What a reggae star he is. He came to Zambia when I was 15,my late brother Geoffrey took me to his show. And this was his favorite song. Long live Jimmy
Jimmy Cliff came to my country Nigeria in early 1970's , Enugu City on a music tour to play, I was in primary school then, now am qualified graduate Mechanical Engineer and in my late fifties and a grand father am still enjoying the music, it's evergreen!
Evergreen......House of Exile, that is what the world is for millions and millions of people; the anguish and pathos in JC's evocative voice captures the disconnections and injustice everywhere. This is one of the greatest music played in the modern era, globally. The lyrics, instrumentation and arrangement all executed to perfection. Thank you for ever Jimmy Cliff!
My mother's favorite and my favorite too, we use to listen to it in the 80 in Ndola Zambia and the good part is that JC visited Kitwe my birth place and played his music at Nkana stadium,by then I was a kid but dad saw him. The second time time he came to kitwe he never played he was just visiting and lodging at Eden burgh hotel in the year 200. By then I was a student. Now at 51 still enjoying JC music.
Wow what a small and strange world! I am 51 too, and this was the music I grew up on while in exile in Kenya from the Amin years in Uganda. Other fellow exiled Ugandans would come over on Sundays for goat grilling, and my dad and mom would play this 45 record on their record player. Now years later I play it to my nephews and nieces in Massachusetts as I tell them our family history. It is wonderful to know another fellow African holds good memories over this Jimmy Cliff album. Greetings
Great musical arrangement, wonderful, down to earth and sobering lyrics. Excellent Evergreen. Timeless. Classic Everything that is created must obey a law. Every man reaps what he sows. Strong words that call everyman to honest self evaluation that we may all finish strong.
I heard this song sleeping on the mat in my tiny village in alor agu Igbo Eze south of Enugu state , Nigeria through my late snr brothers grammar fone player as it was called then in the mid 70s , now am a full grown adult with family and living large in my own world still listening to House of exile in 2023 .what a music.
Mr.Jimmy Cliff's music ma de me love reggae music when I was about 10yrs Old with Mama Look up the mountain, Dear mother, among others. A Great Legend indeed
I hear this song I think of our ancestors finding getting there redemption. Blks have suffered too much. I refuse to believe it would end with no retribution
Got to love Jimmy Cliff's songs through my senior brothers when I was still a little girl. They could play his songs the whole day. In fact, growing up as a little girl I thought he was the only musician
One of the finest social commentators in the world, Jimmy Cliff has never won the acclaim he deserves. House of Exile, Synthetic World, Many Rivers Cross- name it- each song comments on the human condition. His lyrics are powerful commentary and his voice is golden! No poetry beats these powerful songs, but the award went to Bob Dylan!
Yeah .. And Bob Dylan once admitted Jimmy Cliff's tune Vietnam was the greatest protest song he'd ever heard......This lends really heavy credence to the man , Mr Jimmy Cliff.
House of Exile is always on top. My senior Late senor brother (DALIBUKA) use to play the Song in the 70s particularly during Christmas period when all returned to our home Town Alor London in IDEMILI SOUTH ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA. May Jimmy cliff live longer life in JESUS CHRIST NAME AMEN.
I was just 12 years when my pop introduced this song to me while playing it and I am almost forty now, is still like yesterday...that is what they called Evergreen
if i have to take three albums with me to heaven, this will definitely be one of them. and thank jimmy for letting us enjoy this great music on you tube with no strings attached.
There's a day of feasting and a day of famine Day of sadness and a day of joy You could see in the day of feasting Life isn't just a little play-like toy So your day arrived when you least expected 'Cause you always thought you were well protected Now you feel like a fish out of water So now you're wondering what's the matter Oh remember you said it wouldn't happen to you Now you're thinking how to start a new A drowning man will catch at a straw You were warned but you wouldn't take heed Everything in creation must obey a law It's true in words as it is in deed You were so puffed up in your pomps and pride You're exposed you got none to hide Yes, you used to look down on the folks beside you Never they think you would have come down too Remember they said you got to reap what you sow Simple truth everybody know Oh what are you on a house of exile Watching you now on your own last mile Oh what are you on a house of exile Watching you now on your own last mile Oh what are you on a house of exile Watching you now on your own last mile Oh what are you on a house of exile Watching you now on your own last mile Everything in creation must obey a law It's true in words as it is in deed
Jimmy cliff used his music to portray the everlasting challenges faced by many of us , in the USA , West INDIES , Britain, Africa many years ago . The struggle of the African to live in a contemporary world where intolerance , prejudice ,and all forms that negated on human values.Therefore , house of exile depicts a painful story of what life was , in the 1800s , 1900s -1940s , 50s 60 70s and how the voice of a struggle was sang to inspire our forefathers to rise against injustices. So , we saw the rise of Marcus Gave , Martin Luther King , Malcolm X , Bob Marley , Peter Tosh, and many others who took the pain to forge a united front against evil.
People forget or don't know. Then one day they remember or discover. Good music will always eventually be remembered or discovered as people rummage through their parents' or Uncles' and aunts' or grandparents' music collections. It's just a matter of time.
Jimmy cliff is a legendary musical philosopher just like Bob Marley . his music bring back to me the good good old days when the world was in peace . His music will linger on as yet into another generation to come . I have been enjoying the philosophy of his music for almost thirty years now and I still today ,
Jimmy Cliff, you are a living legend and the greatest musical philosopher after Celestin Okwu. In all your songs, the proverbs are life-changing for the best if we can listen and apply the words of wisdom. I heard this song in Coal City, Enugu, when I was in Elementary School. I still listen to it almost daily for over forty-five years. Bravo.
This will always be one of my favorite Albums! This is the second Album I ever bought! I was only a child and I memorize every word! What an Artiste and what a voice!
Listening to this great piece with deep nostalgia, memories rushing back at me. My mum used to play this and many other magical tracks of his back then. I can only smile and allow myself basque in the euphoria of those great memories. Blessings to you Jimmy cliff.
Jimmy Cliff came to my country Zambia, I even went where he was but sadly I didnt have a chance to talk to him. My very best man of the year the legend, still love you Jimmy and your music 💃
Mon classement des 3 meilleurs chanteurs Jamaïcains de tous les temps, dans l'ordre : Jimmy Cliff, Albert Griffiths chanteur du Groupe The Gladiators Reggae et enfin Bob Marley.
One of my favorites! The first time I listened to it is when I was a small boy and am still playing it. My father was the one playing it. Kudos to the legend Jimmy cliff 👏
Here’s to my friends Don Greco, Don Solozo, Don Clemenza and Don Tartaglia wherever you are. We used to groove to this masterpiece with Guinness, weed and black lights. Good times...signed Don Torres
This was a 1978 /9 smash or that is when first heard it in nairobi kenya and all my life i have been with bongo man and still enjoying his everlasting music
I came to know jimmy cliff around 1968 or 69 after the " hard road to travel "hit and since then and up to today i love bongo man. He is in a class of his own and that golden voice makes him the best ever.
For me Jimmy is the greatest Jamaican song writer hands down.....Bob was great and took the music to the masses. However if you ask most people of my age who played sound systems back in the 70s and 80s to name their top 5 artists Bob would probably not be in there.
i knew this song in the 70s growing up in sierra leone, my dad played it all the time. i loved it then without understanding the words. amazing lyrics.
Jimmy cliff es una leyenda. Me encanta tanto esa música el inmortal jimmy cliff. Esta música nunca morira parese ser una música triste pero ami me hace feliz 😌😌😌✌️✌️🤩🤩🤩
One of the greatest reggae song ever recorded, still a tear jerker till date, songs from this album was blaring from every home in Benin City Nigeria in 1974/75. I dare say his Cliff most successful album in Nigeria in the 70s
I remembered listening to this song in the late 80s when I was growing up without knowing who sang it,not until now that I still came across it in my 40s and realised that it was Jimmy cliff.God bless you for making my teenage life memorable.
Many middle aged Nigerians will find this song very nostalgic because Jimmy Cliff made a Nigerian musical tour shortly after releasing the album House of Exile. It was a block buster. I watched his live show at Hill Station hotel Jos. It was like yesterday. The crowd was ecstatic when he did the title track.. Jimmy Cliff is indeed a great Reggae artist like no other. Very unique.
Ahmed Sibaway I'm a hobo and considered a treat to society cuz I listen to people like cliff, wear my shoes, I'm harmless, but these righty tightys keep calling the police on me, I was woke up by Johny law for sleeping under a 🌲, searched, name rand and sent down the road feeling bad, beeing a white American born citizen
About Jimmy Cliff his lyrics are prophetic, inducing and pure , remembering my late senior brother who will always disturb us with this in the early morning of late 70s.
In fact a lady friend from Ghana introduced Jimmy Cliff Songs to me when she came to Nigeria in 1973, since then I've been so addicted to Jimmy's songs even at 72 yrs, I'm still enjoying it. Love you Jimmy.
U.K. I remember the 70s when I was in Secondary School, when I could sing this song just like this lovely man with this lovely voice. I laugh at my children trying to do the hip hops and raps. We’ve done it all before. They forget a school master was once a school boy. Nothing beats experience. Kudos for all the beautiful singers and more especially God who gave the gift of music to mankind. 😁😄😃😀😘
MERCI A MONSIEUR JIMMY CLIFF D'AVOIR AINSI BERCER MA JEUNESSE AU CONGO AVEC TOUS VOS ALBUMS .QUE DU BONHEUR❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏. L'ETERNEL VOUS GARDE ENCORE LE PLUS LONGTEMPS POSSIBLE DE CE MONDE PARMI NOUS🙏🙏🙏🙏
An artist with very deep and meaningful lyrics; one of a very few black artists besides Bob Marley and Sonny Okosun who write songs that reflect the plight of his people.
You really need to research and listen to more black artist before people laugh at you: Apart from Burning Spear, Lauryn Hill, Culture, Dennis Brown, the Mighty Gabby, Gil Scott Heron, Nina Simone, and Lucky Dube, I can think of over 100 off the top of my head.
Thank you so much, Alex Frank. You really made my day. I was in Lagos too, in secondary school, when Jimmy Cliff came to Nigeria on musical tour. Sadly, he got arrested midway thru the tour and locked up on account of some (alleged) breach of commercial contract with another Nigerian businessman, who apparently was to bring him to Nigeria years earlier. I suppose one positive outcome from that unpleasant episode was that it inspired Jimmy Cliff to come up with that intuitive song about being in Nigeria “and they threw me in jail”. Loved it. Till today I’m always winding up my Jamaican friends about reasons behind the Naija Businessman taking measures to protect his financial interest at the time. Me and all my friends in Lagos grew up with JC’s utterly inspirational songs, not least of all, Struggling Man, Wild, Wild World, Wonderful World, Vietnam, Many Rivers to Cross, Dear Mother, Rebel in me, and of course, Synthetic World, etc, etc. I’ve still got ALL JC’s record collections and I’m pleased to have succeeded in inspiring my 30yr-old younger son about JC’s world of music. He loves him too. Like you, I’m now also a granddad but still can’t have enough of JC’s music. He remains one of my greatest musical Heroes. Thank you, JC🙏👍 Anthony Otokito (London uk)
This song reminds about my childhood friends; Nason Mwankenja, Robby Kanyinji, Bwalya Mulenga, Evans Bokwe Kalasa, Benard Mwakalobo, Joseph Machuta, Isaac Nswana, Manson Shonga, Anthony Dimus Kapemba. Guys I will always remember you! Fisansa primary school.
One of the greatest piece of music that defined my childhood in the early 1970s.
Here too! I see i am not alone.
What a reggae star he is. He came to Zambia when I was 15,my late brother Geoffrey took me to his show. And this was his favorite song. Long live Jimmy
Jah bless 🙏🙏🙏
Jimmy Cliff came to my country Nigeria in early 1970's , Enugu City on a music tour to play, I was in primary school then, now am qualified graduate Mechanical Engineer and in my late fifties and a grand father am still enjoying the music, it's evergreen!
You 've said brother, you 've said it. They don't produce music like this any more
Same here, same here exactly the same age
Enjoy ,Alex Frank , memories don't leave like people do ,they always stay with YOU , respect .
Biafra land okay
But you jail him
Evergreen......House of Exile, that is what the world is for millions and millions of people; the anguish and pathos in JC's evocative voice captures the disconnections and injustice everywhere. This is one of the greatest music played in the modern era, globally. The lyrics, instrumentation and arrangement all executed to perfection. Thank you for ever Jimmy Cliff!
A classic, everlasting and evergreen. It appeals to the soul.
Absolutely
This song was way ahead of it's time . When you think about what's happening now . The brother is a genius.
What goes up must come down! Thank you for your words of wisdom Jimmy!
You can. Say that again just looking. Around the world
So true
Very philosophical Truly inspired.
My mother's favorite and my favorite too, we use to listen to it in the 80 in Ndola Zambia and the good part is that JC visited Kitwe my birth place and played his music at Nkana stadium,by then I was a kid but dad saw him. The second time time he came to kitwe he never played he was just visiting and lodging at Eden burgh hotel in the year 200. By then I was a student. Now at 51 still enjoying JC music.
Wow what a small and strange world! I am 51 too, and this was the music I grew up on while in exile in Kenya from the Amin years in Uganda. Other fellow exiled Ugandans would come over on Sundays for goat grilling, and my dad and mom would play this 45 record on their record player. Now years later I play it to my nephews and nieces in Massachusetts as I tell them our family history. It is wonderful to know another fellow African holds good memories over this Jimmy Cliff album. Greetings
I like all His music s
Am also Zamian birn in Ndola but grew up in Livingstone. We had records of KC
My favorite from childhood 😢
This jimmy cliff House of Exile music is for the matured minds.
Great musical arrangement, wonderful, down to earth and sobering lyrics.
Excellent Evergreen. Timeless. Classic
Everything that is created must obey a law. Every man reaps what he sows.
Strong words that call everyman to honest self evaluation that we may all finish strong.
I heard this song sleeping on the mat in my tiny village in alor agu Igbo Eze south of Enugu state , Nigeria through my late snr brothers grammar fone player as it was called then in the mid 70s , now am a full grown adult with family and living large in my own world still listening to House of exile in 2023 .what a music.
Wow! Every comment here brings me nostalgia. My childhood music too.
Nwannem, this Jimmy cliff song always reminds my of my dead brother who use to play this song in our old house in the 70s.
Mr.Jimmy Cliff's music ma
de me love reggae music when I was about 10yrs Old with Mama Look up the mountain, Dear mother, among others. A Great Legend indeed
Anytime I play this music I feel like crying 😭😭
Yup.
Me too
You are not the only one
I hear this song I think of our ancestors finding getting there redemption. Blks have suffered too much. I refuse to believe it would end with no retribution
In my opinion, Jimmy Cliff is one of the greatest reggae singers of all time.
Jimmy cliff a legend
i wholly agree
Hyamel Wills laptop Haiduk the following hair
Totally agree 💯I grow up listening to his music
YES HE IS
Words are not enough to explain how great this song mean to my soul
You are best of ALL
I love it too
Am with you my brother ✊🏽✊🏽
Timeless song. A real legend, Jimmy cliff. House of exile and many rivers to cross are my favourite tracks growing up in the 70s. Now in mid fifties.
I remember buying this album as a teenager and feeling so proud because I knew every song word for word love jimmy Cliff 👏🏽
I was 10 years old when I heard this vibe for the first time but did not understand a single word of english
The voice of a living legend
@Zephaniah Dangiwa
- O Yeah sir say that again. This man is so love in Africa especially for old school people
one of the greatest compositions by a true legend.. the music arrangement is magical..
In my post I said mystical. On same page
This music takes to the world beyond
Got to love Jimmy Cliff's songs through my senior brothers when I was still a little girl. They could play his songs the whole day. In fact, growing up as a little girl I thought he was the only musician
House of exile makes the passing of fifty years look like the working of a true flying time machine.
This is the City of Lagos-Nigeria in 1970s, nostalgia at its best as far as I'm concerned. Wow, how I wish I could wind back the hands of time !
You are so damn right.This albim came out sometime in 1987.
@@udohnsikak6352 no it can't be true..not late 1987 ..it's 70s song
@@sentsolebatla2512 you are right.i have confirmed it on google.Thanks
@@udohnsikak6352 l know because l was in primary school and it was hit song then
Very nostalgic. What a song
Jimmy Cliff is the BEST and am from Ghana West Africa.
Heard this song for the first time in 1974 and have never stopped listening to it. Great song, beautiful melody, meaningful lyrics. God bless you JC.
Ezekiel Ojediran thank you soo much I love Jimmy cliff since 70s
Me too
One of the finest social commentators in the world, Jimmy Cliff has never won the acclaim he deserves. House of Exile, Synthetic World, Many Rivers Cross- name it- each song comments on the human condition. His lyrics are powerful commentary and his voice is golden! No poetry beats these powerful songs, but the award went to Bob Dylan!
Ooh My God
Yeah .. And Bob Dylan once admitted Jimmy Cliff's tune Vietnam was the greatest protest song he'd ever heard......This lends really heavy credence to the man , Mr Jimmy Cliff.
C'est magnifique. Cela rappelle la vraie musique .Rien à dire c'est toujours agréable à écouter
Everyone I knew loved this song in the 70s. I still do. No party was complete without A House of Exile.
House of Exile is always on top. My senior Late senor brother (DALIBUKA) use to play the Song in the 70s particularly during Christmas period when all returned to our home Town Alor London in IDEMILI SOUTH ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA. May Jimmy cliff live longer life in JESUS CHRIST NAME AMEN.
I was just 12 years when my pop introduced this song to me while playing it and I am almost forty now, is still like yesterday...that is what they called Evergreen
if i have to take three albums with me to heaven, this will definitely be one of them. and thank jimmy for letting us enjoy this great music on you tube with no strings attached.
There's a day of feasting and a day of famine
Day of sadness and a day of joy
You could see in the day of feasting
Life isn't just a little play-like toy
So your day arrived when you least expected
'Cause you always thought you were well protected
Now you feel like a fish out of water
So now you're wondering what's the matter
Oh remember you said it wouldn't happen to you
Now you're thinking how to start a new
A drowning man will catch at a straw
You were warned but you wouldn't take heed
Everything in creation must obey a law
It's true in words as it is in deed
You were so puffed up in your pomps and pride
You're exposed you got none to hide
Yes, you used to look down on the folks beside you
Never they think you would have come down too
Remember they said you got to reap what you sow
Simple truth everybody know
Oh what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
Oh what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
Oh what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
Oh what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
Everything in creation must obey a law
It's true in words as it is in deed
Thank you so much sir
A day to born, a day to die...... A day to plant and day to reap, a day to gather and a day to scatter! Love and respect to music maker Jimmy Cliff
I love this one..House of exile.
This is so realistic
Appreciate you for this.tnx
Jimmy cliff used his music to portray the everlasting challenges faced by many of us , in the USA , West INDIES , Britain, Africa many years ago . The struggle of the African to live in a contemporary world where intolerance , prejudice ,and all forms that negated on human values.Therefore , house of exile depicts a painful story of what life was , in the 1800s , 1900s -1940s , 50s 60 70s and how the voice of a struggle was sang to inspire our forefathers to rise against injustices. So , we saw the rise of Marcus Gave , Martin Luther King , Malcolm X , Bob Marley , Peter Tosh, and many others who took the pain to forge a united front against evil.
Cliff remains one of the best Raggae artists of our modern time. Long may he live.
I don't understand why this song has so little likes.This man is a legend
This remains me of my days in lawra sec
Sandra Warner Best Song of The Decade. 1974. Joseph Asombang
People forget or don't know. Then one day they remember or discover. Good music will always eventually be remembered or discovered as people rummage through their parents' or Uncles' and aunts' or grandparents' music collections. It's just a matter of time.
Because they dont know what is a good song he Will always be a true legende jah bless 🙏
Only a few will really love and appreciate a philosophical and inspirational song from a living legend
Nostalgic! The time when music was a 'calling'....
The wisdom is these songs... I wish I could meet Jimmy Cliff.
Me too.
He's in Jamaica.
Jimmy cliff is a legendary musical philosopher just like Bob Marley . his music bring back to me the good good old days when the world was in peace . His music will linger on as yet into another generation to come . I have been enjoying the philosophy of his music for almost thirty years now and I still today ,
Jimmy C you filled my childhood life with incredible music composition, tunes, and human messages! God bless...
He visited my country Lesotho 🇱🇸 back in 1983 and i remember that vividly i was a young boy by then but the memory lives on Jimmy Cliff
This song is always loaded with meanings. You reap what you sow... 2020
Love this song. This means a lot to me. ❤❤❤
They don't make music like this anymore.
Great song from a great artiste, Jimmy. The living legend.
Jimmy's music inspired me a great deal as a young man when it seemed my world was ended.thanks jimmy.
Jimmy Cliff, you are a living legend and the greatest musical philosopher after Celestin Okwu. In all your songs, the proverbs are life-changing for the best if we can listen and apply the words of wisdom. I heard this song in Coal City, Enugu, when I was in Elementary School. I still listen to it almost daily for over forty-five years. Bravo.
This will always be one of my favorite Albums! This is the second Album I ever bought! I was only a child and I memorize every word! What an Artiste and what a voice!
💥C’est l’une de mes meilleures chansons dans la vie. Je garde jalousement ce disque at home. Quelle jeunesse j’ai eue avec Jimmy💓💓💓🌹🌹🌹
Jimmy Cliff is one of d best reggae legend.His songs are so lovely n timeless n most inspiring.I love this track so much.
This song has gone places, it reminds me of my childhood days
He remains my number one Reggae Artiste
Listening to this great piece with deep nostalgia, memories rushing back at me. My mum used to play this and many other magical tracks of his back then. I can only smile and allow myself basque in the euphoria of those great memories. Blessings to you Jimmy cliff.
You are a good writer. I smile as I read thru your lines.
Beautiful song, i heard my older sisters playing , singing and dancing to it . Oh my God I love this song growing up as a little girl
Jimmy Cliff came to my country Zambia, I even went where he was but sadly I didnt have a chance to talk to him. My very best man of the year the legend, still love you Jimmy and your music 💃
Mon classement des 3 meilleurs chanteurs Jamaïcains de tous les temps, dans l'ordre : Jimmy Cliff, Albert Griffiths chanteur du Groupe The Gladiators Reggae et enfin Bob Marley.
It really brings back old memories when dad could play such music on wax records.So nice music 🎵🎶
One of my favorites! The first time I listened to it is when I was a small boy and am still playing it. My father was the one playing it. Kudos to the legend Jimmy cliff 👏
Yeah same here. My dad bought the album in 1974 whem I was nine and I am still listening to it to this day!
Here’s to my friends Don Greco, Don Solozo, Don Clemenza and Don Tartaglia wherever you are. We used to groove to this masterpiece with Guinness, weed and black lights. Good times...signed Don Torres
This was a 1978 /9 smash or that is when first heard it in nairobi kenya and all my life i have been with bongo man and still enjoying his everlasting music
A great Song! What a LEGEND! THE MIGHTY VENERABLE JIMMY CLIFF!
THANKS for sharing!
I came to know jimmy cliff around 1968 or 69 after the " hard road to travel "hit and since then and up to today i love bongo man. He is in a class of his own and that golden voice makes him the best ever.
JImmy cliff- while the rest of the world adores Bob Merly, to me, the great Jimmy Cliff is the one i adore! LONG LIVE JIMMY!....
They were bothe great, Man
For the greatest is Jimmy Cliff
For me Jimmy is the greatest Jamaican song writer hands down.....Bob was great and took the music to the masses. However if you ask most people of my age who played sound systems back in the 70s and 80s to name their top 5 artists Bob would probably not be in there.
Bob marley is prophet
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A living legend he is...
Meaningful lyrics, not all these noises we listen to these days...
i knew this song in the 70s growing up in sierra leone, my dad played it all the time.
i loved it then without understanding the words. amazing lyrics.
Now we don't enjoy the song of nowadays. This generation is really missing something
@Magdalene Kamara where in sierra leone . I am from there too but living now in the Canada
I really love this music so much, you're a genius Mr Cliff.
classic
Samuel Owusu Mensah dis
All the reggae singers from that Era 1960 to 1980 were all good
Oh memories as this was my grandfather 's favorite. I could remember him playing the music during after a day's work at the SLPMB in Bonthe town.
God bless you beautiful soul brother Cliff, truly touched.
For me it's jimmy cliff for ever. His plethora of songs are all packed with meaning, melodious and evergreen. God bless you my man 👊
You don't get these anymore, wonderfully done, great tune
Jimmy Cliff is truly d originator n 1 of. Best.
May u live long JayCee.
I can't get tired of listening to this song. Reminds me of my high school days in Nigeria.
Me too, in Lagos as a student worker.
Me too. Reminds of my High school in Uganda
The calmness, wisdom and skill in the song just amazes me. That was and is music.
Great music Dr Jimmy cliff,have been listening ur music since I was a child and it always build confidence in me whenever am low
Jimmy cliff es una leyenda. Me encanta tanto esa música el inmortal jimmy cliff. Esta música nunca morira parese ser una música triste pero ami me hace feliz 😌😌😌✌️✌️🤩🤩🤩
At 64, I have been listening this music for quite some time. I grew up with Jimmy Cliff. Well, I was 17 when I first got into him.
Deep thinking! For me, Jimmy is the best song writer of our time, his lyrics speaks volumes!
One of the greatest reggae song ever recorded, still a tear jerker till date, songs from this album was blaring from every home in Benin City Nigeria in 1974/75. I dare say his Cliff most successful album in Nigeria in the 70s
Wow what a classic. Brings back my childhood year back in yhe seventies.
I remembered listening to this song in the late 80s when I was growing up without knowing who sang it,not until now that I still came across it in my 40s and realised that it was Jimmy cliff.God bless you for making my teenage life memorable.
Many middle aged Nigerians will find this song very nostalgic because Jimmy Cliff made a Nigerian musical tour shortly after releasing the album House of Exile. It was a block buster. I watched his live show at Hill Station hotel Jos. It was like yesterday. The crowd was ecstatic when he did the title track.. Jimmy Cliff is indeed a great Reggae artist like no other. Very unique.
As long as I live Jimmy cliff songs will always inspire me. Want to see him in concert...
Great piece, Cant stop listening to it.
Ahmed Sibaway I'm a hobo and considered a treat to society cuz I listen to people like cliff, wear my shoes, I'm harmless, but these righty tightys keep calling the police on me, I was woke up by Johny law for sleeping under a 🌲, searched, name rand and sent down the road feeling bad, beeing a white American born citizen
The greatest of Jimmy Cliff. Loved listening to this song when in High School in Kenya.
About Jimmy Cliff his lyrics are prophetic, inducing and pure , remembering my late senior brother who will always disturb us with this in the early morning of late 70s.
In fact a lady friend from Ghana introduced Jimmy Cliff Songs to me when she came to Nigeria in 1973, since then I've been so addicted to Jimmy's songs even at 72 yrs, I'm still enjoying it. Love you Jimmy.
For me Dj kester, Jimmy Cliff is undoubtedly the best that ever happened to reggae music.Blessings brother Jimmy!
Jimmy cliff is a legend, I love him. His songs give me joy
Such beautiful lyrics and meaning, house of exile my favourite track
Great music don't fade away. This is one of them. Cheers to the legend !
Jimmy Cliff is of the boldest generation of musicians telling us all what we are. And we ought not to be.
I have been hooked on this LP since I was seven years old in the 70s.
Only big brains will have a feel of what Jimmy is dishing out, great lyrics ....
U.K. I remember the 70s when I was in Secondary School, when I could sing this song just like this lovely man with this lovely voice. I laugh at my children trying to do the hip hops and raps. We’ve done it all before. They forget a school master was once a school boy. Nothing beats experience. Kudos for all the beautiful singers and more especially God who gave the gift of music to mankind. 😁😄😃😀😘
This is one of my favorite songs and musicians. Long live Jimmy cliff
MERCI A MONSIEUR JIMMY CLIFF D'AVOIR AINSI BERCER MA JEUNESSE AU CONGO AVEC TOUS VOS ALBUMS .QUE DU BONHEUR❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏. L'ETERNEL VOUS GARDE ENCORE LE PLUS LONGTEMPS POSSIBLE DE CE MONDE PARMI NOUS🙏🙏🙏🙏
His music is thrilling, inspirational,philosophical and induce hope and confidence in the listener, long life to all, amen. Jimmy Cliff.
Whoa!!!! First time hearing this tune. Phenomenal!!! Thank you Mr. Cliff, thank you Jamaica, and THANK YOU JAH!!!!
An artist with very deep and meaningful lyrics; one of a very few black artists besides Bob Marley and Sonny Okosun who write songs that reflect the plight of his people.
You really need to research and listen to more black artist before people laugh at you: Apart from Burning Spear, Lauryn Hill, Culture, Dennis Brown, the Mighty Gabby, Gil Scott Heron, Nina Simone, and Lucky Dube, I can think of over 100 off the top of my head.
Guess you never heard of Peter tosh
Lucky Dubai was an excellent artist!
True indeed/Gaborone Matshediso
Peter Tosh Equal rights and Justice is and was an anthem for black revolution in Africa against White people minority rule
Thank you so much, Alex Frank. You really made my day. I was in Lagos too, in secondary school, when Jimmy Cliff came to Nigeria on musical tour. Sadly, he got arrested midway thru the tour and locked up on account of some (alleged) breach of commercial contract with another Nigerian businessman, who apparently was to bring him to Nigeria years earlier. I suppose one positive outcome from that unpleasant episode was that it inspired Jimmy Cliff to come up with that intuitive song about being in Nigeria “and they threw me in jail”. Loved it. Till today I’m always winding up my Jamaican friends about reasons behind the Naija Businessman taking measures to protect his financial interest at the time. Me and all my friends in Lagos grew up with JC’s utterly inspirational songs, not least of all, Struggling Man, Wild, Wild World, Wonderful World, Vietnam, Many Rivers to Cross, Dear Mother, Rebel in me, and of course, Synthetic World, etc, etc. I’ve still got ALL JC’s record collections and I’m pleased to have succeeded in inspiring my 30yr-old younger son about JC’s world of music. He loves him too.
Like you, I’m now also a granddad but still can’t have enough of JC’s music. He remains one of my greatest musical Heroes. Thank you, JC🙏👍
Anthony Otokito (London uk)
This song reminds about my childhood friends; Nason Mwankenja, Robby Kanyinji, Bwalya Mulenga, Evans Bokwe Kalasa, Benard Mwakalobo, Joseph Machuta, Isaac Nswana, Manson Shonga, Anthony Dimus Kapemba. Guys I will always remember you! Fisansa primary school.
One of my best Jimmy cliff songs
This is one of my favorite songs.. I can listen to it all day long.