Biografía:
Nació el 1 de abril de 1948 en St. James, Jamaica. Su carrera se inició tocando ska en varias agrupaciones de la isla. Pero no fue sino hasta 1967 cuando compuso canciones para la película de Perry Henzell 'The Harder They Come' que obtuvo reconocimiento y trascendencia entre los medios internacionales, lo que ayudó a que el disco del film mencionado fuera considerado uno de los álbumes más vendidos en la historia del reggae. Los siguientes
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Otras canciones:
- I Can See Clearly Now
- The Harder They Come
- You Can Get It If You Really Want
- Blessed Love
- Bongo Man
- Childrens Bread
- Club Paradise
- Come Into My Life
- Guns Of Brixton
- Hard Road To Travel
- Hard To Road To Travel
- Hello Sunshine
- I Got To Move On
- King Of Kings
- Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
- Lonely Streets
- Looking Forward
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Miss Jamaica
- My Ancestors
- No Justice
- One More
- Peace
- People
- Rebel In Me
- Reggae Night
- Remake The World
- Ruby Soho
- Shelter Of Your Love
- Ship Is Sailing
- Sitting In Limbo
- Son Of Man
- Strugglin Man
- Sufferin In The Land
- The Lion Awakes
- Use What I Got
- Vietnam
- We All Are One
- Wonderful World Beautiful People
- World Upside Down
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
[Intro]
Eb Eb7 Ab7
Eb Eb7 Ab7
[Verse 1]
Eb
My ancestors were kings of old
Ab
They ruled the world and all of its gold
Bb Ab Eb
But look at me, oh look at me, just look at me
[Verse 2]
Eb
My ancestors would find the sun
Ab
Before they bowed down to anyone
Bb Ab Eb
But you gonna look at me, oh look at me, just look at me
Ab Eb
Yeah, oh look at me, I'm a stranger in this land
Ab Bb
Watch me stand tall, help me, help me be just a man, oh
[Chorus]
Eb Eb7
My ancestors, they were mighty men
Ab
And my son, he will be one of them
Bb Ab
And they'll just look at him, yeah, they'll look at him
Eb Db Bb
And they'll say, he's a man, he's a man, my son's a man, oh
[Outro]
Eb Ab7 Eb Eb7
My ancestors, they passed it on to me
Ab7 Eb Eb7
I've got to, got to work
Ab7 Eb Eb7
And pass it on to my son
Ab7 Eb Ab7
And he will be a man, oh yeah
Eb Eb7
And pass it on to his son
Ab7 Eb Ab7 Eb
And he will be a man, oh yes he will, my son will be a man
Eb Eb7 Ab7
Eb Eb7 Ab7
[Verse 1]
Eb
My ancestors were kings of old
Ab
They ruled the world and all of its gold
Bb Ab Eb
But look at me, oh look at me, just look at me
[Verse 2]
Eb
My ancestors would find the sun
Ab
Before they bowed down to anyone
Bb Ab Eb
But you gonna look at me, oh look at me, just look at me
Ab Eb
Yeah, oh look at me, I'm a stranger in this land
Ab Bb
Watch me stand tall, help me, help me be just a man, oh
[Chorus]
Eb Eb7
My ancestors, they were mighty men
Ab
And my son, he will be one of them
Bb Ab
And they'll just look at him, yeah, they'll look at him
Eb Db Bb
And they'll say, he's a man, he's a man, my son's a man, oh
[Outro]
Eb Ab7 Eb Eb7
My ancestors, they passed it on to me
Ab7 Eb Eb7
I've got to, got to work
Ab7 Eb Eb7
And pass it on to my son
Ab7 Eb Ab7
And he will be a man, oh yeah
Eb Eb7
And pass it on to his son
Ab7 Eb Ab7 Eb
And he will be a man, oh yes he will, my son will be a man
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Jjj
Jls
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