Soldier, Stir it up, Jamming
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds - suggests that the people he were singing to have the opportunity to break free from any bonds. These lines were taken from a speech given by Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican political leader who was a proponent of the Pan-Americanism movement
Have no fear for atomic energy Cause none of them can stop the time - Modern technology is not all powerful
How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look - This referrers to the death of MLK, and JFK.
The song is inspirational and pro civil rights talking about freeing from mental slavery.
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