An Analysis of the Song I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley Essay

Storyteller AssignmentThe song I Shot the Sheriff is a song written by Bob Marley. This song was first released in April 1973, and talks about a person killing a sheriff while being accused of killing the deputy sheriff instead. The person fights back by admitting that he killed the sheriff instead of the deputy. The deputy is the head sheriff, so it would have been a bigger deal if he killed the deputy instead. The people against the person want to try to bring that person in guilty for shooting the deputy. The person later brings up a story about how Sheriff John Brown hated him, and every time the person planted a seed, John Brown would kill it because it grows. It means that when the person started tried to do something wrong, John Brown would try to prevent the problem from starting. Then, the person admits that he shot the sheriff in self-defense, and asks where the deputy was. This is trying to prove the accusation false due to the fact that the person couldn't have killed the deputy because he wasn't there. The person even explicitly says that he shot John Brown who was trying to shoot that person down. The person says If I am guilty, I will pay to confess that he is innocent.The song itself was sung by the group called The Wailers It was a band created by Bob Marley. It was formed when Bob Marley joined with a group of friends in order to make a band. At first, the group didn't really start out well. After only a couple recording sessions, two people left the band. It then became very popular throughout Jamaica, but it was difficult for the group to financially make it. Half of the group left as a result, and then Bob Marley married Rita Anderson in 1966. Marley moved to the United States close to where his mother was living. He was...

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