Bob Marley Song Analyses

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Bob Marley Song Analyses War One of Robert Nesta Marley’s most powerful and well-known songs, “War”, tells of Bob’s vision of peace and tranquility on earth amongst all people on earth no matter what race or religion we are. His entire life was surrounded by the violence and conflict of Jamaica, and throughout his career he used his music to preach to the people and spread the message of Rastafari: world peace. The ultimate goal that Marley envisioned was for the world to one day completely rid itself of all the evil forces and all people who prevent the earth from becoming a better place for all types of people to live. When Marley says, “That until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, and the rule of international morality, will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued,but never attained”, he is talking about how the world’s most powerful people throughout the 1970’s and 80’s would always attempt to preach world peace, yet they still could not forget their love of power and feeling like they need to be superior to the other countries and people of the world. The illusion of peace would always be painted as something hoped to be achieved one day, but if the steps are not taken immediately to transform the world then nothing will end up changing. To no surprise, 25 years after this song was released, nothing has changed. Bob Marley was a mix of two races, White and African-American. While he always viewed race just as a label to be put on people rather than just being viewed as a human being, the lesser people of the world wanted to view themselves as better than others, and a way they found to do that was through racism. Marley knew that the first steps to be taken towards peace and a war-less world would be for the people of all countries to accept each other’s differences and coexist no matter what color of your skin or creed
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