Inequality In Bob Marley's Get Up, Stand Up

This song talks about inequality and fighting against oppression. This is a growing problem still to this day, because there will always be someone with a “I'm better than you” mentality. This song is about taking action to avoid oppression. Marley wrote it with Peter Tosh, and the song was influenced by their upbringing in Jamaica, where they had to fight for respect and acceptance for their “Rastafarian religion” says songfacts. The song, “Get Up, Stand Up” performed by Bob Marley addresses the issue of inequality when analyzed using a cultural lens.

To this day we still have a problem with fighting against oppression and inequality because the government thinks higher of themselves. They don't think about what's right for the people

Bob Marley served as a world ambassador for reggae music, and sold more than 20 million records throughout his career” Making him the first international superstar to emerge from the so-called “Third World” says Biography.com. Songfacts.com says “This was the last song Marley performed; he sang it from a stool at a show in Pittsburgh on September 23, 1980. Marley's cancer had spread to his brain and it was surprising he could perform at all, but he did a 20-song set that night, closing with a 6-minute rendition of "Get Up, Stand Up," and collapsing soon after the show. He would die on May 11,

The rich people deny opportunities to those who are poor. The poor work for almost little to none and struggle to achieve a basic human standard of living such as having food and shelter. The poor are constantly watched and controlled by the oppressors and prevented from organizing or resisting the power of the wealthy. Or you can look at it instead of poor people what if they were immigrants. The immigrants are not allowed to participate in the political process and are not protected by the laws that apply to citizens. The immigrants can be forced to work for low wages and are denied basic services such as access to food and health care. Just because they aren't native to this country doesn't mean they shouldn't have a chance to get assistance we are all human we all bleed the same red