On tomorrow's date exactly 30 years ago, Bob Marley died at the age of 36, succumbing to cancer. I was 8 months old. Today, Legend, the posthumous collection of the musician's work is Diamond Platinum (having gone Platinum ten times in the U.S. and selling over 25 million copies world-wide.) There are very few voices in music, past or present, who can even begin to shed the same emotions as Marley did in his short lifetime. This classless and world-embracing music has followed me my entire life and will live far beyond myself for even more generations to come with messages of peace, hope, and revolution. There is so much to still be learned from this one man's lyrics if we only open our hearts, ears, and minds...
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| Inks on Bristol / 2011 |
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery-
None but ourselves can free our minds."
-"Redemption Song"
"We're sick and tired of your ism-skism game -
Die and go to heaven in Jesus' name, Lord.
We know when we understand:
Almighty God is a living man.
You can fool some people sometimes,
But you can't fool all the people all the time.
So now we see the light (What you gonna do?),
We gonna stand up for our rights!"
This portrait will be featured tomorrow on
Rock Star Martyr with an article from my buddy Joebot on Bob Marley for the anniversary of his death. Be sure to drop by, bookmark him, and check out his articles for which I've been composing portraits of music icons.
