Who Knew?! Songs With Surprising Meanings Part 2
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Kendra Koger
Bob Marley – “I Shot The Sheriff”
I could pretend to tell you that I always knew that this song, told from the perspective of a murderous fugitive, had a deeper meaning, but I didn’t.
But I will tell you that it’s actually a song Bob Marley wrote in anger when he found out that his girlfriend’s doctor prescribed birth control to her.
Telltale lyrics: “Sheriff John Brown always hated me anyway / For what, I don’t know. / Every time I plant a seed / He said kill it before it grow.”
Is it ironic that the same doctor ended up being a sheriff?
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