Reggae superstar Ziggy Marley voted for the very first time in the United States Presidential Elections and shared the news with his fans.
“I documented my first time voting ever,” Ziggy, who is Reggae legend Bob Marley’s eldest son wrote under a video which shows him on his way to vote, as well as after he cast his ballot and handed it to the mailman.
“I decided to vote and i wondered to myself why then i thought about those who came before, the price they paid. in part i am voting in honor of them and to honor them, to not belittle their many sacrifices and struggles with my high jaded righteousness and indifference,” he continued.
“Many brothers and sisters from numerous backgrounds and origins marched, bled and died to give people like me basic rights in 🇺🇸 , the right to be treated like a human being, the right to vote.”
“imagine if martin luther king jr, john lewis, and others thought, voting rights, civil rights, who cares, what difference will it make.
just imagine what the world would have looked like now if not for their sacrifices.
go ahead imagine it.
can you see it? well what do you think?.”
“To be clear voting is not the end all it is a small piece of a puzzle and just one of the tools in our toolbox that we must use as part of a larger effort to bring positive beneficial changes for all people. The work must continue at maximum effort after elections regardless of the outcome.”
“This is what i know, i am voting not for men or party but for my own idea that even though we have differences we can be better human beings, more united human beings, more loving human beings , equal human beings, just human beings.
The politics will come and go left right and center but still through it all the humanity that we must show to each other is not negotiable.,” he continued.
Ziggy Marley, who now resides in California exercising his constitution right to vote did not sit well with many Reggae fans.
“What happen to “We Are The Ppl” song? “We are not donkeys or elephants.” How come you are voting?,” one fan questioned to which Marley responded saying, “@nowgobe that still stands will always be who i am not because i voted makes me either of those things still free, free to do what i feel and i felt like voting this time.”
Another fan wrote, “Living in America seems like it’s very negatively affected your mind… Since when were Marley pro slave master? Definitely confirms my suspicions that modern Marley are part of the Babylon system. Not against.”
“You just broke Bob’s heart. That’s a bullet to the heart. Something he rejected his own picked it up. Shame,” the comments continued.
