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Bob Marley - Redemption Song Song MeaningsLyrics: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 st... (See the rest of these lyrics) Submitted by: username Added: 2005-08-01 05:44:57 Rating:   This was the last song that Bob performed live. It's not about slavery, you have to look deeper into the meaning. It's not about black people or white people. Bob may talk about the "old pirates" but I think what he meant by it all was that we as people are our true captors. People that stress or worry too much and live in the past. He's telling us to free ourselves mentally.
Submitted by: anonymous lol this song is definitely about his people being brought out of slavery into a modern form of slavery..
Submitted by: anonymous It is an apology. He always plays music about mass consumerism and how its bad but then he goes and sells himself out...to be a advertised and have his music sold to people..."sold I to the merchant ships" sold his stuff to people. He is asking for redemption for selling himself out and going against what he believes
Submitted by: anonymous I think this song transcends consumerism. it speaks about how a people's history has been stripped from them when they were "robbed" by "old pirates," meaning taken from their families and sold into slavery, then traded like hard goods all over the globe. he then calls to these people to "emancipate" themselves from "mental slavery," meaning to remember your history, and free your minds--get educated, self-advocate, and earn equality. remember the time and place this song was written in, and its context: it really wasn't that long ago.
Submitted by: anonymous Yeah, I like that last post.
Submitted by: anonymous IT is a reflection of the past and wise advise for future... It is about slavery/mistakes of all kind ... as someone said: "mental liberation". So inspiring...
Submitted by: anonymous Bob Marley was not a "sell out" he sang because it was what he loved.
Submitted by: anonymous 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.
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