Would Modern Environmentalists Be Upset?
Following up on yesterday’s post about sustainability policy, here are the lyrics to one of reggae’s most beloved anthems (Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song”):
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songsEmancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it’s just a part of it
We’ve got to fulfill de Book
Wont you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
‘Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songsEmancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind
Wo! have no fear for atomic energy
‘Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it’s just a part of it
We’ve got to fulfill de Book
Wont you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
‘Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom
I’d love to hear some alternative interpretations for what seems to be pretty straight-forward…fire away in the comments section.
