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“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Redemption Song; the song was inspired by a speech by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia in October 1937, published in his Black Man magazine, Vol. 3, no. 10 (July 1938), pp. 7-11:
Uprising (1979)
Variant: None but ourselves can free our minds.
Context: Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
“Live for yourself and you will live in vain;
Live for others, and you will live again.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“Possession make you rich? I don't have that type of richness. My richness is Life, forever.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Interview for the Australian TV show 60 Minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LnxGoglJck
“Judge not, before you judge yourself.
Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Song lyrics, Judge Not (single, 1961)
“When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can't take the peace.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Zimbabwe, from the album Survival (1979)
Song lyrics
“Won't you help to sing,
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had,
Redemption songs.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Redemption Song
Uprising (1979)
“When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“I don't stand for black man's side, I don't stand for white man's side, I stand for God's side.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“The best curve on a woman's body is her smile. ”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“Things will be OK in the end. If it's not OK, it's not the end.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“You can fool some people some times but you cant fool all the people all the time”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Response, after being asked why he went ahead and performed in the concert "Smile Jamaica", two days after he, his wife and manager were wounded inside his home after an assault by unknown gunmen, thought to be politically motivated (5 December 1976), as quoted in Bob Marley The Father of Music (2010) by Jean-Pierre Hombasch, p. 5
Variant: The people that are trying to make the world worse never take a day off, why should I?