What Is The Mood Of The Song Sing Our Songs Of Freedom

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1.) I feel a little sad from the song. Bob Marley was singing about how the slaves wanted to be free.
2.) The lyrics tells a story about how the slaves could do nothing but sing about freedom. They did this because they knew that they would not be free for a long time.
3.) The lyric “sing our songs of freedom” stand out to me.
4.) There was a lyric that I didn’t know what it meant. It was “redemption song”.
5.) The mood of the song wants the listeners to feel sad. It made me feel bad for the slaves who had to stay and die.
6.) I do not know what message the song is saying. Most slave songs are to keep them entertained and happy until they die or get set free.
7.) I would ask Bob Marley why he wrote it. What influenced him to write about

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