Marley
- Jah Rastafari!
Exodus
Movement of Jah people yeah
Jah come to break the oppression
Rule equality
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Wipe away transgression
Set your captives free
Jah
Rastafari
Jah
Rastafari
He used to love singing.
I used to teach him little jingles,
and he used to love them.
And the chief one that he used
to know was...
I had a little donkey that's grey
I feed him in a barn every day
And when he hears me whistle
he knows I have a thistle
He'd rather eat a thistle than hay
Hee-haw hee-haw
Hee-haw hee-haw
And that is all my donkey can say
And then you would see him,
you know, keeping time.
And you would see
that he was enjoying it.
How did it all start?
Had music always been a part of your life
from when you were a little boy?
What part of Jamaica?
- Yeah?
Well, you see,
Bob Marley is my cousin, you know?
- Bob liked to ride the donkey
and, you know,
go to the field with his grandfather
and things like that.
Because he's a country boy, you know.
Nine Mile was a place that...
there wasn't a lot of civilized activity.
Electricity was not available
in those areas,
so you see a lot of "peeny wallies"...
you know, those little fireflies.
And that's the only light at night...
other than the moon
and the stars, you know.
So, as a youth
coming out of Kingston...
that was accustomed
it was really something
to get accustomed to.
And do you remember
when you first met Robert?
- Yes. First time I saw him,
I saw this little youth...
cutting up this big chunk of wood
and putting it on his head bit by bit
and taking it away...
I say, that's...
You know, and then...
He was the only little,
what you call it,
red "pickney" in the place,
because everybody else
was black people.
Who was Bob's dad?
He liked
when you call him "Captain."
Yes, but his...
his name is Norval.
I met him right there in Nine Mile,
and then as a white man in the district,
you know, always ride
his horse and things like that.
He and my father
becomes good friends.
Then at that time he see this little girl
and I guess he liked her, and, um,
we finally get together
and that's how it...
that's how it happened.
How old was your sister
when she met the Captain?
- She was, what, 16.
Captain was...
He was about in his 60s.
- So he was an old man?
- Yes.
- My name is Peter Marley.
Bob Marley is my second cousin.
What did you know about
Bob Marley's father?
He rode a horse most of the time.
He was in the British army.
I think he was stationed somewhere
when he got shell shock.
I understand he drank
and that he lived a...
What should I say?
A full life.
Did he get teased
for being mixed?
Yeah, sure.
Worse than teased.
Teased is not the word
You call it rejected.
He did everything that
his bigger uncles should be doing...
because it was
their duty to move horses...
and to make sure
that the pigs were fed,
and they left
all of that work for Robert.
He had to earn his every meal.
We went to the same school.
And he had me teaching me the stuff...
of what takes place in the country...
how to ride a donkey, how to ride a horse.
How to do all of this kind of stuff.
'cause...
that was what I was exposed
I was accustomed to
building bamboo guitars...
and sardine tin guitars.
Cutting the wire...
the electric wire...
opening it up, taking out those little
fine wires and making our strings.
In a little district on a little island
Where men and pretty gal run wild
Well there's one old crazy
who went much wider
So they call her rider
Rough rider
- Outta that, Robert Marley saw...
a way out.
His guitar.
In high seas or in low seas
I'm gonna be your friend
I'm gonna be your friend
I heard her praying praying praying
I said I heard my mother
She was praying in the night
And the words that she said
The words that she said
Lingers in my head
She said a child is born in this world
He needs protection
Whoa mmm
When it hits
You feel no pain
I say one good thing about music
When it hits
You feel no pain
Hit me with music
Hit me with music now
This is
Trenchtown rock
Don't what's that
We grew up in Trench Town.
We were exposed to everything.
'Cause you have the bad guys there
who eventually turn out
to be the con men.
You have the musicians.
And you have the sportsmen.
Everybody lived just like a block away
from each other.
It's like a melting pot.
- Well, living in Trench Town,
you know, um,
as a young man, surviving was easy.
The only thing that you have to really
look out for was the police, you know,
'cause the police can just get ya,
frame ya.
You go to prison and...
"Look, I come from Trench Town."
Trench Town's that...
Find them say, "Where you from?"
You say, "Trench Town."
You're gone.
You know what I mean?
- No, it was tough.
All of Kingston is like that, you know?
Everybody.
A lot of people don't know, but Bob, me,
all of we, went to bed hungry a lot.
I mean real hungry.
I don't mean like, "He had some,
Nothing.
"Drink some water and go to bed."
You know?
In those days you never have...
You might have one pair of shoes.
One suit of clothes.
So you walk bare feet all the time.
Bob too, you know?
A lot of people don't know that.
That kind of sufferation and struggle...
can make you either go bad or good.
And I guess
that's what he did, you know?
He figured the music would get him out,
so he stuck to it and focused,
you know?
You know, as an individual
they're forced to be creative.
Because that's where
your reggae music born, Trench Town.
Natty dread
Natty dread
Natty dreadlock
In Trench Town
we have First Street.
All the way up to 13th Street.
First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,
and so on and so forth.
Him sing about it in "Natty Dread."
Then I walk up the First Street
Natty dread
And then I walk up
Natty dread
- He was different, mon.
He was different.
He just loved music.
Music and cricket and football.
Natty Congo I
Natty dread
- One day he just come home
and give me the books and say,
"I'm not going back to school."
And, um, him say have a friend
that he can give these books to.
And he did that,
and then he turned to his music.
I'm a rebel
Soul rebel
I'm a capturer
That's right
Soul adventurer
Yeah mon
I'm a rebel
Soul rebel
Robert keep pounding,
keep pounding, keep pounding.
Telling me that
this is what it should be and, uh...
And I'm saying, "No,
I'm gonna get ready to go to college.
I can't be no music."
He say, "No, it's music."
When did you begin
to get involved in music?
- Well, I was always interested
in music,
but at that time I was learning
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