Lately, I've been reading about Islam/Malcolm X, and I've learned a lot about The Black Man's history. The Muslim religion ( I've been raised Christian) teaches about a man named Malik Yacub. I would have to go on forever if I wanted to tell you completely about his story, but to sum it up briefly, Yacub was the prophet claimed to have "created" the white race. His existence was predestined, as Muslims believe that history is always predicted something like 25, 000 years in advance, as written in the Koran. ALSO predicted was that the white race would "rule" for 4000 years, and that their "time" would be up in 1914 (roughly).
So my question is, in this song, where Bob says:
"How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Some say that it's part of it,
We've got to fulfill the book."
What Book? Was he talking about the Muslim theory? What are your interpretations of this passage? It makes great sense to me why he'd say "some", since he wasn't Muslim.
2007-03-02 10:23:12 · 8 answers · asked by ebonii_cuteee 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Yess, like I said, I know Marley wasn't Muslim. I am Jamaican I know about Rastafarianism though know nothing about a Rastafarian Bible, or one related to Selasie. Is there one? As far as I knew, they use the Holy Bible. No one has answered my question,
"what book is he therefore talking about"? And why would he say "some say"? I see that as his means of distancing himself from "some", yet acknowledging them at the same time.
Muslims teach about Mailk Yacub, I didn't say that Yacub was Muslim.
2007-03-02 10:44:10 · update #1
Thanks a lot everyone...
2007-03-02 10:48:22 · update #2
Good questions about the "book". You may be reading a little too much into it as I don't think it refers to the Koran. You see, "Redemption Song" is descibed by experts as a simple folk song. It was the last track on Bob Marley's ninth Island music album, Uprising. Although Marley was a pioneer in spreading the reggae music of Jamaica throughout the world; "Redemption Song" itself is not as deep as you may think. The opening notes are a variation on "Guns of Navarone", a ska song by The Skatalites which was extremely popular in the 1960's and is marked as a turning point in the evolution of the form.
At the time he wrote the song, circa 1979, Marley had already been diagnosed with the cancer that was to later take his life, and according to Rita Marley, he was already secretly in a lot of pain and dealt with his own mortality, a feature which is clearly apparent on the album, particularly on this song.
The song, like most of Marley's, took on his Rastafarian religious convictions head on, but also urges people to free themselves from their self-imposed mental shackles.
That is what I always got from it...freedom to think what you want,
2007-03-02 10:37:24 · answer #1 · answered by Xonda 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, Bob Marley was a Rastafarian, he was speaking of Haile Selassie the Ethopian prophet.
This song has nothing to do with Islam, or Muslims.
Next, how can you believe anything the Muslims say about what happens 25,000 years ago? There were no Muslims 25,000 years ago, mankind was barely walking upright. And if you want to make any correlation at all about "religion" you cannot follow anything Islam says because there were NO organized religions on earth 25,000 years ago because there was no Koran so how would they know?
2007-03-02 10:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by alwaysbombed 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
You need to read into Rastafarian ism, which Bob was. They believe to an extant that the Black race is cursed. Please look more into it because I don't want to sound stupid. I watched a documentary on Bob and they went in depth about the curse of the Black race.
2007-03-02 10:36:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The song, like most of Marley's, took on his Rastafarian religious convictions head on, but also urges people to free themselves from their self-imposed mental shackles
2007-03-02 10:31:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
malik yacub is not part of the muslim religion...
he is from the cult that is called the nation of islam...they are very different...
marley was a rastafarian not a muslim
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2007-03-02 10:26:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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