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The devil ain't got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil's a good friend, too... because when you don't know him, that's the time he can mosh you down.
The devil ain't got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil's a good friend, too... because when you don't know him, that's the time he can mosh you down.
Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
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- Bob Marley
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- Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Bob Marley: documented activity in 1962. Wikidata Q409, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q409 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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