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Honourable Natty Dread

FROM OUT OF THIS EARTH, IN EVERY GENERATION MUST ARISE A MIGHTY PROPHET... SO DON'T YOU HAVE NO FEAR, YOU HAVE DONE YOUR SHARE, YOU ARE THE HONOURABLE NATTY DREAD. YOU BROUGHT US OUT FROM IGNORANCE, AND FOR THIS WE WILL THANK YOU HONESTLY. ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE THAT MANY WOULD BE CALLED,BUT ONLY FEW OF THEM WOULD BE CHOOSEN. ROBERT NESTA MARLEY, HE LIVED HIS LIFE FOR WE. AND NOW WE HAVE GROWN, WE ARE THE SEEDS HE HAS SHOW, TILLED BY HIS IMPERIAL MAGESTY. OH BROTHER BOB YOU WERE ONE. YOU WORKED FROM DAWN TILL DAWN. NOW IN THE PHYSICAL YOU HAVWE GONE, BUT IN THE SPIRIT YOU WILL CARRY ON, THE WORKS OF MARCUS GARVEY.(CHORUS) NOW BOB ARISE, OPEN THY EYES. BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO KNOW, I 'n' I HAVE DISCOVERED YOUR FOE, TRAMPLED BENEATH THY FEET. SO IF YOUR TRODDING IN A STREET, OR IN A HIGH MOUNTAIN. DON'T YOU HAVE NO SHAME, REGGAE MUSIC HAS BROUGHT YOU FAME, YOU ARE THE HONOURABLE NATTY DREAD. (C)1982, 1996, 2006 ALBERT WILLIAMS

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Date: 1/31/2016 8:50:00 PM
ALBERT, A great pleasure to find and read your poem today. Love -- SKAT --
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Date: 9/6/2011 6:19:00 PM
Greetings Albert, It is very encouraging to see you and your very touching and profound poem, 'Honourable Natty Dread!' You are indeed a visionary and it is reflected in every word of your poem. You have honoured Robert Nesta Marley and the passion is deeply felt for one who will always be a beacon of light in the hearts of many. Keep being an inspiration and writing from the soul of all you feel. Love Always Your Wife and Fellow Poet Tempie
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Date: 9/6/2011 7:45:00 AM
A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you today Albert. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. Read and comment on their's and they will return in kind. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love and blessing always, Carol
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