Recently, my wife and I were walking through Manitou Springs when we overheard Bob Marley’s classic “Buffalo Soldier” coming from the speakers in a nearby park.
I reflected back to the first time I heard the song live at a concert in Tacoma, Wash., where he and “The Wailers” performed. As we got closer to the park we could see many were familiar with the artist’s lyrics and were singing along. A portion of the song goes like this, “He was a buffalo soldier, dreadlock Rasta, he was a buffalo soldier fighting for America, fighting a rival, fighting for survival.”
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