Throw Down Your Arms
A nonviolence song from Dry & Heavy.
Burning Spear, from Dry & Heavy (1977)
- Written by
- Winston Rodney
- Released
- 1977
- Length
- 4:05
- Album
- Dry & Heavy
The fifth track on Dry & Heavy runs 4:05 and was written by Rodney. Christgau, reviewing the album, called it an unselfrighteous nonviolence sermon and picked it out, alongside "Any River" and the title song, as a place where the sweetness of Rodney's vocals is surprisingly acute.
More songs by Burning Spear
Marcus Garvey, Slavery Days, Door Peep, Man in the Hills, Marcus Say Jah No Dead
Sources
- Dry & Heavy (album), Wikipedia
- Burning Spear, Consumer Guide, Robert Christgau