Bob marley alikuwa fundi sana kuanzia kuimba, midundo na mashairi fikirishi sana. Ona mashairi kama nyimbo ya (I shot the sheriff) ona haya maishairi. Ana anza hivi-
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Oh, no,no
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't no deputy ooh
All around in my home town
They're tryin to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty.
For the life of a deputy
For the life for a deputy
But I say.
I shot the sheriff
(But I swear it was on self defense) I swear it was I shot the sheriff
And they say it is a capital offense.
Sheriff John Brown always hated me for what, I don't know.
Every time I plant a seed
He said kill them before it grown and so.
I shot the sheriff
(But I didn't shoot the deputy) I didn't shoot.
Freedom came my way one day,
And I started out of town-yeah
Then all of sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
He was aiming to shoot I down
So I shot, yes, I shot, I shot him downow
And I say.
I-i-i-I I shot the sheriff
Lord I didn't shoot the deputy
Reflexes had the better of me
And what is to be must be.
Every day the bucket goes to me well
I say. One day bottom a go drop out.
One day the bottom will drop out
And so
And so
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot the deputy
No, no ,no
But I didn't shoot the deputy.