Bob Marley Quotes & Sayings

#1. Today they say that we are free, only to be chained in poverty.

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#2. Live for yourself and you will live in vain;
Live for others, and you will live again.

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#3. Emancipate yourself from mental slavery

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#4. You can't find the right roads when the streets are paved.

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#5. The truth is an offense but not a sin
Is he who laugh last, children! is he who win

Is a foolish dog bark at a flying bird
One sheep must learn, children! to respect the sheperd

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#6. The bars could not hold me. Force could not control me. They tried to keep me down, but Jah put I around. Yes, I've been accused. Wrongly abused. But through the powers of the Most High, they've got to turn me loose.

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#7. I'll give you my phone number. When you worry, call me. I'll make you happy.

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#8. Life must be somewhere to be
found, instead of # ConcreteJungle .

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#9. I'm not educated; I'd be a damn fool if I was (educated)!

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#10. I love to see when ya move with the rhythm; I love to see when you're dancin' from within; It gives great joy to feel such sweet togetherness,
everyone doin' and they're doing their best!

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#11. Well, me don't swim too tough so me don't go in the water too deep.

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#12. In the abundance of water a fool is thirsty.
Rat Race, from the album Rastaman Vibration
When one door is closed, many more is open.
Coming in from the Cold, from the album Confrontation
It is better to live on the house top
than to live in a house full of confusion.

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#13. Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you prejudice, you can't move, you keep prejudice for years. Never get nowhere with that.

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#14. You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me.

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#15. Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

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#16. One of my good friends said, in a reggae riddim, don't jump in the water if you can't swim ...

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#17. I wish we were all hippies and did yoga, lived in cottages, smoked weed, accepted everyone for who they are, and listened to wonderful music. I wish money didn't make us who we are. I just wish we could redo society.

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#18. The devil ain't got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil's a good friend, too ... because when you don't know him, that's the time he can mosh you down.

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#19. When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can't take the peace.

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#20. Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.

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#21. Don't Let them fool you or even try to school you

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#22. It's your own conscience That is gonna remind you That it's your heart and nobody else's That is gonna judge.

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#23. Live the life u love
love the life u live

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#24. One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain

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#25. I have got a running stream of love you see. So no matter what stages.. they put us through, we'll never be blue.

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#26. Only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird.

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#27. Facts an' facts, an' t'ings an t'ings: dem's all a lotta fockin' bullshit. Hear me! Dere is no truth but de one truth, an' that is the truth of Jah Rastafari.

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#28. In high tide or in low tide,
I'll be by your side

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#29. Money can't buy you life

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#30. The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

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#31. You open your heart knowing that there's a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible.

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#32. Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.

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#33. Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers ... make sure you hands are clean!

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#34. Overcome the devils with a thing called love.

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#35. A hungry mob is an angry mob.

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#36. Don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh! Every little thing gonna be all right. Don't worry!" "Don't worry about a thing" - I won't worry! Cause every little thing gonna be all right.

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#37. People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

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#38. And no matter what games they play
we got something they could never take away

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#39. If yuh don't know God yuh goin' suffer and dead! No God Noh Partial, regardless weh yuh deh pon earth.

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#40. The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.

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#41. Bless my eyes this morning, Jah sun is on the rise once again

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#42. He's not perfect. You are not either

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#43. True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it's dark around you.

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#44. No man can lead mean, we have to have unity.

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#45. Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

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#46. He who feels it, knows it more.

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#47. The hotter the battle the sweeter the victory.

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#48. We know where we're going cause we know where we're from.

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#49. We don't need no trouble! What we need is love!

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#50. I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

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#51. Life, it's life we deal with ... He that sees the light And knows the light Shall live.

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#52. I woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun.

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#53. Most people think great god will come from the skies, take away everything, and make everybody feel high. But if you know what life is worth, you will look for yours on earth.

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#54. Rise and take your stance once again

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#55. Make way for the positive day.

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#56. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality.

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#57. We should really love each other in peace and harmony, instead we're fussin' n fighting like we ain't supposed to be.

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#58. As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

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#59. Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold.

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#60. Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side, not the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.

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#61. How many rivers do we have to cross,
Before we can talk to the boss?

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#62. Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.

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#63. Whose the cap fit, let them where it.

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#64. If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.

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#65. In high seas or in low seas, I'm gonna be your friend ... I'm gonna be your friend. In high tide or in low tide, I'll be by your side ... I'll be by your side.

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#66. Set it up in Zimbabwe, Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny, And in this judgment there is no partiality. So arm in arms, with arms, we'll fight this little struggle, 'Cause that's the only way we can overcome our little trouble.

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#67. Could you be loved and be loved?

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#68. Many more will have to suffer, many more will have to die , don't ask me why !

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#69. My future is righteousness.

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#70. Jah would never give the power to a baldhead; run come crucify the Dread.

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#71. One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

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#72. Yeah me see myself as a revolutionary, would wouldn't want no help and imma take no bribe from no one and fight it single handed with music

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#73. Everyone in life is gonna hurt you, you just have to figure out which people are worth the pain.

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#74. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever.

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#75. It is better to win the peace and to lose the war.

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#76. We are the children of the Rastaman we are the children of the higher man

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#77. I want to give you some love, I want to give you some good good lovin

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#78. Every man should have the right to choose their destiny.

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#79. Men and people will fight you down when you see the light. Let me tell you if you are not wrong than everything is all right.

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#80. Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

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#81. She may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?

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#82. What does rasta mean? Righteousness.

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#83. You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can't be entertained - or people who are afraid. You can't entertain a man who has no food.

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#84. Oh Mockingbird have you ever heard words that I've never heard

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#85. There's a natural mystic blowing through the air. If you listen carefully now, you will hear.

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#86. Me never believe in marriage that muchmarriage is a trap to control me; woman is a coward. Man strong.

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#87. Love, friendship, laughter ... Some of the best things in life really are free.

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#88. Football is part of I, When I play the world wakes up around me

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#89. You just can't live that negative way.
You know what I mean. Make way for the positive day. Cause it's a new day ...

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#90. Why drink and drive if I can smoke and fly?

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#91. Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.

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#92. Me can't be prejudice. Me can't me no think of life that way. Because, me figure if you prejudice, that mean you have a hate. If you have a hate inside of you, you can't be righteous.

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#93. a pot a cook but the food na kno

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#94. My life nah important to me, but other people life important. My life is only important if me can help plenty people. If my life is just for me and my own security then me no want it. My life is for people. That's way me is.

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#95. Do you have a record contract? I have a recording agreement. What's the difference? One is an agreement and one is a contract! I am a man who deals by ear.

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