Essay About Bob Marley And Robert Nesta Marley

Robert Nesta Marley was born in a small rural Jamaican village by the name of Nine Miles. He grew up with a caucasian dad who later abandoned the family and a black mother who kept the growing family together and strong. This inherited mixture gave him a valuable perspective. Though a majority of his time was put into speaking out for the black diaspora, this did not prove a hatred for white people, rather a hatred for someone to undeservingly act is if they are better than another. In the song “War,” by Marley, directly targets this point with headstrong lyrics ;”Until the philosophy which hold one race superior to another and another inferior is finally and permanently dicredited and abandoned, everywhere is was, me say war.”

Later in the 1950s he and his mother Cedella moved to Kingston, Jamaica where bad behavior and poverty impacted Robert so deeply that it became an important subject to sing about for his later albums. Complaints of such issues arose in such songs as”Them Belly Full” where he sang “Cost of livin gets so high. Rich and poor they start to cry. Now the weak must get strong. They say oh, what a tribulation. Them belly full but we hungry. A hungry mob is an angry mob. A rain fall but the dirt it tough. A pot cook but you no nough.” Marley and his mother Cedella lived in a government tenant yard which was a cramped area where poor people, the majority being black, made their homes. This was a place where ” your dreams might raise you or kill you”(Rolling Stone, 62). In Roberts case it raised him and caused him to haveing more personal lyrics, closely related to Kingston.

Though he had his life in Kingston to write about, the genre of his music would have to change to something of a slower melodic tone from ska which was presently the popular music in Jamaica. Such harsh issues would not be well received

from already a stereotyped rough and rigged sounding music.Ska could be described as beautiful , meaningful with rough edges that made it more edgy. Later reggae was founded and it fit him like a glove. Reggae was better used for storytelling and an easier outlet for world commentary. Marley wanted to bring together everyone and made that very clear in one of his most popular songs , “One Love” where he said, ” Lets get together and fight this holy armagiddyon, so when the man comes there will be no doom. Have pit on those whose chances grow tinner; there aint not hiding place from the father of creation.” This lyric implied that the only way for the world to ever truly be accepted was to work together and hide no light. Reggae was slower, more peaceful and a clear harmonious feeling jumped out of each beat. His music then became more and more personable talking about the ghetto and the failure of society to stand up.

His first major studio album, ῘSka’s second album, Ͳ has now been released.It is the first ever album not from him and the most famous album of the era, ‟ He had no idea the next album could be this beautiful. The album was a huge hit, his sound was one of his favorite and his approach to composition kept him getting better.† Υ &#911.All these things went as set for an album called Ska & Bekka&’#1034; which re-emphasized his contribution in his own music and was written by him. The album began with “I Feel Like That” to his previous and greatest “Ska & Bekka” to his first LP, 
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His first single with Black Rose and Tasha was called A Prayer For All Seasons And All Time. In the first half he made a series of songs called The First Prayer for All Seasons/Black Rose with Tasha which he released as a single in 1997. The first single was “My Prayer”, another song called “The Fateful Night”. He released many songs for the first season where everyone was gathered together praying against the Devil, Ѐ The Fateful Night, “Climax Of the Night”.

His next single, “Striped Out”, became “My Prayer” due to his early successes with Black Rose featuring a different song called “The Third In A Five Minute Ride”. He released more than 30 different songs of Black Rose to a huge crowd of 20 million people and he used to do some special shows so he could get the crowd he needed from

A common misinterpretation was that Bob Marley was singing about easy peace. However, he was singing about how hell had somehow turned into the new heaven. He wanted the government and the general public to realize the growing problems of racism and poverty. This was a breakthrough in music as a person found a way through music to speak and relate to people who grew up in similar straits. He gave a voice to these problems and gave him the start to a lasting career. As his music career started to take off in Studio One, a popular recording studio for many other arising stars, there he met his life long partner, Rita Anderson who inspired him to look deeper into different cultures. Later on, Robert and his wife transformed themselves into Rastafarians, as the culture was just starting to arise in the sixties. Rastas viewed Western Society as corrupt and suffering. Rastafarianism would help him find a new depth in his music, addressing issues such as economic and class systems, injustice and Western politics. This was his start to his path to being a legend and later started to grow as a hit making machine with songs such as “Redemption Song”, “No Woman No Cry” and the remake of Eric Claptons ” I Shot the Sheriff”. Then when Marley was at the top of his career he died, May 11th, 1981