anonymous April 26th, 2007 12:33PM  
lol this song is definitely about his people being brought out of slavery into a modern form of slavery..

anonymous November 15th, 2007 03:18PM  
Yeah, I like that last post.
Any buskers out there? Here’s a third verse for Redemption Song:
Have you ever really listened to the words Bob Marley wrote?
His really was a one love mission, singing songs to bring you hope.
So let go of this world and its prejudice and do more loving every day
Cos when he asked you to sing these songs with him, he was asking you to change your ways.

anonymous April 27th, 2008 12:27AM  
Bob Marley was not a "sell out" he sang because it was what he loved.

anonymous May 6th, 2008 12:46PM  
This song is about colonialism. Marley was known for admiring many non-violent contemporaries of the time who had been leading their nations to freedom from colonialism and taking control of their countries from the white nationalists. He has been quoted in interviews regarding Jamaica's need for forging of its own government through generations of its own people. Hence comes songs of freedom paralleling negro spirituals and moving on from oppression people still face even after being considered "free". The line about killing prophets refers to the murder of many contemporaries in Africa who were seen as threatening keeping this opression and exploitation in place of the British.

plechnin November 10th, 2008 05:02PM  
I don't think Bob Marley's songs talked about specific things all that much,but rather about timeless lessons. this specific song is a reflection on time,slavery and all the things associated with them. time is god's creation, god is stronger than man, therfore no man made force can stop the progress of the universe(or the time). " have no fear from atomic energy...". this song also talks about slavery,although it mentions the slavery in which one man is bound to another, it regarads to it as a form oh slavery which our generation has abolished. nevertheless, as time passes, other form of slavery emerge,in today's world a man is a slave of his mind. essentialy I think that Bob Marley ment that slavery(in all its form) is a product of man's dark desire to overcome god's power,and many men see it as a natural part of history "some say its just a part of it, we've gotta fulfill the book" but it is not. The true form of man as god intented it bo is the form of freedom, and Marley as a religious man will sing songs of freedom untill those who believe that they have to fulfill time with slavery realize that slavery is artificial while freedom is divine.

Surfer_Coyote November 18th, 2008 12:59AM  
This simple, yet beautiful song, is not necessarily about the slavery of one person by another, but the slavery we force upon ourselves. It's a cry to free ourselves of all this hate and confusion, and to seek out the things that will improve our souls and love for our fellow man. Bob is trying to say that we have but one life, and it is short, so don't waste it worrying about the things of the world. Focus on the things that really matter like love, family, etc.

anonymous May 9th, 2009 10:21PM  
being that i am fron dey islands as well. Pretty much everybody down there knows what most of his songs are talking about. So if i were white I'd stop singing his songs, because he's talking about ya'll. DUHHHHHHHHH!

anonymous October 20th, 2009 04:23PM  
wow hes talking to white people? no hes talking about people like YOU who do nothing but judge to make themselves fell better. hes sing about peace with yourselves and others not just "your kind of people" if i was you i would start listening to his music more maybe you'll get.

anonymous November 9th, 2009 05:17AM  
i think bob marley saw the bigger picture that is becoming more and more evident now, he was against the people who propagate war, the privilaged few who sit on top manipulating things to make sure the rest of us are kept on our knees(check peter pumpkin head lyrics), the people who kill our prophets (jews christian and muslim)that propagate religion where people are considered equal any time a person propagates peace he is brought down, taken out or his name gets slandered. those who think they have power above god, who keep us all their slaves.... he saw it and spoke through song...