Bob Marley

Ég er að hlusta á meistara Robert Nesta Marley, eða Bob Marley eins og flestir þekkja hann. Ég veit ekki hvaða tónlistamður mér þykir bestur, en það er enginn tónlist sem kemur mér í eins gott skap eins og tónlist Marleys. Svo eru textar hans með dýpri textum sem ég hef lesið og mikill tilgangur með þeim. Bob Marley var í miklum tengslum við uppruna sinn og söng margra baráttusöngva til heimsálfunnar sem hann er ættaður frá, Afríku. Hér er einn slíkur, Zimbabwe, sem er óopinber þjóðsöngur Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe er að finna á plötunni Survival sem var gefin út árið 1979.

Zimbabwe

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny, And in this judgement there is no partiality. So arm in arms, with arms, we'll fight this little struggle, 'Cause that's the only way we can overcome our little trouble.

Brother, you're right, you're right, You're right, you're right, you're so right! We gon' fight (we gon' fight), we'll have to fight (we gon' fight), We gonna fight (we gon' fight), fight for our rights!

Natty Dread it in-a (Zimbabwe); Set it up in (Zimbabwe); Mash it up-a in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe); Africans a-liberate (Zimbabwe), yeah.

No more internal power struggle; We come together to overcome the little trouble. Soon we'll find out who is the real revolutionary, 'Cause I don't want my people to be contrary.

And, brother, you're right, you're right, You're right, you're right, you're so right! We'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight), we gonna fight (we gon' fight) We'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight), fighting for our rights!

Mash it up in-a (Zimbabwe); Natty trash it in-a (Zimbabwe); Africans a-liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
I'n'I a-liberate Zimbabwe.

(Brother, you're right,) you're right, You're right, you're right, you're so right! We gon' fight (we gon' fight), we'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight), We gonna fight (we gon' fight), fighting for our rights!

To divide and rule could only tear us apart; In everyman chest, mm - there beats a heart. So soon we'll find out who is the real revolutionaries; And I don't want my people to be tricked by mercenaries.

Brother, you're right, you're right, You're right, you're right, you're so right! We'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight), we gonna fight (we gon' fight), We'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight), fighting for our rights!

Natty trash it in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe); Mash it up in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe); Set it up in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe); Africans a-liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe); Africans a-liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe); Natty dub it in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).

Set it up in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe); Africans a-liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe); Every man got a right to decide his own destiny.