The Influential Music of Bob Marley essays

The Influential Music of Bob Marley essays What are Bob Marley's viewpoints on race/racism and how does he interpret his beliefs through the lyrics in his songs? I chose to research this topic because Bob Marley is my favorite artist of all time. I also chose this topic because not too many people understand his lyrics and his messages he's trying to send out to his listeners, and I thought by researching this topic, I would learn a little more about Marley and his lyrics. The methods I used to do research included Marley songs, books, DVDs and internet websites. While completing this project, my major findings were that Bob Marley was one of the most influential people in music history. Bob Marley used his lyrics and music to spread messages to his listeners about the religion of Rastafari, love, political issues, but most importantly, unity and equality. Poet. Prophet. Rasta. Lyrical genius. Legend. Those are just some words to briefly describe Bob Marley, but the two words that I think best describe Marley are a freedom fighter. Bob Marley was a freedom fighter because that's exactly what he did, he fought against oppression in hopes to gain freedom for himself and his followers. Bob Marley is a symbol of freedom throughout the world, especially the Third World and underdeveloped countries. Marley's philosophy was that everyone has the right to freedom and that you should fight against the system to achieve freedom. Marley said, " Better to die to fight for freedom than to live like a prisoner all the days of your life." Bob Marley's views on race and racism are similar to the beliefs of some of the authors we've learned about in weeks 4-6 about race and ethnicity. Marley and Joe and Clairece Feagin, authors of " Basic Concepts in the Study of Racial and Ethnic Relations," believe that there is only one race, the human race. Marley believed that we are all the creation from one man, and that is God. " God never made any difference between black, whi...