103. “Redemption Song” was written by Bob Marley and recoded by Bob Marley and the Wailers. The song expresses Marley’s spirituality and his Rastafarian beliefs. The song references civil-rights campaigner Marcus Garvey, whose 1937 speech included the line, “”We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind.”
