o Woman No Cry" and "The Redemption Song." The Redemption Song talks about anti slavery. It talks about the black people were slavery to the white and they wanted to be free. For example the song begins by, "Old prites, 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 'and of the Almightly. We forward in this generation Triumphantly. Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom?" (Bob Marley). In this first verse Marley talks atlas about how the black were taken from their home land and ship over in of the ship to America. They Marley talk how the blacks will unite and say strong and that the next generation to come will not have to become slaves. Finally Marley wants people to realize the pain that the blacks had and how the blacks lost their freedom and the they want it back. Marley ends this by singing, "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our mind . . . '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 de book. Won't you help to sing Dese songs of freedom? - 'Cause all I ever had: Redemption songs - All I ever had: Redemption songs: These songs of freedom, Songs of freedom" (Bob Marley). Marley is saying here that us blacks have to come together and regain our freedom. Marley knows its going to take awhile, but us blacks will always have our "Redemption Song." This means that the black will always keep hoping and waiting for their freedom.Reggae was primarily performed by and for the poor Jamaicans. This type of music influenced soul, rhythm and blues, and rock music. Most of the time reggae dealt with the social concerns and religious beliefs of the poor Jamaicans. The reggae roots come from the African music, Jamaican folk music, and north American popular music. Regg...
