IN MEMORY: BOB MARLEY- HIS 10 GREATEST SONGS

February 6, 2015 marks what would been the 70th birthday of legendary Reggae sensation Bob Marley. However, nearly 34 years after his cancer-related death in 1981, the reggae pioneer's songs of love, dissatisfaction, peace, and protest are still as powerful and timely as they were then. In honor of Marley's memory, here are his 10 greatest songs of protest, social justice, and fighting the power.

"Simmer Down," 1962,"Concrete Jungle," 1973,"Get Up, Stand Up," 1973,"I Shot the Sheriff," 1973,"Burnin' and Lootin'," 1973

"Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)," 1974
"Revolution," 1974: Marley is only getting started with the line "It takes a revolution to make a solution." His call to arms invokes fire, blood, lightning, thunder, and brimstone, predicting that the Rastas will end up "'pon top." It makes the Beatles' song of the same name seem almost apologetic in comparison.

"War," 1976, "Crazy Baldhead," 1976 and "Redemption Song," 1980: Written after his cancer diagnosis, Marley reflects upon his impending death, spirituality, and slavery, borrowing the lines "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery/None but ourselves can free our minds" from activist Marcus Garvey. With his still-powerful voice and a gently strummed acoustic guitar, Marley put his legacy as an artist and message as an activist into just 108 words, telling all the believers to learn from their pasts, know their presents, and fight for their futures.