As a powerful weapon, Reggae music can forcefully stop mental slavery with its symbolic musical strategies. Reggae musicians such as Bob Marley, Skip Marley, and Stephen Marley have effectively opened the minds of the African and Afro-Caribbean people from the immoral education of mental slavery. According to Ennis Edmonds, the reggae musicians are “telling Blacks the truth about their African roots and African identity” (pg. 29). For instance, in Skip Marley’s song “Lions”, he has powerful lyrics that are meant to be a self-empowerment anthem to promote inner strength and challenge social injustice. Skip Marley argues, “Some said "never" but the never done come. Yeah, took our trust; hate’s been winning, but the lovers are not done”. He explains
