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=Bob Marley- Buffalo Soldier (Composed in 1980)=

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= = =Lyrics=

BUFFALO SOLDIER, DREADLOCK RASTA: THERE WAS A BUFFALO SOLDIER IN THE HEART OF AMERICA, STOLEN FROM AFRICA, BROUGHT TO AMERICA, FIGHTING ON ARRIVAL, FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL.

I MEAN IT, WHEN I ANALYZE THE STENCH - TO ME IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE: HOW THE DREADLOCK RASTA WAS THE BUFFALO SOLDIER, AND HE WAS TAKEN FROM AFRICA, BROUGHT TO AMERICA, FIGHTING ON ARRIVAL, FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL.

SAID HE WAS A BUFFALO SOLDIER, DREADLOCK RASTA - BUFFALO SOLDIER IN THE HEART OF AMERICA.

IF YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY, THEN YOU WOULD KNOW WHERE YOU COMING FROM, THEN YOU WOULDNT HAVE TO ASK ME, WHO THE ECK DO I THINK I AM.

IM JUST A BUFFALO SOLDIER IN THE HEART OF AMERICA, STOLEN FROM AFRICA, BROUGHT TO AMERICA, SAID HE WAS FIGHTING ON ARRIVAL, FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL; SAID HE WAS A BUFFALO SOLDIER WIN THE WAR FOR AMERICA.

DREADIE, WOY YOY YOY, WOY YOY-YOY YOY, WOY YOY YOY YOY, YOY YOY-YOY YOY! WOY YOY YOY, WOY YOY-YOY YOY, WOY YOY YOY YOY, YOY YOY-YOY YOY! BUFFALO SOLDIER TRODDIN THROUGH THE LAND, WO-HO-OOH! SAID HE WANNA RAN, THEN YOU WANNA HAND, TRODDIN THROUGH THE LAND, YEA-HEA, YEA-EA.

SAID HE WAS A BUFFALO SOLDIER WIN THE WAR FOR AMERICA; BUFFALO SOLDIER, DREADLOCK RASTA, FIGHTING ON ARRIVAL, FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL; DRIVEN FROM THE MAINLAND TO THE HEART OF THE CARIBBEAN.

SINGING, WOY YOY YOY, WOY YOY-YOY YOY, WOY YOY YOY YOY, YOY YOY-YOY YOY! WOY YOY YOY, WOY YOY-YOY YOY, WOY YOY YOY YOY, YOY YOY-YOY YOY!

TRODDIN THROUGH SAN JUAN IN THE ARMS OF AMERICA; TRODDIN THROUGH JAMAICA, A BUFFALO SOLDIER FIGHTING ON ARRIVAL, FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL: BUFFALO SOLDIER, DREADLOCK RASTA.

WOY YOY YOY, WOY YOY-YOY YOY, WOY YOY YOY YOY, YOY YOY-YOY YOY! WOY YOY YOY, WOY YOY-YOY YOY, WOY YOY YOY YOY, YOY YOY-YOY YOY!

=Why I have chosen this song?=

I have chosen this song because I like very much the lyrics and the reggae rhythm of Jamaica. This song makes me feel happy when I listen to it because I like the sweet and peaceful voice of Bob Marley accompanied by the drums and guitars. My imagination takes me to a caribbean beach with a lot of birds and coconuts, it makes me feel very relaxed and in total harmony with myself.

=Bob Marley's Biography=

Bob Marley was born the 6th february 1945 in Jamaica and he died because of a malignant melanoma under the nail of one of his toes the 11th may 1981. Marley refused to amputate his toe under the advice of the doctors due to his religious beliefs. He was a Rastafari and for him the most important person was the Negus of Abyssinia. His father was a white Jamaican and his mother was a black women, but Marley identified himself as a black African because his two biggest influences were the afro-american leaders and Haile Selassie, the Negus of Abyssinia. He was Catholic but converted to Rastafarian because of it's beliefs in 1960s.

=Bob Marley's Career=

His music, the reggae, was influenced by the social issues of his homeland. In 1963 he formed a group of reggae music called "Bob Marley & The Wailers". His best-known songs are "No Women No Cry", "One Love", "Stir it up", "Three Little Birds" and "Buffalo Soldier". The people of all the world new the reggae because of him. He was a good songwriter and a good musician. Bob Marley has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and his song "One Love" was named the song of the millennium by BBC. In 1978 he awarded the Peace Medal of the Third World form the United Nations and in 1981 the Jamaican Order of Merit.

=So what do the lyrics say?=

"Buffalo Soldier" is one of the most famous reggae songs. The title and lyrics refer to the black U.S cavalry regiments known as "Buffalo Soldiers", that fought in the Indian Wars after 1866. Marley liked to compare the fight of the Buffalo Soldiers with the fight for survival of the black people that had to go to fight for the American army in Vietnam. In his song he says that the black people were stolen from Africa as slaves and they were fighting for survival. They didn't from what country of Africa they came from. Marley says that black people helped to won the wars of America.