Reggae music has always been at the forefront of protest music for social justice and racial equality. “Get Up Stand Up” by Bob Marley is one of the first songs that may come to mind when you think of reggae protest songs however there are many others. Here are 43 Reggae Protest Songs to your Black Lives Matter playlist.

1. Black Pride – Kofi
2. African Tears – Peter Hunnigale
3. Heathen – Coco Tea
4. Protect Us Jah – Morgan Heritage
5. I am Vex – Garnett Silk
6. Fundamental Principles of Life – Nereus Joseph
7. Bodyguard- Steel Pulse
8. Klu Klux Klan- Steel Pulse
9. Declaration of Rights – Mighty Diamond
10. Can You – Brian & Tony Gold
11. War – Bob Marley
12. Arise Blackman – Peter Tosh
13. 400 Years – Peter Tosh
14. Equal Rights – Peter Tosh
15. Them Haffi Get a Beaten – Peter Tosh
16. Get Up Stand Up – Peter Tosh
17. Crisis – Bob Marley & The Wailers
18. So Much Trouble in the World – Bob Marley & The Wailers
19. Revolution – Bob Marley & The Wailers
20. Revolution – Lloyd Brown
21. Guiltiness – Bob Marley & The Wailers
22. Hammer – Bob Marley & The Wailers
23. Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Road Block) – Bob Marley & The Wailers
24. Another Song – Lloyd Brown
25. We Need a Revolution – Lloyd Brown
26. Choice of Colour – The Heptones
27. Fire Burning – Bob Andy
28. Unchained – Bob Andy
29. Malcolm X – Dennis Brown
30. Black Man Hear Cries out – Junior Delgado
31. Murderer – Buju Banton
32. Come Down Father – Beres Hammond
33. Black Man Live Up – Vivian Jones
34. Black Man’s Paradise – Morgan Heritage
35. Cry of My People – Garnett Silk
36. I Can’t Breathe – Kabaka Pyramid
37. I Can’t Breathe – Queen Ifrica
38. Truths & Rights – Protoje & Mortimor
39. Camera Show – Protoje
40. Slave Mill – Damian ‘Junior Gong’ Marley
41. Just a Little Peace – Peter Hunnigale
42. Do You Pray – Beres Hammond
43. The Jury – Scion Success

About the Author
Steve James is a Freelance photographer/journalist, podcaster, and radio host of Real Rock on Newstalk93m in Jamaica. Steve was a radio announcer on Bess FM in Jamaica. His images have appeared in Jamaicans.com, The Jamaican Gleaner, Jamaican Star, Buzzz Magazine, The Jamaica Observer, Echoes Magazine (London) CD covers. He has done work with the BBC and wrote a contributing column for Echoes Magazine (formerly Black Echoes) for a number of years.

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