VIDEO: commercial promoting tourism to Jamaica–uses Bob Marley’s song, One Love.

Let’s put that song in context here.


VIDEO: Bob Marley singing One Love

Lyrics

One love, one heart
Let’s get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (one love)
Hear the children crying (one heart)
Sayin’ give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Sayin’ let’s get together and feel all right

Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (one love)
There is one question I’d really like to ask (one heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me

One love, one heart
Let’s get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (one love)
So shall it be in the end (one heart)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
One more thing

Let’s get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (one love)
So when the Man comes there will be no no doom (one song)
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
There ain’t no hiding place from the Father of Creation

Sayin’ one love, one heart
Let’s get together and feel all right
I’m pleading to mankind (one love)
Oh Lord (one heart)

Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let’s get together and feel all right

Hm. There seems to be some sort of conflict here. Can’t quite put my finger one it.

((p.s. I don’t currently have volume on my computer, so if something is screwy in the above videos, let me know!))


2 responses to “Because it’s really really REALLY not about rich westerners going to Jamaica to have a great vacation…”

  1. Renee

    I love me some Bob Marley though I have to say my favorite is Redemption Song.

  2. annaham

    That Jamaica tourism ad has bugged the crap out of me for a while. Thank you for helping me to understand why.

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