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SweetieD

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1. That is bob marley using his speech. Haile selassie I never said "me say war".

Reply to Foamfollower (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 01:21 PM

Aug 2017

I know it seems like a small thing. But it irks me when people quote the marley song war and just attribute it to selassie. Marley took many of selassie's words verbatim but marley also inserted his own speaking style when he performed the song.

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That is bob marley using his speech. Haile selassie I never said "me say war". SweetieD Aug 2017 #1

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