2020.07.20.
Marley
I was born in a modest familyInjustice and war are things I despise
I grew up in the fields
Repeating the same gestures
To earn some money
Because poverty's intolerable to me
I did not know my father, he was captain
He came from England, this land is not mine
But my passion is not here, soon I am leaving my home
I kiss tenderly my mother who did so much for me
Where I go I do not know, but God leads my steps
And I feel myself, somewhere, being someone apart
So much feelings are jostling in my heart
Who palpitates and grows up crushing the fear
Life hurts me, I am afraid for my brothers and sisters
I want the good but the bad is doing his job
Me, I want to play with my voice and become a singer
To generate happiness before hope dies out
I am 16 years old, I work, go on with bravery
With fellas my first single comes out
May the force be with me, the track without detour
The people will hear me, in any case I will do everything for
I grew up in a modest ghetto
My first name is Nesta, and nobody tests me
I believe in music, in the importance of texts
I attack in my songs things I detect
I do not like disco, I flee from it like the plague
My sound is the Roots that I even throw out at the mass
Some problems but the songs lead to others
In my land shady productors go wild
It is the rest that I pick up, even if I find it pitiful
I do not win lots, but I am giving so much of myself
Otherwise, I love football, since I am a little child I am crazy of balls
I like to kick in the ball full ball and I have it anywhere I go
Weed makes me good, and even relieves me
It helps me forgetting that dogs put us in cages
Here I am as I am, as I want to break
Failures I wipe them off, the legend has begun
I am 30 years old, my songs resonate
The world knows my name and the dogs like me
But leave me be, I work on the album
I am a powerful man now call me Bob
I am a star but I stay humble
I am not the type to flip over
Child of the people I was born, I will stay that way
I never underwent the influence of the western lands
I love the women who are with me, inspiring my writing
I tune the softness of words with the strength of writings
I wear big hats, I love weed when it is pure
I do not abuse the money, just some nice cars
In concert it is unbelieveable how crowds are going wild
Unforgettable dates and tours following one another
Everywhere I go, are human tides created
My message is not secret, every day I walk it
I finally found my father, he lives in Ethiopia
I also found my land, the one who saw life's birth
Eyes set on the world, I am weaving my philosophy
Never again someone in the world who red it forgets it
Sadly, the politic context is tense
Elections approaching, youngsters are shooting at one another in the street
I know that all my brothers are killing each other
I am disgusted by all this blood for two corrupted men
And comes my turn, when those madmen enter my courtyard in broad daylight
And hit their triggers like deaf people
Marley killed by two crazy ones and a nuts guy
No that, is cinema, keep your gun under seal
The concert will be maintained and the fight continues
Because the bullet did not take off the hope of my sight
I still have things to tell, still have things to do
It is no time to die, it is not the way either
There are people counting on me and I count on people
On the intelligent people, they are the most disturbing
It is with them, united and solid like welding
That until the last breath we will counter hard times
One day I will go but my work will stay
Natural Mystic, man, there are things that we don't explain
Why me, I felt the need to do this
Why this attraction, why I weighed this weight
But here it is, a morning, destiny plays the fool
Takes me by surprise and injects its venom
My feet hurt, I am exhausted, but the turners want to turn
We are going, if I have to die, I want to sing
Already 36 years I arrived on this earth
1981 marks the end of my era
Today, I would have 60 years or so
But well, I succeeded and I am proud of it