Stirring up love in his guitar strings, Reggae, calm and soothing, but the flow seemingly with revolt, Hit the passionless cells of my being, With percussion, commanding, To get up and stand up, With his insistence to never give up! The story of renaissance, With redemption and dream, Birds that came to wish you well, Worries dissolving with his voice, Gods never came from the skies, But the music continued. So much trouble in the world, Yet sun was shining with him, Conviction of saving the world with each breath, spreading like marijuana in the nerves, Emancipating men from slavery, with songs of freedom, sounding high! Oh, the world we live today, Devious and deceptive! And yet, the tender joys we share with Bob's eternal voice shall carry no bounds, Like a drop of faith and a world of roots, rock and reggae! Notes Planned to write a poem about Bob Marley, the legendary reggae artist whose birth...