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This song refers to the 1976 assassination attempt on Bob Marley’s life. Three gun men broke into his house. Marley was shot 3 times but survived. The shooting occurred in the middle of an election and political violence. Bob Marley was calling for peace and agreed to perform a peace concert.

Even after being shot, Marley walked out of the hospital two days later and still performed at the concert.

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See them fighting for power
But they know not the hour
So they bribing with their guns, spare-parts and money
Trying to belittle our integrity now
They say what we know is just what they teach us
And we're so ignorant
Because every time they can reach us

Through political strategy
They keep us hungry
And when you gonna get some food
Your brother got to be your enemy

Ambush in the night
All guns aiming at me
Ambush in the night
They opened fire on me now
Ambush in the night
Protected by His Majesty

Well, what we know is not what they tell us
We're not ignorant, I mean it
And they just cannot touch us
Through the powers of the Most-High
We keep on surfacing
Through the powers of the Most-High
We keep on surviving

This ambush in the night planned by society
Ambush in the night
They trying to conquer me
Ambush in the night
Anything money can bring
Ambush in the night planned by society

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from Survival, track released October 2, 1979

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Tribute to Bob Marley and The Wailers with The I Threes Kingston, Jamaica

Bob Marley and the Wailers were a Jamaican reggae band led by Bob Marley.

I Threes, were formed in 1974 to support Bob Marley and the Wailers after Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer – the original Wailer backing vocalists – left the band.

The three members were Marley's wife Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths.
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