Buffalo Soldier

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Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley & The Wailers

About Buffalo Soldier

"Buffalo Soldier" is a reggae song written by Bob Marley and Noel "King Sporty" Williams and recorded by Jamaican band Bob Marley and the Wailers. It did not appear on record until the 1983 posthumous release of Confrontation when it became one of Marley's best-known songs. The title and lyrics refer to the black US cavalry regiments, known as "Buffalo Soldiers", that fought in the Native American Wars after 1866. Marley linked their fight to a fight for survival and recasts it as a symbol of black resistance. .

Buffalo Soldier Lyrics

[00:10.97] Buffalo Soldier
[00:15.00] Dreadlock Rasta
[00:18.68] It was a Buffalo Soldier
[00:22.23] In the heart of America
[00:26.50] Stolen from Africa
[00:30.27] Brought to America
[00:34.26] Fighting on arrival
[00:37.72] Fighting for survival
[00:41.41] I mean it
[00:45.45] When I analyze the stench
[00:46.22] To me it makes a lot of sense
[00:46.87] How the Dreadlock Rasta
[00:48.62] Was the Buffalo Soldier
[00:49.56] And he was taken from Africa
[00:52.19] Brought to America
[00:53.80] Fighting on arrival
[00:55.28] Fighting for survival
[00:56.91] Said he was a Buffalo Soldier
[01:11.13] Dreadlock Rasta
[01:14.61] Buffalo Soldier
[01:16.31] In the heart of America
[01:18.38] If you know your history
[01:20.40] Then you would know where you coming from
[01:24.25] Then you wouldn't have to ask me
[01:26.15] Who the heck do I think I am?
[01:27.86] I'm just a Buffalo Soldier
[01:29.95] In the heart of America
[01:31.78] Stolen from Africa
[01:33.22] Brought to America
[01:38.92] Said he was fighting on arrival
[01:41.04] Fighting for survival
[01:46.28] Said he was a Buffalo Soldier
[01:47.84] Win the war for America
[01:49.50] Said he
[01:51.13] Why yo yo
[02:02.54] Why yo-yo-yo
[02:03.68] Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo
[02:04.88] Why yo yo
[02:06.16] Why yo-yo-yo
[02:07.50] Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo
[02:08.73] Buffalo Soldier
[02:10.37] Troddin' through the land, wo-ho-ooh
[02:11.86] Said he would've ran
[02:17.15] And make you wanna hang
[02:18.34] Troddin' through the land, yeah yeah
[02:19.56] Said, he was a Buffalo Soldier
[02:20.65] Win the war for America
[02:22.60] Buffalo Soldier
[02:23.86] Dreadlock Rasta
[02:25.18] Fighting on arrival
[02:26.22] Fighting for survival
[02:27.38] Driven from the mainland
[02:28.26] To the heart of the Caribbean
[02:32.91] Singin'
[02:35.04] Why yo yo
[02:37.51] Why yo-yo-yo
[02:39.48] Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo
[02:41.29] Why yo yo
[02:43.29] Why yo-yo-yo
[02:45.50] Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo
[02:47.02] Troddin' through San Juan
[02:48.73] In the arms of America
[02:55.19] Troddin' through Jamaica
[02:56.75] A Buffalo Soldier
[02:58.84] Fighting on arrival
[03:00.51] Fighting for survival
[03:02.90] Buffalo Soldier
[03:04.53] Dreadlock Rasta
[03:06.89] Why yo yo
[03:08.36] Why yo-yo-yo
[03:09.82] Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo
[03:11.11] Why yo yo
[03:12.32] Why yo-yo-yo
[03:13.90] Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo
[03:15.47]

From the album: Africa Unite