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Burning Spear
As It Is
Album: Calling Rastafari
Genres: Reggae
Reggae veteran Burning Spear sings an autobiographical song about life as Bob Marley's protégé.

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	“As It Is” -- one of the more interesting tracks from Spear's Calling Rastafari album -- finds the singer revisiting his past in a highly autobiographical lyric, recalling his early days as a Bob Marley protégé. Over a low-key but jaunty groove fleshed out with horns and female backing vocals, Spear chants of his days of struggle, and ultimately can't resist an “I-told-you-so” to his early critics: “I am the stone that builders refused.” As time and his steady string of reggae albums have proved, dismissing Spear has always been a bad call.

	*Dan LeRoy*
	Dan LeRoy is the music and entertainment writer for the Charleston Daily Mail. He serves as an associate editor for Grafitti, a statewide entertainment newspaper, and has also written for several music-related publications including Launch.com, Boston Rock, and Lexicon.