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:
We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind. 
Uprising (1979)
                                    
“We are free falling backward through time, reincarnating ourselves from our past, reflecting the chaotic energy of the present.”
As quoted in the Sunday Mail, Glasgow.
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                                        Afterword, p. 190 
1980s, Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983)
                                    
“We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.”
1960s, The Medium is the Message (1967)
Source: 1980s, Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), Chapter 2, p. 62
                                        
                                         Address at Oyster Bay, New York (27 July 1904) http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/txtspeeches/104.txt, in response to the committee appointed to notify him of his nomination for the Presidency. 
1900s
                                    
“Time goes from present to past.”
Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice