Lyric discussion by seasidezingst 

Cover art for African Herbsman lyrics by Bob Marley and the Wailers

the part "With a transplanted heart (yes, how quick they had to part)" is adopted from the richie havens song indian rope man which by the way also is a really cool song..but the words are a little different i suppose...

@seasidezingst I believe Bob has adapted Havens' song as a comment to Lee Scratch Perry, who 'transplanted' reggae to London.... out of context, a slave to the music industry, because no one listened to that wise old Indian Rope Man (see my comment). "How quickly the Wailers & PERRY had to PART (opinions)"