Crazy Baldheads Lyrics
Captain Trips is talking out of his ass, and this is coming from a Jamaican. The government is not run by white people and most Jamaican citizens are not Rastafarians. Rastafarians are a minority discriminated against by a large portion of the Jamaican population. However, Bob, in referring to the baldheads here was expanding the plight of rastafarians to that of the majority of the population because in Jamaica "baldhead" and "babylon" is used to refer to the establishment as set up by colonial powers and as they have continued. The song is a post-colonial lament and call-to-arms that could be sung by any former colonial peoples exploited to create wealth for an upper-class that benefits from their hardwork then tries to teach them to hate themselves and adopt the attitudes and perspectives of the oppressive powers that be (Brainwash education). The first poster mostly got it.
Not only that.
Not only that.
In this songs' case, it is also important to understand the friction that occurs between farmers and the wealthy, in an area with a small land base.
In this songs' case, it is also important to understand the friction that occurs between farmers and the wealthy, in an area with a small land base.
Rastas generally eat natural foods, and many are farmers/fishermen (in the subsistence sense.) Many wealthy folk (most who happen to be gov. workers becuase such a small place has such a limited economy,) look down on farmers because they believe farmers must do this because they are not educated enough to do anything else. Rasta ain't no bum.
Rastas generally eat natural foods, and many are farmers/fishermen (in the subsistence sense.) Many wealthy folk (most who happen to be gov. workers becuase such a small place has such a limited economy,) look down on farmers because they believe farmers must do this because they are not educated enough to do anything else. Rasta ain't no bum.
Rasta are closer to the earth than your common consumer, and...
Rasta are closer to the earth than your common consumer, and I respect them for that (amongst other things.)
Bob, your music will help to steer the course of souls in the present, and future. Live up!
@lilchen While I agree, it's coming from a minor voice, he wasn't a Captain or a Minority, neither did he want to be or seem to be . He was a single voice who had resonance with something earth bound not heavens sent. That singular? It became the most positive, respectfully too, voice of our time his time and future time we rely upon. You have no idea what my future may bring or take away from. From a political viewpoint? I think you have no idea, in my humble opinion, you need to go back to junior school and recap what a minor...
@lilchen While I agree, it's coming from a minor voice, he wasn't a Captain or a Minority, neither did he want to be or seem to be . He was a single voice who had resonance with something earth bound not heavens sent. That singular? It became the most positive, respectfully too, voice of our time his time and future time we rely upon. You have no idea what my future may bring or take away from. From a political viewpoint? I think you have no idea, in my humble opinion, you need to go back to junior school and recap what a minor fails to understand in the eyes of the adjacent adults... Guardians are just that, adults who help us grow the best they see fit. They are you Minority and they probably understand a plight more than yourself.
maybe.. just my guess.. he doesn't like how his people work and work for the goverment and what they get in return is hate, scorn, poverty, and being brainwashed while they get educated. And i guess he wants to chase them outa town and get a better goverment so these things don't happen to his people.
Jamaica didn't achieve full independence until 1962. At the time Bob wrote this song (1976), Jamaica was still very much dealing with the social and political ramifications of British rule. As far as the Rastafari, it is and was a popular movement that was made even more popular by Roots music, so the government did try to use the music for their own gain. So yes, there is alot of politics and colonialism in the song, but the real origin of the song is much simpler than that.
The history that the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston (his old house - great trip btw - a must) gives on their tour was that Bob, being from south Kingston, moved into a nice house on the northeast side of town that was an affluent neighborhood with Kingston's who's who's living there. Bob moved in and lived life large. He would have people over for footie matches and jam sessions on the back porch. The neighbourhood wasn't used to all this sort of activity.
After a late night of (more than likely) a lot of medicinal herbs and jamming with friends, his neighbours, who were white by the way, complained. Bob was pissed off enough to write this song. It is true that this song carries the weight of the oppressive colonial history of Jamaica as a whole, the song is also about his @$$h@le neighbours that personified, as you can hear, a lot of what was going wrong with Jamaica at the time.
Hmmmm...I dunno about this.
Hmmmm...I dunno about this.
what does this song meaaann?
maybe.. just my guess.. he doesn't like how his people work and work for the goverment and what they get in return is hate, scorn, poverty, and being brainwashed while they get educated. And i guess he wants to chase them outa town and get a better goverment so these things don't happen to his people.
Is he talking about skinheads?
takemeaway is close. To understand the meaning of the song, one must understand something about bob. bob is a rastafarian (obviously). They believe a verse in the bible indicates that one must not cut his hair to remain holy. this practice is primarily a black-jamaican one. the government is really messed up in jamaica, it's ran by all white christians, but the majority of the citizens are black and rastafarian. Thus the government, are the "crazy baldheads."
hmm...i'd have to say that captain trips is right. but to elaborate even further, i think that marley is speaking out in particular about the christian missions to convert rastafarian people/other religions to christianity ("telling us of your god above"), and, as already stated, their political/economic/social monopoly in jamaica, despite the difference in numbers. one <3 ~ Che
Its not the just the gov't or the christians. If you weren't Rasta, you were a baldhead. He's talking about all non Rastas in general.
you're rigth. Balheads for rastas are the non-rastas.
you're rigth. Balheads for rastas are the non-rastas.
the baldheads = people with no dreadlocks
@sunmoonandstars ye to be more exact, people that cut their hai
@sunmoonandstars ye to be more exact, people that cut their hai