Legacy of Late Reggae Legend Bob Marley: Jamaica celebrates 70th Birthday
Who else is bold enough, in his lyrics with his “Buffalo Soldier”, Dreadlock Rasta:
“There was a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival”
Be inspired by legend Bob Marley’s great thinking. Here are some of his everlasting quotes;
“If she’s amazing, she won’t be easy. If she’s easy, she won’t be amazing. If she’s worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you’re not worthy. … Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
Jealousy : Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!
Truth: Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?
The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.
Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.
I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.
If something can corrupt you, you’re corrupted already.
“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.”
“Live for yourself and you will live in vain;
Live for others, and you will live again.”
“You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that’s why I’m scared when you say you love me.”
Jamaicans are proud to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the birth of late reggae legend Bob Marley on 6th February, with a Birthday party at his former home
Late Legend Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley OM was a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, musician, and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim, born on 6th February 1945, in Nine Miles, St. Ann parish, northwest Jamaica, died on May 11, 1981, in a Florida hospital from cancer age 36. He sold more than 20 million records throughout his career—making him the first international superstar to emerge from the so-called Third World. He was nicknamed tuff gong because of his ability to defend himself in Jamaica’s Trenchtown ghettos. In 1963, Marley and with the help of his friends, formed the Wailing Wailers who had a big break in 1972, when they landed a contract with Island Records.
Bob Marley’s mum, Cedella Malcolm, daughter Albertha Whilby, and Omeriah Malcolm, a farmer, a “bush doctor”, and one of the most respected residents of Nine Mile married Norval Sinclair Marley, a white Jamaican of Scottish and rumored Syrian Jewish descent, whose father’s family came from England; the family of his mother, Ellen Marley (née Broomfield), came from the Levant. She became pregnant with his son, Robert Nesta (whose second given name “Nesta” means prophetically “wise messenger”). Norval Marley was an officer as well as the plantation overseer. His family applied constant pressure however, and although he provided financial support for them, the Captain seldom saw his wife and son. Bob was ten years old when Norval died of a heart attack in 1955 at age 70. Cedella and Bob then moved to Trenchtown, a slum neighbourhood in Kingston. This was the only place Booker could afford to live at the time, being a young woman moving from the country to the big city on her own.
According to The Guardian “Throughout his life, Bob was an artist/entrepreneur who sought to control his musical production. Having been royally ripped off by successive producers in the early days, Marley was prepared, near the end of his life, to make a deal with a multinational to fund his Tuff Gong label. It would have been a collective for the many Jamaican musicians he esteemed. But his musical legacy is now in the hands of a different generation. The post-mortem marketing of Marley has been phenomenally successful, and his estate is one of the most lucrative of any musician”.