So Much Things To Say

another masterpiece from the "Album of The Century" EXODUS everything about this song is perfect, from the beautiful melody that the Wailers put down to the conscious lyrics to Bobs flawless delivery. Bob was truly a man on a mission from above,

R.I.P. Robert Nesta Marley

Bob Marley: Album: Exodus Song: So Much Things to Say “I will never forget no way the sold Marcus Garvey for rice.” The song lyric is not the following: “I will never forget no way the stole Marcus Garvey for rights”

If you have read the lyrics on the internet you have been mislead. If you have heard the answer to the meaning behind the incorrect lyrics you have been mislead.

To the best of my research here is why I can say the lyrics are not “Stole Marcus Garvey for rights”. 1) I listened to the song! Bob speaks very clearly in all versions I could find, especially on the Exodus album. He says “Sold Marcus Garvey for rice”
2) I listened to the song! Rita and the I-Threes clearly repeat Bobs lyrics and also say “Sold Marcus Garvey for rice” 3) I read the lyrics inside the album cover. The lyrics are printed very clearly, “Sold Marcus Garvey for rice” 4) The explainations for the case “Stole Marcus Garvey for rights” declare that the USA African Americans used him to gain civil rights in USA. None of the Civil Rights movements use Marcus Garveys /Garvey-ism to help build cases. Marcus Garvey/ Garvey-ism was about Repatriating Africans to Africa. He never wanted to fight for African Rights in the USA. In fact he met with the leader of the KKK to help get the USA to deport all blacks back to Africa and found Liberia. He actually tried to get CalvinCoolridge to have FDR add this as an amendment to the “New Deal” policy. Most Civil rights leaders condemn Marcus Garvey for his attempts to do this. Malcom X “did” preach about Marcus Garvey but only because he also wanted to Repatriate Africans to Africa. No one used Marcus Garvey to regain rights in USA! Do you really think Bob Marley is condeming the USA African Americans for attempting to earn Civil Rights?

Here is why I can say the lyrics are “Sold Marcus Garvey for rice” 1) I listened to the song! Bob speaks very clearly in all versions I could find, especially on the Exodus album. He says “Sold Marcus Garvey for rice”
2) I listened to the song! Rita and the I-Threes clearly repeat Bobs lyrics and also say “Sold Marcus Garvey for rice” 3) If you look inside the album cover the lyrics are printed very clearly, “Sold Marcus Garvey for rice” 4) Marley refers to Marcus Garvey in his song "So much things to say", saying, "I'll never forget no way: they sold Marcus Garvey for rice". The song criticizes anyone willing to betray independent African leadership and the pittance the traitors receive (hence the phrase "for rice"). ;User:Da Stressor/Pop Culture References to Marcus Garvey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 5)This quote from Bob Marley is a continuation of the idea that the black man belongs in Africa and there is a continuos struggle to get back to the motherland. This was another idea that Garvey preached. He felt that Africa was the land for the black people just as Europe was the land for the white people, Asia the land for Asians, and Middle East the land for Indians and so on. ;THE DREAD LIBRARY Marcus Mosiah Garvey: The Man, his Movement and his Poetry by C. E. Jordan Gremp

"When the rain fall, it don't fall on one man's housetop." Great Line! He's saying bad things don't happen to just one person. When it seems like it does, it still has an effect on other people.

A song about spiritual warfare.

This is a song about the voice of youth and specifically the importance of the Jamaican youth continuing the struggle against oppression rather than leaving their fate in the hands of the "establishment". A direct plea to the next generation to not forget what the hand of oppression looks like. The stories of Jesus, Marcus Garvey, and Paul Bogle, three characters only loosely related to the Jamaican struggle, exemplify the attitude and far-sighted spirituality that is true of the Rasta and it is that ideal that Marley wants to pass on. All three men spoke out in the face of oppression rather than accepting a less-than-free silence. The silence is what Marley is fighting against.. a voice in the midst of all the "spiritual wickedness" is what he is praying for.