Q: what made you decide you had to listen to bob marley?
A: i was in starbucks at 18th av and 65th st in brooklyn, and a bob marley song was playing. i was reminded of people living poverty longing for a better world, and expressing that through music. even though i wasn't living in a 3rd world country, i was still feeling sad from the general disconnectedness of people on earth, and worn down from the general sadness that everyone lives in separate houses and strangers dont talk to each other. as i was walking down the sidewalk i came up with the chorus, and probably the second verse also