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You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.
Donovan Bailey
You
King
Beat
No-One
Hand
Going
Gold
Gold Medal
Medal
Being surrounded with such positive people always helps.
Donovan Bailey
Positive
People
Always
Surrounded
Being
Helps
We welcome the opposition of the world, because we are determined to see the battle through. Africa's battle-cry is not yet heard.
Marcus Garvey
Welcome
Battle
World
See
Determined
Through
Because
Opposition
Heard
Africa
I've got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
Peter Tosh
Myself
Dust
Pick
Over
Got
Off
Up
Again
Start
I love the idea of the street vibe, having folks together, out in the street at midnight.
Sean Paul
Love
Together
Out
Folks
Having
Idea
Vibe
Midnight
Street
I wasn't born with a golden spoon in my mouth. It was a really tough life.
Yohan Blake
Life
Tough
Mouth
Born
Tough Life
Spoon
Golden
Really
Old music used to mean something. There is none of that today.
Ziggy Marley
Today
Music
Old
Something
None
Mean
Old Music
Used
I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me.
Ziggy Marley
Family
Me
You
Eyes
Dog
Met
Our
Would
Like
Look
Realized
Creatures
Everyone will someday be judged for what they do, and Jah is the only judge.
Ziggy Marley
Judge
Will
Everyone
Someday
Only
Judged
Jah
I think God surrounds us, in all different manifestations of the energy.
Ziggy Marley
God
Energy
Think
Surrounds
Different
Us
Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.
Bob Marley
Time
Plant
Before
Every
Every Time
Say
Seed
He
Grow
Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the suffering, it don't mean black people. It mean people in general.
Burning Spear
Music
You
Struggle
Suffering
People
Focus
Black
One Thing
About
General
Know
Reggae
Mean
Mean People
Really
Speaking
Thing
Some people see life as many steps up and try to forget where they are coming from, you understand? A little step in life on a commercial or a material level is a good step, but a big step does not mean a strong step - you tend to lose your roots - and if you don't be careful, you can fall.
Burning Spear
Life
Good
You
People
Strong
Try
Some People
Big
Fall
Lose
Be Careful
See
Some
Tend
Step
Steps
Understand
Does
Material
Coming
Up
Commercial
Forget
Where
Little
Mean
Roots
Your
Many
Level
Careful
People have been listening to Burning Spear for a long time now, and they know who I am and what I stand for. Yes, I do address many of the same ideas from album to album, adding only a little different flavor or coloring. Yes, the message has remained virtually the same because the issues haven't gone away yet.
Burning Spear
Time
People
Listening
Long
Long Time
Gone
Adding
Virtually
Address
Only
Remained
Coloring
Ideas
Know
Message
Because
Am
Issues
Been
Yes
Same
Different
Burning
Little
Flavor
Stand
Spear
Who
Many
Now
Away
Album
Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.
Claude McKay
Plants
Development
Thwarted
Like
Overshadowed
Human
Nations
Human Beings
Beings
Grow
I think after a time there won't be anything left to be interesting for mankind. Computers are about to do everything for us. Cellphones are smarter than we are. We'll embrace spirituality because we'll be bored of everything else.
Damian Marley
Time
Spirituality
Think
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Embrace
Bored
About
Computers
Smarter
Because
Left
Than
After
Anything
Interesting
Mankind
Us
Jamaica full of ghetto, but boy, I tell you: me never see it like that.
Damian Marley
Me
You
Ghetto
Tell
See
Never
Like
Boy
Jamaica
Full
Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.
Damian Marley
Technology
Crime
Independence
Stronger
Poverty
First
Big
Changed
Our
Drastically
Everywhere
Ours
Impact
About
Had
Economy
Dollar
Big Impact
Won
Than
Same
Jamaica
Now
Things
When I ran the anchor leg to a gold medal with my Canadian teammates Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, and Robert Esmie in the 4x100-metre relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, it was my responsibility to motivate the guys as unofficial captain and leader.
Donovan Bailey
Responsibility
Leader
Teammates
Ran
Relay
Anchor
Unofficial
Gilbert
Atlanta
Guys
Robert
Motivate
Leg
Canadian
Gold
Gold Medal
Captain
Medal
Olympics
I started young. My first record came out when I was - what? 18? So I was in the studio when I was 15, 16.
Heavy D
First
Young
Out
Record
Studio
Came
Started
People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.
Jimmy Cliff
Me
New Beginning
People
Beginning
Say
OK
Clap
Tend
New
Hall
Fame
Hands
Done
If I could change one thing about myself... I would try to control my generosity.
Jimmy Cliff
Myself
Change
Try
Control
Would
One Thing
About
Could
Generosity
If I Could
Thing
Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
Marcus Garvey
Will
King
Crowned
Look
Africa
Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.
Michael Lee-Chin
Life
You
Ups And Downs
Defines
Deal
How
Linear
Ups
Downs
My earthly parents don't know my potential or my divine qualities. They weren't taught how to diagnose or be aware of such things.
Peter Tosh
Parents
Earthly
Potential
Divine
Know
Qualities
How
Were
Taught
Such Things
Aware
Things
Every year, I hear about Thanksgiving. Who do one give thanks to? ... And who is giving thanks? What are they giving thanks for? For lots of poverty that's on the earth and lots of war that is a-rumoring all over the earth? For lots of people who die daily and the crime that multiply?
Peter Tosh
War
Thanksgiving
Daily
People
Crime
Giving
Poverty
Year
Thanks
Every
Earth
About
Give
Over
Hear
Lots
Die
Who
Multiply
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