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The Israelites
The title has been the source of speculation, but most settle on the Rastafarian Movement's association with the Twelve Tribes of Israel. In the 1960s, Jamaican Rastafarians were largely marginalized as "cultish" and ostracized from the larger society, including by the more conservative Christian church in Kingston. Destitute (slaving for bread) and unkempt (Shirt them a-tear up, trousers is gone), some Rastafarians were tempted to a life of crime (I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde). The song is a lament of this condition.
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