« ROBERT NESTA BOB MARLEY » WAS JUST (36 )YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED OF CANCER IN « MIAMI »( FLORIDA) ON THE (11 TH OF MAY 1981)!DURING HIS BRIEF LIFE TIME AND CAREER, HE USED THE PEN AS A SWORD WHEN FIGHTING MUSICALLY OPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE:IN THE SAME WAY, HE MADE IT CLEAR IN HIS OWN WORDS:(« IM A REVOLUTIONNARY WITH MUSIC »)…DOWN THE LINE, HIS LYRICS KEEP ON HAVING A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THIRD WORLD PEOPLE WORLDWIDE!INCREASINGLY, « BOB MARLEY » BECAME A COMMODITY IN MERCHANDISING TERMS NOWADAYS.FOR MANY OBJECTIVE MUSIC OBSERVERS, HIS MUSIC WILL BE AROUND US FOREVER BECAUSE HE WAS A MESSENGER AND AN ARTICULATE POET OF ALL TIMES, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL POP SINGER OF THE (20 TH) CENTURY.GENERALLY SPEAKING, « RASTAS » BELIEVE IN POSITIVE VALUES:PEACE LOVE AND HARMONY BUT THE CONTROVERSY GOES ON BECAUSE THERE IS STILL RAMPANT RACISM WITH THEM, KNOWING THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LABELED EVER SINCE AS A BURDEN FOR UP CLASSES AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE!
-FURTHERMORE, « BOB MARLEY » POINTED OUT:(« OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK WITHIN, ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE LIFE YOU’RE LIVING? SO LET’S REMEMBER IN THE SAME TREND, SOME OF HIS RELEVANT AND PROTEST LYRICS FROM THE « LP » ENTITLED (« SURVIVAL »)(1979-1980):(WAKE UP AND LIVE):(« LIFE IS ONE BIG ROAD WITH LOTS OF SIGNS SO WHEN YOU’RE RIDING THROUGH THE HUTS, DON’T COMLICATE YOUR MIND »)(« BABYLON SYSTEM »):(« WE REFUSE TO BE WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE,WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, THAT’S THE WAY IT’S GOING TO BE! YOU CAN’T EDUCATE FOR NO EQUAL OPPORUNITY, TALKING ABOUT MY FREEDOM, PEOPLE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY-BABYLON SYSTEM IS A VAMPIRE SUCKING THE CHILDREN DAY BY DAY,SUCKING THE BLOOD OF THE SUFFERERS, BUILDING CHURCH AND UNIVERSITY DECEIVING THE PEOPLE CONTINUALLY!ME SAY GRADUATED THIEVES AND MURDERERS, LOOK AT NOW!
(FROM THE CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR YVES T BOUAZO)(« IMAGE »: »BOB MARLEY »)