Reggae Song of Hope - The Melodians' "This Land Is Your Land"

"This Land is Your Land" - by The Melodians (Tony Brevett and Trevor McNaughton) with Andy Bassford and the Sex Drugs & Jazz Horns.

Video Directed by Andy Herz

From the forthcoming album: "Songs in the Key of Hope"
A Music Must Change Gig

Executive Producer - Andy Herz
Album-Producers: Cameron Washington (NYC) / Jeff Romano, SG (Charlottesville)

Album Concept Developed By: Andy Herz, The Melodians, Bill Kenney, Cameron Washington

SIKHope Logo by - Maya So Flya


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[workingclasssociety]

No land is anybodies, natives didn't even claim it was theres. Yes, indeed what happend to natives was/is wrong, but the point of the song is that the land is peoples land, not owners land, as it is now. People, rich people at that, own a lot of land and resources. So indeed, Jamaicans, as slaves, know what owners are, so they can write or sing about what ever they want. This song is about ownership. Get it? This land was made for people, not just a few. Obviously you don't know the CONTEXT!

[cd2291]

not a wrong song...

[Binghiman4]

woow man excelent !!!

Roots Reggae live forever!!!

Babylon Down 

Blessings and good vibes

[tarrkids7]

Great tune. But why the slam on capitalism? The top 1% are the ones creating 90% of the jobs for the rest of us. The top 1% bust their butts to get what's rightfully theres. That's called the American dream. Do we strip the top 1% of their wealth, then strip the next 1%, then the next? Soon, we have have the same - nothing left to aspire to.

[Schmidthorst69]

Then let me tell you "Thank you" for explaining me the context! ;-)

[iwayne34]

this is a nice song,,nice bass for skullcandy headphones

[Schmidthorst69]

Why do black jamaicans who have suffered under white slavery for many decades sing about a land which was taken away from the Native Americans?

[mow210]

excelent !!!

[plattform5163]

Thanks for sharing a great video!