SONGS OF FREEDOM Disc 1
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Transcribed from album tracks
[Album originally released 21/9/1992]
Contents:
1. Judge Not [ska] 1962 [2:26]
2. One Cup of Coffee [ska] 1962 [2:34]
3. Simmer Down [ska] 1963 [2:47]
4. I'm Still Waiting 1965 [3:05]
5. One Love/People Get Ready [ORIGINAL][ska] 1965 [3:19]
6. Put It On [ska] 1965 [3:05]
7. Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka) [rock steady] 1966 [2:47]
8. Mellow Mood [ORIGINAL] [rock steady] 1966 [3:28]
9. Bend Down Low [rock steady] 1966 [2:30]
10. Hypocrites [rock steady] 1967 [2:35]
11. Stir It Up [ORIGINAL] [rock steady] 1967 [3:10]
12. Nice Time [rock steady] 1967 [2:43]
13. Thank You Lord [ORIGINAL] [rock steady] 1967 [3:40]
14. Hammer [reggae] c8/68 [2:56]
15. Caution [reggae] c6/70 [2:42]
16. Back Out [reggae] c6/70 [2:17]
17. Soul Shakedown Party [reggae] c6/70 [3:04]
18. Do It Twice [reggae] c6/70 [2:46]
19. Soul Rebel [reggae] 1969-70 [3:19]
20. Sun Is Shining [reggae] 1969-70 [2:10]
21. Don't Rock the Boat [reggae] 1969-70 [4:29]
22. Small Axe [reggae] 1969-70 [3:55]
23. Duppy Conqueror [reggae] 1969-70 [3:39]
24. Mr Brown [reggae] 1969-70 [3:32]
1. JUDGE NOT [Bob Marley]
Don't you look at me so smug
And say I goin' bad,
Who are you to judge me,
And the life I live?
I know that I'm not perfect
And that I don't claim to be,
So before you point your fingers,
Make sure your hands are clean.
Judge not,
Before you judge yourself!
Judge not,
If you're not ready for judgement! Oh-oh-oh!
The road of life is rocky,
And you may stumble too:
So while you talk about me,
Someone else is judging you.
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/Saxophone solo/
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Judge not,
Before you judge yourself!
Judge not,
If you're not ready for judgement! And I just can't tell the raindrops
From my teardrops
Falling down my face.
Mm, look at it, yeah!
It isn't really raindrops.
2. ONE CUP OF COFFEE [Bob Marley]
One cup of coffee, then I'll go;
Though I just dropped by to let you know
That I'm leaving you tomorrow;
I'll cause you no more sorrow:
One cup of coffee, then I'll go.
I brought the money like the lawyer said to do,
But it won't replace the 'eartache I caused you;
It won't take the place of lovin' you, I know,
So one cup of coffee, then I'll go.
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/Saxophone solo/
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Tell the kids I came last night
And kissed them while they slept;
Make my coffee sweet and warm
Just the way you used to lie in my arms.
I brought the money like the lawyer said to do,
But it won't replace the 'eartache I caused you;
It won't take the place of lovin' you, I know,
So one cup of coffee, then I'll go;
One cup of coffee, then I'll go;
One cup of coffee, then I'll go. /fadeout/
3. SIMMER DOWN [Bob Marley]
Simmer down: you lickin' too hot, so!
Simmer down: soon you'll get dropped, so!
Simmer down: can you hear what I say?
Simmer down: simmer won't you - why won't you -
why won't you simmer down?
Simmer down!
Long time people de used to say,
What sweet nanny goat
A-go run him belly, so:
Simmer down: oh, control your temper!
Simmer down: or the battle will be hotter
Simmer down: man, you hear what I say?
Simmer down: oh, that I'm a-leavin' you today!
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/Saxophone solo/
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Simmer down: oh, you hear what I say?
Simmer simmer: a-that I'm leavin' you today!
Simmer down: can you hear what I say?
Simmer down!
Chicken merry, hawk deh near
And when him deh near
You must beware, so:
Simmer down: oh, control your temper!
Simmer down: for the battle will be hotter;
Simmer down: and-a you won't get no supper.
Simmer down: and you know you bound to suffer
Simmer down: simmer - simmer - simmer right down:
Simmer down: like you never did before!
Simmer down: oh, oh, oh!
Simmer down: man, you hear what I say?
Simmer down: you lickin' too hot, so!
Simmer down: and you know soon you'll get dropped, so!
Simmer down: I want to simmer - simmer down!
Simmer down: simmer down - simmer down!
Simmer down: simmer - simmer down!
Simmer down: oh, simmer - simmer down!
Simmer down: and you never ... /fadeout/
4. I'M STILL WAITIN' [Bob Marley]
(I'm still waiting;
I'm still waiting;
I'm still waiting;
I'm still waiting for you,
Why, oh why? Why, oh why?)
I said-a my feet won't keep me up anymore.
Well, ev'ry little beat my heart beats, girl,
It's at-a your door.
I just wanna love you
And I'm never gonna hurt you, girl.
So why won't you come out to me now, girl?
Oh, can't you see I'm under your spell?
But I got to - got to go.
Why, girl? Oh why, girl? Oh!
Wo, my gosh, the rain is fallin',
And I just can't stop callin'.
And I just can't tell the raindrops
From my teardrops
Falling down my face.
Mm, look at it, yeah!
It isn't really raindrops.
(I'm still waiting) Teardrops falling down my face.
(I'm still waiting)
(I'm still waiting) I'm still waitin'.
(I'm still waiting) Yes, I will.
I wait in the rain, I wait in the sun.
Please, relieve me from these pains,
Oh pains, just pains.
I love you, yes I do.
But tell me, do you really love me, too? Mm-mm. Mm.
5. ONE LOVE/PEOPLE GET READY
[Bob Marley/Curtis Mayfield]
One love, one heart;
Let's join together and I'll feel all right.
(One love) O Lord, have mercy!
(One heart) I said, let's give thanks and praise
and I will feel all right.
Let's join together and I'll feel all right!
Now, let 'em all pass all their dirty remarks (one love);
There is one question I'd really like to ask (one soul).
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner,
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
One love, one heart;
Let's join together and I'll feel all right.
(One love) Hear my plea!
(One heart) Let's join together and I'll feel all right.
Let's give thanks to the Lord and I will feel all right.
Let's join together to fight this holy battle;
When the Man comes, there will be no, no doom.
Have pity on those whose chances grows thinner;
There ain't no hiding place from-a the King from the Lord, yes!
(One love) Hear my plea!
(One heart) Oh, let's join together and I'll feel all right.
(One love) O Lord, have mercy!
(One heart) I said-a, let's give thanks and praise
and I will feel all right.
Let's join together and I'll feel all right.
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/Saxophone solo/
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One love, one heart:
Let's join together and I'll feel all right.
(One love) Oh, Lord!
(One heart) Oh-oh, let's join together and I'll feel all right.
Let's just pray to the Lord and I will feel all right.
I tell ya: let 'em all pass their dirty remarks (one love);
There is one question I'd really like to ask (one soul).
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner,
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
(One love) O Lord, have mercy!
(One heart) I tell you, let's give thanks and praise
and I will feel all right.
(One love) Hear my plea!
(One heart) Hear my plea!
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right.
Let's join together and I will feel all right.
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right.
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/Saxophone solo/ /fadeout/
6. PUT IT ON [Bob Marley]
Ah-ah-ah-ah;
Ah-ah-ah-ah;
Ah-ah-ah-ah.
Feel them spirit;
Feel them spirit;
Feel them spirit.
Lord, I thank you;
Lord, I thank you.
Feel all right now;
Feel all right now;
Feel all right now.
Lord, I thank you;
Lord, I thank you.
I'm gonna put it on;
I'm gonna put it on;
I'm gonna put it on.
Good Lord, help me! Good Lord!
Good Lord, help me!
I'm not boastin';
I'm not boastin';
I'm not boastin'; I'm not boastin', yea-ea-eah!
I just feel like toastin'.
No more cryin';
No more cryin';
No more cryin'.
Good Lord, hear me;
Good Lord, hear me.
I rule my destiny;
I rule my destiny; I rule my destiny;
I rule my destiny.
Lord, I thank you;
Lord, I thank you;
Lord, I thank you;
Lord, I thank you;
Lord, I thank you;
Lord, I thank you;
Lord, I thank you. ...
(I'm gonna put it on) In the morning;
(I'm gonna put it on) In the night;
(I'm gonna put it on) Anywhere, anytime;
(I'm gonna put it on) I'm not boastin';
(I'm gonna put it on) I'm just a-toastin';
(I'm gonna put it on) Take it on, baby!
(I'm gonna put it on) Baby, this evening.
(I'm gonna put it on) /fadeout/
7. BUS DEM SHUT (PYAKA) [Bob Marley]
Life is for man to live (Let man live life! Ba, ba, ba-ba, ba-ah!);
Bread is for man to eat (Let man eat bread! Ba, ba, ba-ba, ba-ah!).
Bread and pyaka:
Cut down pyaka-yism!
Bread and pyaka:
Cut down pyaka-yism!
Everyt'ing ya run dung 'pon;
Everyt'ing ya run dung 'pon;
Everyt'ing ya run dung 'pon;
Everyt'ing ya run dung 'pon.
Come, we go reason now;
Come-a, come-a come-a, we go reason now (we deh go reason now);
Come-a, come-a come-a, we go reason now (we deh go reason now);
Come-a, come-a come-a, we go reason now (we deh go reason now).
Where do you stand for happiness (wa-la, wa-la!)
When you no say you no want it,
While some o' dem (some o' dem, some o' dem) out deh, eh!
I bus dem shut right now
Fi get it.
Bread and pyaka:
Cut down pyaka-yism!
Bread and pyaka:
Cut down pyaka-yism!
Woman feel the pain;
Man suffer, Lord.
Woman feel the pain;
Man suffer, Lord.
Come-a, come-a, come-a: we go reason now;
Come-a, come-a, come-a: we go reason now;
Come-a, come-a, come-a: we go reason now;
Come-a, come-a, come-a: we go reason now;
Come-a, come, come-a: we go reason now;
Come-a, come-a, come-a: we go reason now.
Peeyah, peeyah, pyaka, come!
Peeyah, peeyah, pyaka, come!
Peeyah, peeyah, pyaka, come!
A-come-a, come-a, come-a: we go reason now;
A-come-a, come-a, come-a: we go reason now;
A-come-a, come-a, come-a: we go reason now;
Oh, come-a, come, come-a: we go reason now;
Bread and pyaka;
Sister pyaka;
Bread and pyaka;
Sister pyaka;
Cut down pyaka-yism!
Cut down pyaka-yism!
Cut down pyaka-ysim! /fadeout/
8. MELLOW MOOD [Bob Marley]
I'll play your fav'rite song, darlin'.
We can rock it all night long, darlin'.
'Cause I've got love, darlin':
Love, sweet love, darlin'.
Mellow mood has got me,
So let the music rock me.
'Cause I've got love, darlin':
Love, sweet love, darlin'.
Quiet is the night,
Please turn off your light.
I'll play your fav'rite song, darlin'.
We can rock it all night long, darlin'.
'Cause I've got love, darlin':
Love, sweet love, darlin'.
Strike the hammer while iron is hot;
Strike the hammer while iron is hot;
Strike the hammer while iron is 'ot now.
Open up your heart;
Open up your heart.
Love love come running in, darlin':
Love, sweet love, darlin';
Love, sweet ma love, darlin'.
I'll play your fav'rite song, darlin'.
We can rock it all night long, darlin'.
'Cause I've got love, darlin':
Love, sweet love, darlin'.
Mellow mood has got me, darlin',
So let the music rock me, darlin',
'Cause I got your love, darlin':
Love, sweet love, darlin'.
I'll play your fav'rite song, darlin'.
We can rock it all night long, darlin'.
'Cause I've got love, darlin':
Ma love, ma sweet, ma love, darlin'. /fadeout/
9. BEND DOWN LOW [Bob Marley]
Bend down low, let me tell you what I know, yeah;
Bend down low, let me tell you what I know, yeah.
Oh! Fisherman row; you reap what you sow;
Tell all I know; 'cause if I - you've got to let me go,
And what you've got to do:
(Bend down low) Let me tell you what I know, yeah!
You bend down low; let me tell you what I know now.
It's that: you keep on knockin', but ya can't come in.
I get to understand you been livin' in sin,
Walk right in, honey, sit right down;
I will keep on loving you and play the clown.
But bend down low; ah, that is what I know, yeah.
Now, bend down low; let me tell ya - let me tell you what I know now.
(Bend down low)
Said, you keep on knocking, but ya can't come in.
I get to understand you been livin' in sin,
But if you love me, woman, walk right in;
I've got a notch for your safety-pin,
But bend down low, oh-oh! - let me tell you what I know;
Bend down low - /fadeout/
10. HYPOCRITES [Bob Marley]
Dip for diplomatic;
'Yp for hypocratic;
Dry for dry-land tourist;
Tup for Topper Norris!
See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh!
See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh!
See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh! Man, go!
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/Instrumental break/
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Dem cut - cut - cut against 'em one another;
Cut - cut - cut against 'em one another.
Oh, them teach to love one another;
Oh, them teach to love one another. Man, go!
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/Instrumental break/
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Dem a rum - come - come wid a gravalicious;
Dem a rum - come - come wid a gravalicious;
Dem a rum-a - come-a - come-a wid a gravalicious;
Dem a rum-a - come - come-a wid a gravalicious.
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/Instrumental break/
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See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh!
See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh!
See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh!
See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh! Man, go!
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/Instrumental break/
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Dip-a (for diplomatic);
A 'yp-a (for hypocratic);
Dry - dry - dry (for dry-land tourist);
A tup-pa - tup-pa - tup-pa (for Topper Norris)!
See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh!
See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh!
See de 'ypocrites, them a-galang deh! Man, go!
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/Instrumental ending/ /fadeout/
11. STIR IT UP [Bob Marley]
Let's stir it up;
Little darlin', stir it up;
Little darlin', stir it up;
Little darlin':
It's been a long, long time
Since I got you on my mind.
Now you are here, it's so clear:
See what we could do, honey,
Just me and you.
Let's Stir it up;
Little darlin', stir it up;
Little darlin', stir it up;
Little darlin':
I'll push the wood, blaze the fire,
Satisfy your heart's desire.
I'll stir it, yeah! - every minute, yeah!
All you've got to do, honey,
Keep it in it.
Let's stir it up;
Little darlin', stir it up;
Little darlin', stir it up. Run it!
Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a!
Stir it up, stir it - stir it - stir it - stir it up!
I need your love!
I need your sunshine!
I need you when the lights are low!
Aw, I need you, and that's all I know.
Ooh, stirin' - stirin' - stirin' - stirin' - stirin'!
I need your stirin' to stir me up!
When I'm holdin' back ...
Stir me up, baby, huh!
I said I need you so.
Stir me up, I need your lovin', oh!
Come on, come on, come on!
Turn me, yeah!
I need you to caress me!
I need your love, that's all I know!
I want you, honey, ooh!
I told you: it's a long, long, long, long time.
All right.
It's all right!
It's all right!
Walkin' back home!
Ooh, doin' our thing!
All right!
12. NICE TIME [Bob Marley?]
1, 2, 3:
Long time we no have no nice time:
You-you doo-doo-doo, yeah: think about that!
Long time we no have no nice time:
You-you doo-doo-doo, yeah: think about that!
This is my heart:
To rock you steady;
I'll give you love
Time you're you ready.
This little heart in me
Just won't let me be;
I'm rockin';
Won't you rock with me?
Long time we no have no nice time:
You-you doo-doo-doo, yeah: think about that!
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/Trumpet solo/
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This is my heart:
To rock you steady;
I'll give you love
The time you're you ready.
This little heart in me
Just won't let me be;
I'm just-a rock this now;
Won't you rock wid me?
A long - long - long - long time we no have no nice time:
Thank ya, thank ya, babe!
(You-you doo-doo-doo, yeah: think about that!)
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/Trumpet solo/ /fadeout/
13. THANK YOU LORD [Bob Marley?]
Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me, yeah!
Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing now.
Thank you, Lord, for ev'ry little thing, yeah, yeah!
Thank you, Lord, for you made me sing.
Say I'm in no competition,
But I made my decision.
You can keep your opinion:
I'm just calling on the wiseman communion.
Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing now.
Thank you, Lord, for ev'ry little thing, yeah, yeah!
Thank you, Lord, for you made me sing.
Sing along, sing along:
I don't fear their aggression,
Just to prove my determination.
I don't yield to temptation;
I haven't learn't my lesson in Revelation.
Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me, yeah-eah-eah!
Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing now.
Thank you, Lord, for ev'ry little thing, yeah, yeah!
Thank you, Lord, for you made me sing.
Sing along, sing along:
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/Trumpet solo/
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Said, I'm in no competition,
But I made my decision.
Lord, in my simple way,
Comin', comin', comin', comin':
I love to pray.
Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me, yeah-eah-eah!
Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing now.
Thank you, Lord, for ev'ry little thing, yeah, yeah!
Thank you, Lord, for you made me sing.
Oh-oh-oh-oh! /fadeout/
14. HAMMER [Bob Marley]
They just keep holdin' me,
A-won't let go;
Holdin' me;
Won't let go!
I need a hammer - a hammer - a hammer - a hammer
To hammer them down!
I need a rammer - a rammer - a rammer - a rammer
To ram them down!
They just keep teasin' me
And, you know, they play like they don't know.
Provokin me,
But this is all I know:
I need a rammer - a rammer - a rammer - a rammer
To ram them down!
I need a hammer - a hammer - a hammer - a hammer
To hammer them down!
Wee-ooh-ooh;
Ooh-ooh-ooh;
Ooh-ooh-ooh;
Ooh-ooh-ooh.
Oh, I need a rammer - a rammer - a rammer - a rammer
To ram-a them-a down!
Oh, I need a hammer - a hammer - a hammer - a hammer
To hammer them down!
Said, I need a rammer - a rammer - a rammer - a rammer
To ram-a them down!
I need a hammer - a hammer - a hammer - a hammer
To hammer them down!
Holdin' me (ooh-ooh-ooh);
Won't let go (ooh-ooh-ooh).
Holdin' me (ooh-ooh-ooh);
Won't let go (ooh-ooh-ooh).
I need a rammer - a rammer - a rammer - a rammer
To ram-a them down!
I need a hammer - a hammer - a hammer - a hammer
To hammer them down!
(I need a rammer)
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/Instrumental break/
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I need a hammer - a hammer - a hammer - a hammer
To hammer them down!
I need a rammer - a rammer - a rammer - a rammer
To ram them down!
I need a hammer - a hammer - a hammer - a hammer
To hammer them down!
I need a rammer - a rammer - a rammer - a rammer
To ram them down! /fadeout/
15. CAUTION [Bob Marley]
Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo.
Wo-wo-wo-wo, wo-wo-wo-wo.
Here I am walkin' down the street (Walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin',
walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin',
walkin')
And the children: everything is so sweet.
(Wo-wo-wo sweet! Wo-wo-wo sweet!)
I'm doin' my best and I'm doin' it slow,
But there is just one thing I would like you to know.
Ooh, when you wet, it's slippery, yeah. Uh!
When it damp, it crampin'!
If it's slidin', you'll tumble down,
Won't want you on the ground.
Oh-oh-oh! Caution: the road is wet;
Black soul is black as jet. Did you hear me?
Caution: the road is hot;
Still you got to do better than that!
'Cause when you wet, it's slippery, yeah. It's slippery, yeah!
When it damp, it crampin'! When it damp, it crampin'!
If it slidin' up and down-a,
Don't want you on the ground. Brother!
Hit me from the top,
You crazy muthafunkin'!
Hit me from the top,
You crazy muthafunkin'!
Hit me from the top,
Crazy muthafunkin'! Eh!
When you wet, it's slippery, yeah. Uh!
When it damp, it crampin!
If you slidin', you're tumblin' down,
Don't want you on the ground! Don't, don't!
Caution: the road is wet;
Black soul is black as jet. Black soul!
Caution: the road is hot;
Yeah, you got to do better than that! /fadeout/
16. BACK OUT [Bob Marley]
Back out: this is the rout!
Back out, and shut your mouth!
Back out: you ain't got no behaviour!
Back out: don't know who could be your saviour!
Yahso, Mistress Martin:
Couldn't speak like yahso!
Yahso, Mistress Martin:
Couldn't speak like yahso, yahso, yahso, yahso! Yeah!
Back out, and shut your mouth!
Back out: ooh, yea-eah!
Back out: you're makin' things go slow!
Back out: on the go!
Yahso, Mistress Martin:
Couldn't speak like yahso!
Yahso, Mistress Martin:
Could never speak like yahso, yahso, yahso (yahso)! Ooh, yeah!
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/Organ solo/
(Sweet soul music)
(Sweet soul music)
(Sweet soul music)
(Sweet soul music)
(Sweet soul music)
(Sweet soul music)
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Eh! Yahso, Mistress Martin:
Couldn't speak like yahso!
Yahso, Mistress Martin:
Could never speak like yahso, yahso, yahso (yahso)!
Eh! Ooh! Back out now, and shut your mouth (Back out!)
Shut your mouth! (Back out!)
Makin' things go slow! (Back out!)
Now you're on the go! (Back out!)
You're back - back - back - now! (Back out!)
You never, never knew (Back out!)
You would be back - back - back now! (Back out!) /fadeout/
17. SOUL SHAKEDOWN PARTY [Bob Marley]
We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight!
We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight!
The way you love-a me, huh! It's all right!
When you put your lovin' arms around me, and you hold me tight -
hold me tight.
This is my invitation:
I got the special vacation;
I need your concentration
Just to feel your vibration
At that soul shakedown party
We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight!
Jane is in the back yard
Doin' the outside dance;
I'm tellin' you the other day,
She didn't even get a chance!
But this is my invitation:
A just-a special vacation;
I need your concentration
Just to - just to - just to (vibration) just to:
(Soul shakedown party tonight) Baby, I need you tonight!
We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight!
Hit it, brother, y'all!
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/Instrumental break/
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The way you love-a me, it's all right! (It's all right)
When you put your lovin' arms around me (arms around me),
and you hold me tight (hold me tight).
This is my invitation:
I got the special vacation;
I need your concentration
Just to feel your vibration.
At that soul shakedown party tonight!
We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight! Uh!
Swing with me, baby!
(Soul shakedown party tonight) /fadeout/
18. DO IT TWICE [Bob Marley]
You know that I love you,
Baby, but you just won't let me.
You know that I love you,
Baby, but you just won't let me.
Every morning I get up, I sip my cup;
My eyes get red, no-one to hear me.
One more thing I'd like to say right here,
Baby, but you just won't let me.
One more thing I'd like to say right here,
Baby, but you just won't let me.
I'd like to say: baby, you so nice:
I'd like to do the same thing twice, yeah!
Baby, you so nice.
I'd like to do the same thing twice.
I love you so much, so-o-o-
Love you - love you, baby, so much.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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/Organ solo/
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I live in the woods alone;
I need your (company) company.
Baby! Woods alone!
I need your company, yeah!
Every morning I get up, I sip my cup;
My eyes get red, no-one to hear me.
One more thing I'd like to say right here,
Baby, but you just won't let me, yeah!
One more thing I'd like to say right here,
Baby, but you just won't let me.
I'd like to say: baby, you so nice:
Do the same thing twice, yeah!
Baby, you so nice;
I'd like to do the same thing twice;
I love you, baby, so much. /fadeout/
19. SOUL REBEL [Bob Marley]
I'm a rebel, soul rebel
I'm a capturer, soul adventurer
I'm a rebel, soul rebel
I'm a capturer, soul adventurer
See the morning sun (ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) on the hillside (ooh)
Not living good, yeah! - travel wide,
Said, I'm a living man (ah-ah-ah-ah-ah); I've got work to do (ooh)
If you're not happy, children, then you must be blue
(must be blue, must be blue) people say:
People say:
I'm a rebel, let them talk;
Soul rebel: talk won't bother me.
I'm a capturer, that's what they say;
(Soul adventurer) Night and day
(I'm a rebel) I'm a rebel: soul rebel!
Do you hear them, Lippy?
(I'm a capturer) Gossip around the corner;
(Soul adventurer) How they adventure on me, y'all.
But see the morning sun (ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) on the hill side (ooh);
Not living good, travel wide,
Said, I'm a living man (ah-ah-ah-ah-ah);
I've got work to do
(ooh-ooh; must be blue, must be blue, must be blue).
If you're not happy,
You must be blue.
I'm a rebel (ooh-ooh):
Soul rebel;
I'm a capturer (ooh-ooh):
soul adventurer. Do you hear me?
I'm a rebel, rebel in the morning;
(soul rebel) rebel at midday time.
20. SUN IS SHINING [Bob Marley]
Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah!
Make you wanna move your dancing feet now.
To the rescue, here I am!
Want you to know, y'all: can you understand?
When the morning gather the rainbow, yeah, yeah.
Want you to know I'm a rainbow too now.
To the rescue, here I am!
Want you to know, y'all: can ya - can ya - can ya understand?
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/Accordion break/
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Sun is shining, weather is sweet now;
Make you wanna move your dancing feet, yeah.
But to the rescue, here I am!
Want you to know just if you can:
Here I stand!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Can you understand me now, baby?
Do you believe me?
21. DON'T ROCK THE BOAT [Bob Marley]
Please don't you rock my boat,
'Cause I don't want my boat to be rockin' anyhow.
Please don't you rock my boat, no!
'Cause I don't want my boat to be rockin'.
I'm tellin' you that, oh, oo-er!
I like it like-a this. Can you hear?
And you should know, ooh-oh! -
When I like it-a like-a this.
I'm-a really it, ooh-yeah!
You satis - satis - satisfy my soul mornin' time - evenin', oh-oh!
- fy my soul!
Yes, I been a-tellin' you,
Make me the sweetest case:
Happy inside all the time.
Oh, can't you see what you've done for me? Yeah.
You make me feel like, when we bend a new corner,
We feel like sweepstake winner, yeah!
When we bend a new corner,
We feel like sweepstake winner.
And I said, oh! Ooh-oh! I like it-a like-a this. Yes, I do!
And you should know, ooh-oh!
When I like it-a like-a this
I got it; just can't miss, ooh!
Satis - satisfy my soul, darlin':
Make me love you in the mornin' time, yeah.
If ever I treated you bad, make it up to me one time.
'Cause I'm happy inside all the time.
I want you beside me, yeah! - to be mine.
One thing you got to do
Is when-a we holdin' 'ands together
You've got to know that we love-a - love eachother, yeah!
And if evertime you should walk away from me now,
You'll know I'll need your sympathy, yea-eah!
Can you see? Do you believe me?
Oh, darlin', darlin', I'm callin', callin'!
Satisfy my soul - satisfy my soul!
Never, never, never give it up now.
All in the same boat -
Rockin on the same rock.
Got to get together, lovin' eachother;
And can't you see what I've got for you, yeah.
I'm happy - happy - happy - happy - happy
And not even time to be blue, yeah.
Come a little closer - /fadeout/
22. SMALL AXE [Bob Marley]
Why boasteth thyself, O evil men;
Playing smart and-a not being clever!
I said you're working iniquity
To achieve vanity (if a-so, a-so),
But the goodness of Jah - Jah
Idureth for Iver.
So if you are the big tree,
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down, (well sharp)
To cut you down.
These are the words of my master
Keep on tellin' me: no weak heart shall prosper.
Eh! Whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it - fall in it;
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it (fall in it).
If you are the big tree,
Let me tell you that: we are the small axe
Sharpened ready - ready to cut you down, (well sharp)
To cut you down.
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh; to cut you down;
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh; to cut you down).
These are the words of my master
Tellin' me that: no weak heart shall prosper.
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, uh! - bury in it!
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it, uh! (bury in it)
If you are the big, big tree,
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down, (well sharp)
To cut you down.
If you are the big, big tree,
Let me tell you that: we are the small axe
Ready to cut you down, (well sharp)
To cut you down. /fadeout/
23. DUPPY CONQUEROR [Bob Marley]
Oh, oh. op-bo, bo, bo-bo-bo!
Oh, oh. op-bo, bo, bo-bo-bo!
Yes, me friend, me friend,
Them set me free again.
Yes, me friend, me friend,
Me deh 'pon street again.
The bars could not hold me;
Force could not control me now.
They try to keep me down,
But God put me around.
Yes, I've been accused,
Wrongly abused, now.
But through the powers of the Most-'Igh,
They've got to turn me loose. Mm!
(Brrr) Don't try (brrr) to cold me up (brrr) on this (brrr) bridge
now.
I've got to reach Mount Zion -
The 'ighest region.
(Brrr) If you bull-bucka,
Let me tell you that:
I'm a duppy conqueror - conqueror.
Yes, me friend, me good friend,
Them set me free again, mm.
Yes, me friend,
Them turn me loose again.
(Brrr) Don't try (brrr) to cold me up on (brrr) this (brrr) bridge
now.
I've got to reach Mount Zion -
The 'ighest region.
(Brrr) If you bull-bucka,
Let me tell you:
I'm a duppy conqueror - hit it! (conqueror)
(Yes, me friend,) me friend, me friend, me friend,
We deh a street again.
Yes, me friend, me friend, me friend,
Dem set me free again.
Dem set me free again.
Don't try to show off
Fi make you friend dem laugh, what a la-la!
For I will cut you off
And I will take the last straw.
I'm cryin'! Yes, me friend,
We deh a street again, yea-eah.
Yes, me friend, me friend, me friend,
(Dem set me free again.) Oo-oo-ooh, yea-eah. Mm-mm.
Bars could not hold me - /fadeout/
24. MR BROWN [Bob Marley]
(Ooh - ooh - ooh - ooh)
(It's Mr Brown) Mr Brown is a clown who rides to town in a coffin.
(Well, here he comes) In the top is ... three rows on top and two
inside there.
Oh, what a confusion! Ooh, yeah, yeah!
What a botheration! Ooh, now, now!
Who is Mr Brown? I wanna know now!
He is nowhere to be found.
From Mandeville to slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' around,
Upsetting, upsetting, upsetting the town,
Asking for Mr Brown.
From Mandeville to slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' around,
upsetting, upsetting, upsetting the town,
Asking for Mr Brown.
I wanna know who (is Mr Brown)?
Is Mr Brown controlled by remote?
O-o-oh, calling duppy conqueror,
I'm the ghost-catcher!
This is your chance, oh big, big Bill bull-bucka,
Take your chance! Prove yourself! Oh, yeah!
Down in parade
People runnin like a masquerade.
The police make a raid,
But the people - oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah - they think it
fade.
What a thing in town
Crows chauffeur-driven around,
Skankin' as if they had never known
The man they call "Mr Brown".
I can tell you where he's from now:
From Mandeville to slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' around,
Upsetting, upsetting, upsetting the town,
Asking for Mr Brown.
From Mandeville to slide-a-ville - /fadeout/