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They say: only the fittest of the fittest shall survive, stay alive!
Uprising (1979)
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.
Uprising (1979)
Truth is the light,
So you never give up the fight.
Don't gain the world and lose your soul
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.
Uprising (1979)
One love, one heart,
Let's get together and feel alright.
Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment.
Today, people struggle to find what's real. Everything has become so synthetic that a lot of people, all they want is to grasp onto hope.
Rolling Stone's The Immortals (2004)
Don't worry about a thing,
'Cos every little thing is gonna be alright.
And what has been hidden from the wise and the prudent been revealed in the mouth of the toddlers.
Uprising (1979)
We don't have education, we have inspiration; if I was educated I would be a damn fool.
As recorded in Time Will Tell (1992)
Two thousand years of history Black History could not be wiped away so easily.
Uprising (1979)
The more you accept herb, the more you accept Rastafari.
Bob Marley interview on Marijuana (1979)
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
Alcohol make you drunk, man. It don't make you meditate, it just make you drunk. Herb is more a consciousness.
As recorded in filmed interview (1979)
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.
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
We JAH people can make it work.
Uprising (1979)
Won't you help to sing,
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had,
Redemption songs.
Uprising (1979)
Possession make you rich? I don't have that type of richness. My richness is Life, forever.
Excuse me while I light my spliff (spliff)
Good God, I gotta take a lift (lift)
From reality I just can't drift (drift)
That's why I am staying with this riff (riff)