Adding Text

I have considered using text in my piece to add more of a deeper meaning to what I am trying to create. From the sections of text I have researched, the one that I had the most personal connection with was certain lyrics from Bob Marley's "Redemption Song". At first I wanted to avoid using Marley in my work as it just looks like the most obvious, easy choice to base around Rastafarianism, but these lyrics really caught me;

"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind"

And

"How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look"

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery means to free yourself from something that is no longer physical, but is mental and emotional. My personal interpretation of this is that although we have fought past physical slavery, we are all still slaves of the government and the system, just not bound by chains. And if you believe yourself to be free, you will be.
How long shall they kill our prophets also refers to those at the top of life's hierarchy, government systems, referred to by rasta's as the "Babylon". These lyrics state they try to stop anything that enriches the public and makes them happy, which, analysed to a further extent, brings up conspiracy theories. I believe this statement to be mostly about the illegalisation of marijuana, the plant which Rastafarians spiritually smoke. This section also asks why we are not doing anything about it.

Next I will experiment with how I can pUt this text into my work most effectively.

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