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Bob Marley and the Wailers
“War”
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned
Everywhere is war
Me say war
That until there no longer
First class and second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man’s skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war
That until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all
Without regard to race
Dis a war
That until that day
The dream of lasting peace
World citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued
But never attained
Now everywhere is war – war
And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
That hold our brothers in Angola
In Mozambique
South Africa
Sub-human bondage
Have been toppled
Utterly destroyed
Well, everywhere is war
Me say war
War in the east
War in the west
War up north
War down south
War – war
Rumours of war
And until that day
The African continent
Will not know peace
We Africans will fight – we find it necessary
And we know we shall win
As we are confident
In the victory
Of good over evil
Good over evil, yeah
Good over evil
Good over evil, yeah
Good over evil
Good over evil, yeah! [fadeout]
Writer(s): Bob Marley
The lyrics of this song are heavily inspired by a speech of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I before the United Nations General Assembly in 1963. Selassie was not only one of the most prominent African leaders of his time, but he was respected very much by Bob Marley and Rastafarians.
When Sinead O’Connor performed this song on Saturday Night Live in 1992, she said to the audience, “Fight the real enemy,” and tore up a photo of the Pope John Paul II.
Bob Marley and the Wailers
“Get Up, Stand Up“
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right (3x)
Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight
Preacher man, don’t tell me heaven is under the earth
I know you don’t know what life is really worth
It’s not all that glitters is gold and half the story has never been told
So now you see the light, aay, stand up for your right, come on
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight
{Repeat}
Most people think Great God will come from the sky
Take away ev’rything, and make ev’rybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth, you would look for yours on earth
And now you see the light, you stand up for right, yah
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, get up, stand up
Don’t give up the fight – life is your right
Get up, stand up, so we can’t give up the fight
Stand up for your right, Lord, Lord
Get up, stand up, keep on struggling on
Don’t give up the fight, yeah
We’re sick and tired of your ism schism game
Die and go to heaven in Jesus’ name, Lord
We know when we understand
Almighty God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can’t fool all the people all the time
So now we see the light
We gonna stand up for our right, so you’d better
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight
Rise up, Rise up
Uprising
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Redemption Song
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 fullfil 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…