Biografi Bob Marley

Terlahir dengan nama Robert Nesta Marley pada Februari 1945 di St. Ann, Jamaika, Bob Marley berayahkan seorang kulit putih dan ibu kulit hitam. Pada tahun 1950-an Bob beserta keluarganya pindah ke ibu kota Jamaika, Kingston. Di kota inilah obsesinya terhadap musik sebagai profesi menemukan pelampiasan. Waktu itu Bob Marley banyak mendengarkan musik R&B dan soul, yang kemudian hari menjadi inspirasi irama reggae, melalui siaran radio Amerika. Selain itu di jalanan Kingston dia menikmati hentakan irama Ska dan Steadybeat dan kemudian mencoba memainkannya sendiri di studio-studio musik kecil di Kingston.
Bersama Peter McIntosh dan Bunny Livingston, Bob membentuk The Wailing Wailers yang mengeluarkan album perdana di tahun 1963 dengan hit “Simmer Down”. Lirik lagu mereka banyak berkisah tentang “rude bwai” (rude boy), anak-anak muda yang mencari identitas diri dengan menjadi berandalan di jalanan Kingston. The Wailing Wailers bubar pada pertengahan 1960-an dan sempat membuat penggagasnya patah arang hingga memutuskan untuk berkelana di Amerika. Pada bulan April 1966 Bob kembali ke Jamaika, bertepatan dengan kunjungan HIM Haile Selassie I —raja Ethiopia– ke Jamaika untuk bertemu penganut Rastafari. Kharisma sang raja membawa Bob menjadi penghayat ajaran Rastafari pada tahun 1967, dan bersama The Wailer, band barunya yang dibentuk setahun kemudian bersama dua personil lawas Mc Intosh dan Livingston, dia menyuarakan nilai-nilai ajaran Rasta melalui reggae. Penganut Rastafari lantas menganggap Bob menjalankan peran profetik sebagaimana para nabi, menyebarkan inspirasi dan nilai Rasta melalui lagu-lagunya.

The Wailers bubar di tahun 1971, namun Bob segera membentuk band baru bernama Bob Marley and The Wailers. Tahun 1972 album Catch A Fire diluncurkan. Menyusul kemudian Burning (1973–berisi hits “Get Up, Stand Up” dan “ I Shot the Sheriff” yang dipopulerkan Eric Clapton), Natty Dread (1975), Rastaman Vibration (1976) dan Uprising (1981) yang makin memantapkan reggae sebagai musik mainstream dengan Bob Marley sebagai ikonnya.

Pada tahun 1978, Bob Marley menerima Medali Perdamaian dari PBB sebagai penghargaan atas upayanya mempromosikan perdamaian melalui lagu-lagunya. Sayang, kanker mengakhiri hidupnya pada 11 Mei 1981 saat usia 36 tahun di ranjang rumah sakit Miami, AS, seusai menggelar konser internasional di Jerman. Sang Nabi kaum Rasta telah berpulang, namun inspirasi humanistiknya tetap mengalun sepanjang zaman.

Jumat, 29 Oktober 2010

Liric Lagu Bob Marley

cry to me

(Ooh-ooh, hoo-hoo-hoo! Ooh-ooh hoo-hoo!)
Cry to me, now;
You gonna cry to me, yeah!
You're gonna walk back through the heartaches;
You're gonna walk back through the pain;
(Shed those) Shed those lonely teardrops:
The reaction of your cheating game.

You got to cry to me, now!
You're gonna cry - cry - cry to me, yeah! Yeah!
Lord knows how I get from the heartaches;
Lord that leadeth me, yeah!
And now I'm by the still water.
You've got to cry to me, yea-ea-eah!
You gonna cry to me now;
You've got to cry - cry - cry to me, yeah!
You're gonna spend those lonely hours.
You're gonna shed those lonely tears;
(Walk back) Walk back through the heartaches;
(Walk back) Walk back through the pain;
(Shed those) Shed those lonely teardrops:
The reaction of your cheating game.

You're gonna to cry to me, now!
You got to cry - cry - cry to me, yeah!
Saying, (don't know) don't know - know how I get from the heartaches;
(Lord that) Lord that leadeth me, yeah-eah-eah!
(Shed those lonely teardrops) Now I'm by the still water;
(The reaction of your cheating game) Gonna cry to me now, hey!
(Cry) Cry
(Cry) Cry


One love, one heart

Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One love)
Hear the children crying (One heart)
Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right."
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (One heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me

One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One love)
So shall it be in the end (One heart)
Alright, "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
"Let's get together and feel all right."
One more thing

Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One love)
So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (One song)
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation

Sayin', "One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right."
I'm pleading to mankind (One love)
Oh, Lord (One heart) Whoa.

"Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Let's get together and feel all right.

(Repeat)


No, woman, no cry;

No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry.
’Cause – ’cause – ’cause I remember when a we used to sit
In a government yard in Trenchtown,
Oba – obaserving the ’ypocrites – yeah! –
Mingle with the good people we meet, yeah!
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we have lost
Along the way, yeah!
In this great future, you can’t forget your past;
So dry your tears, I seh. Yeah!
No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry. Eh, yeah!
A little darlin’, don’t shed no tears:
No, woman, no cry. Eh!
Said – said – said I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown, yeah!
And then Georgie would make the fire lights,
I seh, logwood burnin’ through the nights, yeah!
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge, say,
Of which I’ll share with you, yeah!
My feet is my only carriage
And so I’ve got to push on through.
Oh, while I’m gone,
Everything’s gonna be all right!
Everything’s gonna be all right!
Everything’s gonna be all right, yeah!
Everything’s gonna be all right!
Everything’s gonna be all right-a!
Everything’s gonna be all right!
Everything’s gonna be all right, yeah!
Everything’s gonna be all right!
So no, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry.
I seh, O little – O little darlin’, don’t shed no tears;
No, woman, no cry, eh.
No, woman – no, woman – no, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry.
One more time I got to say:
O little – little darlin’, please don’t shed no tears;
No, woman, no cry.
 


Stir It Up

Stir it up; little darlin', stir it up. Come on, baby.
Come on and stir it up: little darlin', stir it up. O-oh!

It's been a long, long time, yeah!
(stir it, stir it, stir it together)
Since I got you on my mind. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Oh-oh!
Now you are here (stir it, stir it, stir it together), I said,
it's so clear
There's so much we could do, baby, (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Just me and you.

Come on and stir it up; ..., little darlin'!
Stir it up; come on, baby!
Come on and stir it up, yeah!
Little darlin', stir it up! O-oh!

I'll push the wood (stir it, stir it, stir it together),
then I blaze ya fire;
Then I'll satisfy your heart's desire. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Said, I stir it every (stir it, stir it, stir it together),
every minute:
All you got to do, baby, (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Is keep it in, eh!

(Stir it up) Oh, little darlin',
Stir it up; ..., baby!
Come on and stir it up, oh-oh-oh!
Little darlin', stir it up! Wo-oh! Mm, now, now.

Quench me when I'm thirsty;
Come on and cool me down, baby, when I'm hot. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Your recipe is, - darlin' - is so tasty,
When you show and stir your pot. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

So: stir it up, oh!
Little darlin', stir it up; wo, now!
Come on and stir it up, oh-ah!
Little darlin', stir it up!
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/Guitar solo/
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Oh, little darlin', stir it up. Come on, babe!
Come on and stir it up, wo-o-a!
Little darlin', stir it up! Stick with me, baby!
Come on, come on and stir it up, oh-oh!
Little darlin', stir it up. /fadeout/



Is This Love

I wanna love you and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;

We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -

Is this love that I'm feelin'?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you - I wanna love and treat - love and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:

We'll be together, yeah! - with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter, yeah, oh now! - of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.

Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Wo-o-o-oah! Oh yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!
Yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
See: I wanna love ya, I wanna love and treat ya -
love and treat ya right.
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads!
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! Jah provide the bread.
We'll share the shelter of my single bed

Jamming

We're jamming
I wanna jam it with you,
We're jamming, jamming
And I hope you like jamming too
Ain't no rules, ain't no vow, we can do it anyhow

I and I will see you through,
'Cos every day we pay the price with a little sacrifice
Jamming till the jam is through.
We're jamming

To think that jamming was a thing of the past,
We're jamming, jamming
And I hope this jam is gonna last
No bullet can stop us now, we neither beg nor will we bow

Neither can be bought or sold.
We all defend the right, JAH JAH children must unite
Your life is worth much more than gold.
We're jamming, jamming

We're jamming in the name of the Lord
We're jamming, jamming
We're jamming right straight from JAH
Holy mount Zion

Holy mount Zion
JAH sitteth in Mount Zion
And rules all Creation
Yeah, we're jamming, jamming
I wanna jam it with you
We're jamming, jamming
I'm jammed, I hope you're jamming too

Jam's about my pride and truth I cannot hide
Too Keep you satisfied.
True love that now exist is the love I can't resist
So jam by my side.

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