Marley's former manager Danny Sims later sued to gain royalty and ownership rights to the songs, saying that Marley had written the songs but had assigned the credit to Ford, to avoid commitments made in previous contracts.Ī 1987 court sided with the Marley estate, assuming full control of the songs. Marley didn't want his new songs to be associated with Cayman, and it had been speculated that he had put them in other people's names to avoid the contractual restrictions, and as a way to 'provide lasting help to family and close friends'. At the time, Marley was involved in a contractual dispute with his former publishing company, Cayman Music.

The album's liner notes list multiple songwriters, including other family friends and band members, but all songs were written by Marley. This meant that all royalty payments received by Ford allowed his work to continue. However, Bob went uncredited for the song at the time, as he was feeling charitable for this one.Īlthough Bob Marley is assumed to have written the song on his own, as its lyrics are highly personal, it was actually credited to Vincent Ford.įord was a friend of Marley's who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the ghetto area of Kingston, Jamaica, where Marley grew up. The studio version of the song used a drum machine. Luciano - your world and mine (your world and mine - 1995) 46. Luciano - Lord give me strength (1995) 45. Luciano - he is my friend (swing easy riddim - 1995) 44. Chevelle Franklin & Lady G - thank you (no woman no cry riddim - 1995) 43. Bob Marley wrote the song for the Wailers album Natty Dread released in 1975. Sanchez - never dis di Man (no woman no cry riddim - 1995) 42.

No woman no cry riddim