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    Analysis - Bob Marley

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    Bob Marley wrote the song "Redemption Song" to encourage liberation from mental slavery and challenge the societal issues he saw in Jamaica. He was motivated by the historical context of slavery and the continued corruption of leaders. The song was recorded live with just acoustic guitar and Marley's singing. Through repetition and references to slavery, Marley sought to empower listeners to overcome oppression and take control of their own minds and society.

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    Bob Marley wrote the song "Redemption Song" to encourage liberation from mental slavery and challenge the societal issues he saw in Jamaica. He was motivated by the historical context of slavery and the continued corruption of leaders. The song was recorded live with just acoustic guitar and Marley's singing. Through repetition and references to slavery, Marley sought to empower listeners to overcome oppression and take control of their own minds and society.

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    Bob Marley wrote the song "Redemption Song" to encourage liberation from mental slavery and challenge the societal issues he saw in Jamaica. He was motivated by the historical context of slavery and the continued corruption of leaders. The song was recorded live with just acoustic guitar and Marley's singing. Through repetition and references to slavery, Marley sought to empower listeners to overcome oppression and take control of their own minds and society.

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    Bob Marley wrote the song "Redemption Song" to encourage liberation from mental slavery and challenge the societal issues he saw in Jamaica. He was motivated by the historical context of slavery and the continued corruption of leaders. The song was recorded live with just acoustic guitar and Marley's singing. Through repetition and references to slavery, Marley sought to empower listeners to overcome oppression and take control of their own minds and society.

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    Background-

    Why did he write the song?


    Bob Marley, was a musician who created songs that were motivated by the societal and
    political issues that he saw that was occuring in his country. He wanted for his listeners
    to dig deeper and look beyond the surface when it came to societal issues. He didn't want
    us to still be brainwashed by the media and manipulated. He wrote this song to motivate
    this generation to take control, and to free our still from the mindset that hindered us in
    the past and still until now.

    What activism brought him to write the song?


    He was motivated to write this song due to the historical aspect of slavery and he refers to
    this with old language of ‘sold I’ and “Rob I” “Merchant Ships” but more so because of
    the slavery mentality that we are still living in. Even though slavery has been abolished
    they are still aspects of it everywhere, and the biggest one is our mindset. The slavery
    mentality. He warns us of how all the great leaders that try to be of revolution are the
    ones being executed, “They kill our prophets, while we stand and look” he claimed.
    Emancipate yourself from mental slavery” - he reminds us that liberation is both an inner
    personal experience but most especially an act of solidarity to the other. He is trying to
    enlighten people that the leaders that we have today are products of propaganda and
    corruption, and they are part of modernizing slavery. Where it's no longer directly
    happening to us but more so of the mind.

    Composure of this song:


    The song was recorded with live acoustic guitar and his singing. The
    song contains 3 verses and repeated chorus. The song is about 3
    minutes and 56 seconds and Mr. Marley uses a lot of repetitions to
    empathize with the message is trying to convey, and continuously
    emphasizes that songs like these are the songs of freedom that will
    help us to forward in this generation.

    Conclusion:
    To conclude, Bob Marley wrote this song to encourage this generation to take control,
    and similarly to how they abolish slavery they can also abolish the midset. Open their
    eyes, and realize that the system that we are living in is still corrupted and controlled by
    the higher ups, just that now it is not so much directly but indirectly. He uses the
    historical context of slavery to paint the picture that what was happening in the past is
    still now happening just to modernize.

    [Verse 1]
    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

    [Chorus]
    Won't you help to sing
    These songs of freedom?
    'Cause all I ever have
    Redemption songs
    Redemption songs

    [Verse 2]
    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 fulfill the book


    [Chorus]
    Won't you help to sing
    These songs of freedom?
    'Cause all I ever have
    Redemption songs
    Redemption songs
    Redemption songs

    [Acoustic Break]

    [Verse 3]
    Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
    None but ourselves can free our mind

    Whoa! Have no fear for atomic energy


    'Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah 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 the book


    [Chorus]
    Won't you help to sing
    These songs of freedom?
    'Cause all I ever have
    Redemption songs

    [Outro]
    All I ever have
    Redemption songs

    These songs of freedom


    Songs of freedom

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