Protest Song Blog Post

War: Bob Marley and The Wailers

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior 
And another 
Inferior 
Is finally 
And permanently 
Discredited 
And abandoned - 
Everywhere is war - 
Me say war. 

That until there no longer 
First class and second class citizens of any nation 
Until the color of a man's skin 
Is of no more significance than the color of his eyes - 
Me say war. 

That until the basic human rights 
Are equally guaranteed to all, 
Without regard to race - 
Dis a war. 

That until that day 
The dream of lasting peace, 
World citizenship 
Rule of international morality 
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, 
But never attained - 
Now everywhere is war - war. 

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes 
That hold our brothers in Angola, 
In Mozambique, 
South Africa 
Sub-human bondage 
Have been toppled, 
Utterly destroyed - 
Well, everywhere is war - 
Me say war. 

War in the east, 
War in the west, 
War up north, 
War down south - 
War - war - 
Rumors of war. 
And until that day, 
The African continent 
Will not know peace, 
We Africans will fight - we find it necessary - 
And we know we shall win 
As we are confident 
In the victory 

Of good over evil - 
Good over evil, yeah! 
Good over evil - 
Good over evil, yeah! 
Good over evil - 
Good over evil, yeah! (fade-out)

In Bob Marley’s song War he protests violence and war.      It was song against colonialism in Africa and it was on the search for peace, equality, and for the end of racism.  When Marley address to, “Until the philosophy  which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned- everywhere is war,” in the beginning of his song, he says that as long as people get discriminated because of their race, there will always be war. He also says, “That until there no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation,” in which he refers to the judgment of people with less money than others.

I personally like Bob Marley. He inspires me because he did what he thought was right and people respected him for it. Every word he says in his song is completely correct. There is war everywhere because there are people that are discriminated because of their color as well as because they are poor. What the world needs is equality and peace. This is significant to me because my grandparents had moved her to the US before I was born and they were discriminated because they were Mexicans and poor. I didn’t think it was fair because they had gone through so much just to see my mother give birth to me and disrespect was their reward. It somewhat makes me feel a bit ashamed that I was born into a place where humans don’t accept other humans because of their color and judgment on how much money they carry in their wallets but I also feel inspired on the way that even though Marley lived in a poor place in Jamaica and was discriminated, it didn’t stop him from making songs about what he thought. The world he lived in was his inspiration for his attempts to changing it and making people realize war will not stop until there is equality.