Thursday, 19 June 2014

Slave Driver - Bob Marley

What statement is Marley making about Human Rights here? What do you think he means by the line:
"Today they say that we are free,
Only to be chained in poverty."

Post your comments...

"Slave Driver"

Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh. Oo-oo-ooh! Oo-oo-ooh.
Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: gonna get burn. (catch a fire) Wo, now!

Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very souls.
Today they say that we are free,
Only to be chained in poverty.
Good God, I think it's illiteracy;
It's only a machine that makes money.
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all. Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh.

Slave driver, uh! The table is turn, baby, now; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, baby, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)

Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very soul.

O God, have mercy on our souls!
Oh, slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire ... [fadeout]

3 comments:

  1. "Slave Driver"

    Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh. Oo-oo-ooh! Oo-oo-ooh.
    Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
    Catch a fire, so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)
    Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
    Catch a fire: gonna get burn. (catch a fire) Wo, now!

    Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
    My blood runs cold.
    I remember on the slave ship,
    How they brutalize the very souls.
    Today they say that we are free,
    Only to be chained in poverty.
    Good God, I think it's illiteracy;
    It's only a machine that makes money.
    Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all. Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh.

    Slave driver, uh! The table is turn, baby, now; (catch a fire)
    Catch a fire, so you can get burn, baby, now. (catch a fire)
    Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
    Catch a fire: so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)

    Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
    My blood runs cold.
    I remember on the slave ship,
    How they brutalize the very soul.

    O God, have mercy on our souls!
    Oh, slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
    Catch a fire, so you can get burn. (catch a fire)
    Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
    Catch a fire ... [fadeout]


    but this song is very inspiring to me and this shows how slavery works

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  2. He tells us that there is no more slavery but only to be chained in poverty. No food or money. So no one is actually free

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  3. telling us hes scarred for life about hearing a whip remember he was a slave

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