"Redemption Song" is the last track on Bob Marley and the Wailers' ninth Island music album, Uprising. The song is considered Marley's seminal work, with lyrics derived from a speech given by the Pan-Africanist orator Marcus Garvey. At the time he wrote the song, circa 1979, Bob Marley had been diagnosed with the cancer that later was to take his life. According to Rita Marley, "he was already secretly in a lot of pain and dealt with his own mortality, a feature that is clearly apparent in the album, particularly in this song". Robert Bob Nesta Marley OM (February 6; 1945 May 11; 1981) was a Jamaican musician; singer-songwriter and Rastafarian. He was the lead singer; songwriter and guitarist for the ska; rocksteady and reggae bands: The Wailers (1964 1974) and Bob Marley & the Wailers (1974 1981). Marley died nearly thirty years ago; but remains the most widely known and revered performer of.
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