Bob Marley's music is just as popular after his death (1981), as it was back in the 1970's. He, along with his group The Wailers created music that inspired people spiritually and politically. As an English child of Jamaican parents, Bob Marley's music was featured a lot in my childhood, especially as my father was a Rastafarian. No party of family or friends, of the West Indian culture went without a good old Bob Marley song. As well as the popular ones, “Could You Be Loved”, “Waiting In Vain”, “I Shot The Sheriff” amongst others, it was “Who The Cap Fit” that was my favourite as a child and now as an adult.
I was just a toddler when the Rastaman Vibration, which features “Who The Cap Fit” was released in 1976 and as a child it was the chorus and the melodies of Bob's backing singers (The Melody Makers) that captured my attention. It would be in my early teen years, when I developed a heavy interest in the lyrics of songs that “Who The Cap Fit” became more special to me.
“Man to man is so unjust, children:
Ya don't know who to trust.
Your worst enemy could be your best friend,
And your best friend your worse enemy”.
Growing up and having experienced a helluva lot of 'backstabbing' by so-called friends and loved ones, every word Bob sings hits the heart, still to this very day. The line ...
“But who Jah bless, no one curse...” is the symbolism of the song for me. If you're blessed by God (Jah), nobody can bring you down or destroy you.
