Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica – May 11, 1981 Miami, Florida) better known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was one of the most widely known reggae musicians of all time, famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica. Much of his work deals with the struggles of the impoverished and/or powerless. He has been called the Charles Wesley of the Rastafari movement for the way in which he spread the faith through his music.

He was the husband of Rita Anderson Marley, who regularly performed with Bob Marley as a member of his back-up singers the I Threes. She had 4 of his 9 acknowledged children, including David Ziggy Marley and Stephen Marley who together continue their father's musical legacy in their band the Melody Makers. Another of his sons, Damian Marley (aka "Jr Gong"), has also started a career in music. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley
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Redemption Song – Bob Marley

Exercises

1- Complete the lyrics with the missing words.

Old 1_________, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my 2_______ was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty.
We forward in this 3_________
triumphantly.

Won't you help to sing
These songs of 4_________
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

Emancipate 5__________from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the 6_______
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look
Some say it's just a 7_________ of it:
We've 8______ to fulfill de book.

Won't you help to sing
These songs of ________
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

(Guitar break)

Emancipate 9__________from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a-the 10________
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a 11_________ of it:
We've 12_________ to fulfill the book.

Won't you help to sing
These songs of13__________? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
14___________ songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of 15________.

2- How do you think that Bob Marley was felling at the moment he wrote this song?

3-Try to find the meaning of Almighty.

Created by Adriana Gazzoni & Camila Strapetti 2°A 2005

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