Why did Bob Marley write 'No woman no cry'?

Answer 1

He's using a type of "pidgin" slang to say "No, please, woman, don't cry." Correct, 'nuh' is don't but why is he asking her not to cry?

He had been diagnosed with cancer, Rita broke down crying and he told her not to cry, look at where we have come from, the good times we have had, and the good friends we lost, everything will be alright.

Answer 2

it is about how hard life was for people in the trenchtown ghettos of Jamaica.

Bob Marley is singing to a woman (hopefully his wife Rita Marley) and telling her not to cry and that things are getting better

Answer 3

The original line of the song is "No, Woman, Nuh cry." Nuh is Jamacian for "don't," so what is meant by the lyric is No, Woman, Don't cry... He's leaving and reassuring her that the slum they live in won't get her down, that everything will be alright and "don't shed no tear."

No it isn't my mom is a massive fan of Bob Marley and he means that when he is in a relationship he doesn't want her to cry when he has to do his songs and hits nd stuff and that's the honest truth we have is album and he has a booklet biography and it tells everyone what his songs mean. so there.

Answer 4

I have a tips: If you want lyrics to something , then you can search on Google after ''no woman no cry lyrics'' on google or something. Or else i have the lyrics to no woman no cry by Bob Marley (found on google ^_-) :

No woman, no cry (Repeat 4 times)

Said said

Said I remember when we used to sit

In the government yard in Trenchtown

Oba, ob-serving the hypocrites

As they would mingle with the good people we meet

Good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way

In this bright future you can't forget your past

So dry your tears I say

No woman, no cry

No woman, no cry

Oh my Little sister, don't she'd no tears

No woman, no cry

Said, said, said I remember when we used to sit

In the government yard in Trenchtown

And then Georgie would make the fire light

Log wood burnin' through the night

Then we would cook corn meal porridge

Of which I'll share with you

My feet is my only carriage

So I've got to push on through

But while I'm gone...

Everything's gonna be alright

Ev'rything's gonna be alright

Ev'rything's gonna be alright

Ev'rything's gonna be alright

Ev'rything's gonna be alright

Ev'rything's gonna be alright

Ev'rything's gonna be alright

Ev'rything's gonna be alright

No woman, no cry

No, no woman, no woman, no cry

Oh, little sister, don't she'd no tears

No woman, no cry

No woman, no woman, no woman, no cry

No woman, no cry

Oh, my little darlyn no she'd no tears

No woman, no cry, yeah

any sister no she'd no tears, no women no cry

No woman no cry, no woman no cry

No woman no cry, no woman no cry

Say, say, said I remember when we used to sit

In a government yard in Trenchtown

Obba, obba, serving the hypocrites

As the would mingle with the good people we meet

Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've lost

Along the way

In this great future,

You can't forget your past

So dry your tears, I say

No woman no cry, no woman no cry

Little darling, don't she'd no tears, no woman no cry

Say, say, said I remember when we used to sit

In the government yard in Trenchtown

And then Georgie would make the fire light

As it was, love would burn on through the night

Then we would cook cornmeal porridge

Of which I'll share with you

My fear is my only courage

So I've got to push on thru

Oh, while I'm gone

Everything 's gonna be alright, everything 's gonna be alright

Everything 's gonna be alright, everything 's gonna be alright

Everything 's gonna be alright, everything 's gonna be alright

Everything 's gonna be alright, everything 's gonna be alright

So woman no cry, no, no woman no cry

Oh, my little sister

Don't she'd no tears

No woman no cry

I remember when we use to sit

In the government yard in Trenchtown

And then Georgie would make the fire lights

As it was, log would burnin' through the nights

Then we would cook cornmeal porridge

Of which I'll share with you

My fear is my only courage

So I've got to push on thru

Oh, while I'm gone

No woman no cry, no, no woman no cry

Oh, my little darlin'

Don't she'd no tears

No woman no cry, No woman no cry

Oh my Little darlin', don't she'd no tears

No woman no cry

Little sister, don't she'd no tears

No woman no cry

Answer 5

It's actually nuh cry,which is creole for don't cry and he was telling his girl to be happy because even though they were poor and had nothing to eat god always provide.If you know the song well it made mention to tenament yard(projects) and the fact that they made cornmeal porridge and share with everyone showed that they found something to eat.

Answer 6

Bob Marley of course. The song, nevertheless is credited to "John Ford." John Ford was a friend of Bob's childood. He became seriously ill at the time that Bob has composed the song, and his friend Bob -in an act of matchless friendship- registered the song on his friend name, so he couldn't miss his daily needs as a consequence of his disability. This fact could be known in Marley's most famous biographies and-also-in an late interview with his wife Rita.

Answer 7

I'm guessing it was just a saying maybe saying men cry more than woman. improvement-no it means dont cry woman

Answer 8

No Woman, No Cry is a Bob Marley song. It was on the albums Natty Dread, Live! and Legend. The song was No. 37 on the Rolling Stones Greatest Hits Of All Time.

Answer 9

Originally Bob Marley but remade by many artists, most popularly by The Fugees.