SONGS OF FREEDOM Disc 2
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Transcribed from album tracks
[Album originally released 21/9/1992]
Contents:
1. Screw Face late 1971 [2:22]
2. Lick Samba c1971 [2:33]
3. Trenchtown Rock [alternative mix] late 1971 [3:28]
4. Craven Choke Puppy late 1971 [2:52]
5. Guava Jelly c1970/71 [2:15]
6. Acoustic Medley: summer 1971 [12:09]
a: Guava Jelly;
b: This Train;
c: Cornerstone;
d: Comma Comma;
e: Dewdrops;
f: Stir It Up;
g: I'm Hurting Inside
7. I'm Hurting Inside [alternative mix]c.aut.'71 [3:28]
8. High Tide or Low Tide [previously unreleased] 12/69, mix:10/72 [4:08]
9. Slave Driver (CAF-2) [2:51]
10. No More Trouble (CAF-8) [3:58]
11. Concrete Jungle (CAF-1) [4:10]
12. Get Up, Stand Up (B-1) [3:14]
13. RastaMan Chant (B-10) [3:48]
14. Burnin' and Lootin' (B-4) [4:13]
15. Iron Lion Zion [single] [2:55]
16. Lively Up Yourself (ND-1) [5:10]
17. Natty Dread (ND-6) [3:34]
18. I Shot the Sheriff (L-6) [5:24]
1. SCREW FACE [Bob Marley]
Whoa, now!
Screwface know-a who fi frighten!
Screwface know-a who fi frighten!
Like I told, they say, "Coward, man".
Gonna keep some bones
And all violent man gonna weep and moan.
He that exalted him say, "Yeah!"
Shall be obeyed.
Remember Jah - Jah children deh!
Don't dread no pain.
Fear do we go now
To the rivers of ungodly waters, we'll fear no foe
(fear no foe, fear no foe).
Wherever I go,
Not even the pestilence
That crawl at I'n'I
Can't do - wo-wo-wo - me no wrong (just can't do me no wrong).
Oh, now!
I tell you what red is!
I tell you what I know:
(Screwface know-a who fi frighten!)
Screwface know-a who fi frighten!
Screwface know-a who fi frighten! Wo, now!
(Screwface know-a who fi frighten!) Screwface will frighten
screwface!
(Screwface know-a who fi frighten!) Long time gone, y'all!
(Screwface know-a who fi frighten!) Screwface will frighten
screwface!
Wo, yeah! Now!
(Screwface know-a who fi frighten!)
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/Intrumental ending/ /fadeout/
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2. LICK SAMBA [Bob Marley]
Lick Samba, lick Samba, lick Samba; wo-oh, lick samba!
A me say: lick Samba, lick Samba, wo, now! (wo-oh, lick samba!)
I could not resist (lick samba, lick samba, lick samba) - wo, now!
(Wo-oh, lick samba!)
Another like dis (lick samba, lick samba, lick samba) - wo, now!
(Wo-oh,) lick samba!
And though I know you hurt me again, - wo-oh, lick samba!
I'll go on, I'll feel the pain; - wo-oh, lick samba!
And it's not that I am weak, - wo-oh, lick samba!
But it's that I'm on a peak, oh darlin'. Wo-oh, lick samba!
A just-a lick Samba, lick Samba, lick Samba; I say: wo-oh, lick samba!
/Instrumental section/ Wo, now! Wo-oh, lick samba!
/Instrumental section/ Wo, now, now! Wo-oh, lick samba!
Bring it up, a-lick it one time right here; - wo-oh, lick samba!
I'll settle a little, a claim, baby; - wo-oh, lick samba!
You can write it down in my name; - wo-oh, lick samba!
Morning time, noon or night; - wo-oh, lick samba!
A dis-a lick samba, lick samba, lick samba! Woh oh, lick samba!
Lick samba, lick samba, lick samba, wo now! Woh oh, lick samba!
Yea-yeah: /Instrumental section/ Wo, darlin'! Woh oh, lick samba!
Woo, yeah! If it's morning time, I'm ready
(lick samba, lick samba, lick samba); wo-oh, lick samba!
If it's late at night, I'm steady
(lick samba, lick samba, lick samba); wo-oh, lick samba!
Give it to you anytime, oh darlin'!
(lick samba, lick samba, lick samba) Wo-oh, lick samba!
I'm not a preacher, but I am callin'
(lick samba, lick samba, lick samba); wo-oh, lick samba!
/fadeout/
3. TRENCHTOWN ROCK [Bob Marley]
One good thing about music, when it hits ya (you feel no pain);
Wo-wo-wo, I say: One good thing about music, when it hits ya
(you feel no pain):
Hit me with music, yeah! Hit me with music now!
This is: (Trenchtown Rock) Don't watch that!
(Trenchtown Rock) Big fish or sprat now!
(Trenchtown rock) You reap what you sow.
(Trenchtown Rock) And only Jah-Jah know.
(Trenchtown Rock) I never turn my back.
(Trenchtown Rock) I give the slum a try.
(Trenchtown Rock) I never let the children cry,
(Trenchtown Rock) 'Cause you got to tell Jah - Jah why.
(Groovin') It's Kingston 12;
(Groovin') It's Kingston 12;
(Groovin') It's Kingston 12, now;
(Groovin') It's Kingston 12.
(No want you fe galang so), oh no!
(No want you fe galang so), scaba-dip, scaba!
(You want come cold I up), scaba-diba-dip! Scaba-dip, scaba-dip!
(But you can't come cold I up)
Wo - wo - wo, I'm a groover,
And the world know by now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, y'all!
Oh now, I say: you feel no pain now;
One good thing about music
When it hits ya (you feel no pain) - feel no pain:
Hit me with music, now - wo now!
Hit me with music now!
Hit me with music!) 'Arder! Brutalize me!
(Hit me with music!)
This is: (Trenchtown Rock) I say don't watch that,
(Trenchtown Rock) If you are big fish or sprat;
(Trenchtown Rock) You reap what you sow -
(Trenchtown Rock) I - everyone know now
(Trenchtown Rock) Don't turn your back!
(Trenchtown Rock) I say, give a slum a try;
(Trenchtown Rock) Never let the children cry
(Trenchtown Rock) Or you got to tell Jah - Jah why.
(Groovin') It's Kingston 12;
(Groovin') It's Kingston 12;
(Groovin') I said, it's Kingston 12 now!
(Groovin') Wo - wo - wo - wo, it's Kingston 12.
(No want you fe galang so) Since I told you that
(No want you fe galang so) We should live with love.
(You want come cold I up) And I don't do that ...
(But you can't come cold I up) I look da now!
And then it's Kingston 12. Uh!
Good God, look a-here now! (you feel no pain) Uh!
Hit me with music, yeah! Come on! (Hit me with music)
(Hit me with music), oh my brother! (Hit me with music) Brutalize me!
(Hit me with music!) Oh hurt me! (Hit me with music)
We can trash this ourselves!
(Hit me with music)
(Trenchtown Rock) Don't call no cop!
(Trenchtown Rock) We can trash things ourselves!
(Trenchtown Rock) Got no stacks on no shelves!
But let me tell ya, behave yourselves!
(Trenchtown Rock) /fadeout/
4. CRAVEN CHOKE PUPPY [Bob Marley]
Craven a-go choke puppy;
Craven a-go choke puppy now;
Craven a-go choke puppy;
Wo!
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
So you want all for yourself alone
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
And you don't think about the other man
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
Let me tell you my friend if you gonna live this life
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
It's not good for you to build strife
Craven a-go choke puppy
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/Instrumental break/
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(wow - wow - wow - wow)
Want all lose all
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
Then I know the wicked must fall
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
I say wanty, wanty cyaan get it
(wow - wow - wow - wow) oh no,
And getty, getty no want it
(wow - wow - wow - wow) oh, that's why I say, yeah!
Craven a-go choke puppy, yeah;
Craven a-go choke puppy now;
Craven a-go choke puppy;
Ooh, can you dig it?
(wow - wow - wow - wow) Oh, yeah!
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
The craven dog will lose his bone
(wow - wow - wow - wow)
(wow - wow - wow - wow) The craven dog -
(wow - wow - wow - wow) The craven dog will (whoo) lose his bone
(whoo)
Grafting after (whoo) something (whoo) else (whoo)
Can't take it for themselves alone
(wow - wow - wow - wow) They don't think about the other man (whoo)
The old time people say (wow - wow - wow - wow),
wanty - wanty cyaan get it, yeah! /fadeout/
5. GUAVA JELLY [Bob Marley]
You said you love me;
I said I love you.
Why won't you stop your cryin'? (cryin', cryin')
Dry your weeping eyes.
You know that I love - I love - I love - I love you so,
Da-da-dam da-da-damsel.
Here I am, me said,
Come rub it 'pon me belly
Wid you guava jelly,
Da-da-dam da-da-damsel
(Here I stand) Wo now!
(Come rub it 'pon me belly) Wo, now!
(Wid you guava jelly) Wo, now!
I really, really - I really love you;
Yes, I really, really love you, child.
I say you should stop, stop your cryin'
Wipe - wipe your weeping eyes
Tell you how I'm gonna love -
love you from the bottom of my heart
(Damsel) Oh, damsel!
(Here I am) Wo, damsel!
(Come rub it 'pon me belly) Wo, damsel!
(Wid you guava jelly),
Da-da-dam da-da-damsel.
(Here I stand) I can't explain,
(Come rub it) Though the fact still remain ('pon me belly):
I need your love (wid you guava jelly) so much.
Come-a, come-a, come-a, damsel, oh darlin'.
(Here I stand) Oh, damsel, baby.
Me say (come rub it 'pon me) - me say (belly) -
Me say (wid you guava jelly).
6. ACOUSTIC MEDLEY:
Guava Jelly; This Train; Cornerstone; Comma Comma; Dewdrops;
Stir It Up; I'm Hurting Inside
a. GUAVA JELLY [Bob Marley]
Baby, I really, really love you now.
I think you should stop your cryin';
Here my kerchief to dry your eyes,
You know that I love you, yea-eah-eah.
Groovy; here I am:
Come rub it 'pon me belly
Like a guava jelly.
Damsel, here I stand:
Come rub it 'pon me belly
Like-a guava jelly.
b. THIS TRAIN [arr. Bob Marley]
This train - mm - mm - mm;
This train is bound to glory - this train;
Talkin' 'bout ma: this train is bound to glory - this train:
This train is bound to glory,
This train carry no un'oly;
This train - I'm a-talkin' 'bout: this train.
When I was just a kid,
My mommy used to sing this song.
Now I've grown to be a man,
Well, it still lingers deep down in my soul;
I said, it still lingers deep down in my soul.
I'm talkin' 'bout: this train is bound to glory - this train;
This train is bound to glory - this train;
This train is bound to glory,
O dis 'ere train carry no un'oly.
This train - I'm a-talkin' 'bout: this train.
c. CORNERSTONE [Bob Marley]
The stone that the builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone-a;
The stone that the builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone.
You're a builder, baby;
Here I am, a stone.
Don't you pick and refuse me,
'Cause the things people refuse
Are the things they should choose.
Do you 'ear me? Hear what I say!
Stone that the builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone-a;
The stone that the builder refuse, yeah! -
Will always be the head cornerstone.
You're a builder, baby;
Wo, here I am, a stone!
Don't you pick and refuse me,
'Cause the t'ings people refuse
Are the things they should use;
The things people refuse
Are the things they should use.
Do you 'ear me? Hear what I say!
Stone dat them builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone-a;
The stone that dem builder refuse
Will always be the head cornerstone.
d. COMMA COMMA [Bob Marley]
Comma, comma, come back here,
My-y young lady;
Comma, comma, come back here to me,
My-y young lady, yeah!
Jus' while I thought
Everything was running smooth,
She left me
While I was in the mood.
Now I'm callin' to you,
But my world is relying for you to:
Comma, comma, come back here,
My-y young lady, yeah!
Comma, comma, come back here to me,
My-y young lady!
Jus' while I thought
Everything was running smooth.
You know I love you;
Oh now I love you. /fadeout/
e. DEWDROPS [Bob Marley]
Mm-mm-hm.
I've been searchin' the whole darn day
For a little woman of mine - mine - mine - mine.
Someone a-told me I could find her here,
But it seem she disappear.
Said, I searched the whole darn day;
Night is drawing nigh.
I t'ink I'd better go home;
Try tomorrow again.
But when I reached that railroad station,
I missed the last train,
And then it seemed like dewdrops
Gonna fall on me;
Yes, it seem like teardrops
Gonna call on me now.
I said, I'd better make up my mind
What am I gonna do.
Am I gonna rest up here,
Or am I gonna push on through?
My mind say, "Hey, man, ya hit the road."
Down there I missed the track - track - track;
I'm lost! Lord, I'm lost, eh!
Love is such a heavy load!
And then: for crying out loud, come back to me!
For crying out loud, hear my plea!
For crying out loud, come back to me!
Why do you treat me so bad?
Why do you treat me so bad?
Mm - mm - mm - mm - bam, bam.
Bom, bom, bome, bome.
f. STIR IT UP [Bob Marley]
Let's stir it up!
Stir it up, little darlin';
Stir it up. Yaga, yaga.
Little darlin', stir it up. Mm.
Little darlin'.
It's been a long, long time
Since I've got you on my mind, o-oh.
Now you are here
It's so clear:
See what we could do,
Just you and me, yea-eah!
Let's stir it up!
Little darlin', stir it up!
Oh, come on, woman!
Little darlin', come on! Stir it up. ...
Little darlin'.
I'll push the wood, blaze the fire;
Satisfy your heart desire.
I'll a-stir it, yeah - every minute, yeah!
All you got to do, honey, Keep it in it.
Let's stir it up!
Little darlin', let's stir it up!
Little darlin', stir it up!
Oh, wo - wo - wo - wo-ah, li'l darlin'. Lead up now.
g. I'M HURTING INSIDE [Bob Marley]
When I was just a little child,
'Appiness was there awhile.
Then from me it slipped one day:
'Appiness, come back, I say,
'Cause if you don't come - come,
I go looking, yeah! -
For 'appiness.
'Cause if you don't come - come,
I go looking now! -
For 'appiness.
Then together like school children,
Then your hurt was just in vain.
Lord, I'm your weary child:
'Appiness, come back. Oh, I -
'Cause if you don't come
Gonna go lookin', yeah! -
For 'appiness.
And if you don't come,
Gonna go lookin', yeah! -
For 'appiness.
Like Jah said, I'm a-hurtin' inside;
I'm a-hurtin' inside.
7. I'M HURTING INSIDE [Bob Marley]
O-oh, wo-o!
When I was just a little child (little child),
Happiness was there awhile (there awhile).
Then from me, yeah, it slipped one day, yeah!
Happiness, come back, I say.
'Cause if you don't come, I've got to go lookin'
For happiness.
Well, if you don't come, I've got to go lookin',
Lord, for happiness - happiness.
Said that - said, I'm-a hurtin' (inside). And it's ...
I'm hurtin' - I'm hurtin' deep inside. O God, now.
Oh, hear my cry, hear my cry:
Yeah, my, my, my, my, my, my, my cry.
Been together like school children (school children),
Then you hurt me just in vain (just in vain).
O Lord, I'm your weary child (child);
Oh, happiness, come back awhile.
'Cause if you don't come, I'm gonna go lookin'
For happiness. The road is dangerous!
(If you don't come) I've got to go lookin'
For happiness - 'appiness.
Said, I'm - don't you know I'm hurtin' - hurtin' inside;
Oh, I'm hurtin' - ooh yeah, ooh yeah.
That's the one who loves!
O-ooh, feel the pain, feel the pain!
That's the one who loves;
Feel the pain! Feel the pain!
Been together, been together - /fadeout/
8. HIGH TIDE OR LOW TIDE [Bob Marley]
In high seas or-a low seas,
I'm gonna be your friend;
I'm gonna be your friend.
In-a high tide or-a low tide,
I'll be by your side;
I'll be by your side.
(I heard her praying - praying - praying)
I said, I heard my mother;
She was praying (praying - praying - praying); yeah, and I -
And the words that she said (the words that she said),
They still-a lingers in my head (lingers in my head).
She said: "A child is born in this world,
He needs protection. Wo-oh, mm.
God, guide and protect us.
When we're wrong, please correct us (when we're wrong, correct us),
And stand by me," yeah!
High seas or-a low seas,
I'm gonna be your friend;
He said, "I'm gonna be your friend."
And, baby, high tide or low tide,
I'll be by your side;
I'll be by your side.
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/Instrumental break/
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Mm. I said, I heard my mother;
She was cryin' (I heard her cryin'), yeah! (cryin', cryin').
And the tears that she shed (the tears that she shed),
They still lingers in my head (lingers in my head).
She said: "A child is born in this world,
He needs protection. O-oh, mm.
God, guide and protect us.
When we're wrong (when we're wrong), correct us." O-oh.
And in high seas or low seas,
I'm gonna be your friend;
I'm gonna be your friend.
Said, "High tide or low tide,
I'll be by your side;
I'll be by your side -" /fadeout/
9. SLAVE DRIVER [Bob Marley] [= "Catch A Fire" (Track 2)]
Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh. Oo-oo-ooh! Oo-oo-ooh.
Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: gonna get burn. (catch a fire) Wo, now!
Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very souls.
Today they say that we are free,
Only to be chained in poverty.
Good God, I think it's illiteracy;
It's only a machine that makes money.
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all. Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh.
Slave driver, uh! The table is turn, baby, now; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, baby, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)
Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very soul.
O God, have mercy on our souls!
Oh, slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire ... /fadeout/
10. NO MORE TROUBLE [Bob Marley] [= "Catch A Fire" (Track 8)]
(We don't need) No, we don't need (no more trouble) no more trouble!
(We don't need no more trouble)
Wo! Oh-oh-oh!
(We don't need) We don't need no (no more) trouble!
We don't need no trouble!
(We don't need no more trouble)
Make love and not war! 'Cause we don't need no trouble.
What we need is love (love)
To guide and protect us on. (on)
If you hope good down from above, (love)
Help the weak if you are strong now. (love)
We don't need no trouble;
What we need is love. Oh, no!
We don't need - we don't need - no more trouble!
Lord knows, we don't need no trouble!
(We don't need) We don't need no trouble (no more trouble) -
no more trouble - no more trouble!
Seek happiness! (...) Oh, ...!
Come on, you all and speak of love. (...) Oh, yeah!
We don't need no trouble;
What we need is love, now. (What we need is love!)
(We don't need) Oh, we don't need no more trouble!
We don't need, no - we don't need no trouble!
We don't (need) ... (no more trouble!)
We don't need no trouble; we don't need no trouble!
We don't need no trouble!
What we need is love!
We don't need - we don't need no more - we don't need -
no more trouble - we don't need no more trouble!
Trouble we don't need (we don't need),
(We don't need) Lord, knows! -
we don't need no more war (no more trouble).
No more trouble - we don't need no more - more trouble! /fadeout/
11. CONCRETE JUNGLE [Bob Marley] [= "Catch A Fire" (Track 1)]
No sun will shine in my day today; (no sun will shine)
The high yellow moon won't come out to play:
(that high yellow moon won't come out to play)
I said (darkness) darkness has covered my light,
(and the stage) And the stage my day into night, yeah.
Where is the love to be found? (oo-ooh-ooh)
Won't someone tell me?
'Cause my (sweet life) life must be somewhere to be found -
(must be somewhere for me)
Instead of concrete jungle (la la-la!),
Where the living is harder (la-la!).
Concrete jungle (la la-la!):
Man you got to do your (la la-la!) best. Wo-ooh, yeah.
No chains around my feet,
But I'm not free, oh-ooh!
I know I am bound here in captivity;
G'yeah, now - (never, never) I've never known happiness;
(never, never) I've never known what sweet caress is -
Still, I'll be always laughing like a clown;
Won't someone help me? 'Cause I (sweet life) -
I've got to pick myself from off the ground
(must be somewhere for me), he-yeah! -
In this a concrete jungle (la la-la!):
I said, what do you cry for me (la-la!) now, o-oh!
Concrete jungle (la la-la!), ah, won't you let me be (la la-la!), now.
Hey! Oh, now!
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/Guitar solo/
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I said that life (sweet life) - it must be somewhere to be found
(must be somewhere for me)
Oh, instead: concrete jungle (la-la!) - collusion (la-la!) -
confusion (confusion). Eh!
Concrete jungle (la-la!): baby, you've got it in.
Concrete jungle (la la-la!), now. Eh!
Concrete jungle (la la-la!).
What do you stand(?) for me (la-la!), now? /fadeout/
12. GET UP, STAND UP [Bob Marley; Peter Tosh] [= "Burnin'" (Track1)]
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
Preacherman, don't tell me,
Heaven is under the earth.
I know you don't know
What life is really worth.
It's not all that glitters is gold;
'Alf the story has never been told:
So now you see the light, eh!
Stand up for your rights. Come on!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
Most people think,
Great God will come from the skies,
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high.
But if you know what life is worth,
You will look for yours on earth:
And now you see the light,
You stand up for your rights. Jah!
Get up, stand up! (Jah, Jah!)
Stand up for your rights! (Oh-hoo!)
Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!)
Don't give up the fight! (Life is your right!)
Get up, stand up! (So we can't give up the fight!)
Stand up for your rights! (Lord, Lord!)
Get up, stand up! (Keep on struggling on!)
Don't give up the fight! (Yeah!)
We sick an' tired of-a your *ism-skism game -
Dyin' 'n' goin' to heaven in-a Jesus' name, Lord.
We know when we understand:
Almighty God is a living man.
You can fool some people sometimes,
But you can't fool all the people all the time.
So now we see the light (What you gonna do?),
We gonna stand up for our rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!)
Oh, you better:
Get up, stand up! (In the morning! Git it up!)
Stand up for your rights! (Stand up for our rights!)
Get up, stand up!
Don't give up the fight! (Don't give it up, don't give it up!)
Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!)
Stand up for your rights! (Get up, stand up!)
Get up, stand up! ( ... )
Don't give up the fight! (Get up, stand up!)
Get up, stand up! ( ... )
Stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up!
Don't give up the fight! /fadeout/
[*Norman Redington gives: "easing, kissing game"]
13. RASTAMAN CHANT [Traditional; arranged: Bob Marley,
Peter Tosh, Bunny Livingston]
[= "Burnin'" (Track 10)]
Hear the words of the Rastaman say:
"Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;
Babylon, you throne gone down."
Said I hear the words of the Iyaman say:
"Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;
Babylon, you throne gone down."
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/Short instrumental break/
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And I hear the angel with the seven seals say:
"Babylon throne gone down, gone down;
Babylon throne gone down."
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/Short instrumental break/
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I say fly away home to Zion (fly away home);
I say fly away home to Zion (fly away home).
One bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
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/Short instrumental break/
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One bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
One bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
Say one bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
14. BURNIN' AND LOOTIN' [Bob Marley] [= "Burnin'" (Track 4)]
This morning I woke up in a curfew;
O God, I was a prisoner, too - yeah!
Could not recognize the faces standing over me;
They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality. Eh!
How many rivers do we have to cross,
Before we can talk to the boss? Eh!
All that we got, it seems we have lost;
We must have really paid the cost.
(That's why we gonna be)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight;
(Say we gonna burn and loot)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight;
(One more thing)
Burnin' all pollution tonight;
(Oh, yeah, yeah)
Burnin' all illusion tonight.
Oh, stop them!
Give me the food and let me grow;
Let the Roots Man take a blow.
All them drugs gonna make you slow now;
It's not the music of the ghetto. Eh!
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight;
(Ooh, can't stop the tears!)
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight;
(We've been suffering these long, long-a years)
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight
(Will you say cheer?)
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight
(But where?)
Give me the food and let me grow;
Let the roots man take a blow.
All them drugs gonna make you slow;
It's not the music of the ghetto.
We gonna be burnin' and a-lootin' tonight;
(To survive, yeah!)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight;
(Save your babies' lives)
Burning all pollution tonight;
(Pollution ... )
Burning all illusion tonight
(Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord!)
Burning and a-looting tonight;
Burning and a-looting tonight;
Burning all pollution tonight. /fadeout/
15. IRON LION ZION [Bob Marley]
Eh! I am on the rock
And then I check a stock;
I have to run like a fugitive
To save the life I live.
I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion;
I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion.
Oh, yeah! Iron, lion, Zion - lion, Zion!
I'm on the run
But I ain't got no gun.
See, they want to be the star,
So they fightin' tribal war,
And they saying, "Iron like a lion in Zion -
Iron like a lion in Zion -
Iron, lion, Zion!"
I'm on the rock-a,
Seel-ya-bub, I take a stock,
I had to run like a fugitive, good Lord!
Just to - just to save the life I live. Oh, now!
I'm still - I'm gonna be Iron like a lion in Zion.
(What did I say?) I'm gonna be Iron like a lion in Zion.
What did you say? Iron, lion, Zion!
I'm on the run,
But I don't got no gun.
See, my brothers wanna be the stars,
So they fighting tribal war,
And they saying, "Iron like a lion in Zion."
Wo! Lion like iron a Zion!
Eel-ya-bub-a, Iron, lion, Zion. Yeah, now, now!
Iron, lion, Zion! I'm on the run! (I'm on the run)
Iron, lion, Zion!
16. LIVELY UP YOURSELF [Bob Marley] [= "Natty Dread (Track 1)]
You're gonna lively up yourself, and don't be no drag;
You lively up yourself 'cause reggae is another bag.
You lively up yourself, and don't say, "No";
You're gonna lively up yourself 'cause I said so!
Hear what you gonna do:
You rock so, you rock so, like you never did before, yeah!
You dip so, you dip so: dip through my door.
You come so, you come so, oh yeah!
You skank so, you skank so: be alive today!
You're gonna lively up yourself, and don't say, "No";
You lively up yourself, big daddy says so, y'all!
You lively up yourself, and don't be no drag;
You lively up yourself 'cause reggae is another bag.
What you got that I don't know?
I'm a-trying to wonder - wonder - wonder why you -
wonder - wonder why you act so. Yeah!
Hey, do you hear what the man seh?
Lively up your(self) - your woman in the morning time, y'all!
Wa! Keep a liv'lin' up your woman when the evening come
And take ya* - take ya - take ya - take ya-a-a!
Come on, baby! 'Cause I wanna be lively myself, y'all!
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/Organ, saxophone and guitar solo/
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Lively up yourself;
Lively up yourself.
You want to rock so, you rock so:
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/Saxophone solo/
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You rock so, you rock so;
You dip so, you dip so;
You skank so, you skank so, and don't be no drag!
You come so, you come so, for reggae is another bag!
Get what you got in that bag!
What you got in d' other bag you got hanging there?
What you say you got?
I don't believe you!
[* Sheet music gives this line as: "And take her take ya."]
17. NATTY DREAD [Rita Anderson; Alan Cole] [= "Natty Dread" (Track 6)]
Dread, Natty Dread now, (Natty Dread)
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread)
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon: (Natty Dread)
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread)
Eh! Children get your culture (Natty Dreadlock)
And don't stay there and gesture, a-ah, (Natty Dreadlock)
Or the battle will be hotter (Natty Dreadlock)
And you won't get no supper. (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dread, Natty Dread, now; (Natty Dread)
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread)
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon - (Natty Dread)
Roots Natty, Roots Natty! (Natty Dread)
Then I walk up the first street, (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I walk up the second street to see. (Natty Dreadlock)
Then I trod on through third street, (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I talk to some Dread on fourth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock in a fifth street, (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I skip one fence to sixth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
I've got to reach seventh street: (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock Bingy Bongo I (Natty Dread)
Natty dread, Natty Dread, now, (Natty Dread)
Roots Natty Congo I. (Natty Dread)
Oh, Natty, Natty,
Natty 21,000 miles away from home, yeah!
Oh, Natty, Natty,
And that's a long way
For Natty to be from home.
Don't care what the world seh; (Natty Dread)
I'n'I couldn't never go astray. (Natty Dread)
Just like a bright and sunny day: (Natty Dread)
Oh, we're gonna have things our way. (Natty Dread)
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock, (Natty Dreadlock)
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dreadlock)
Don't care what the world seh; (Natty Dreadlock)
I'n'I gonna have things our way. (Natty Dreadlock)
If a egg Natty in a the red - (Natty Dreadlock)
If a egg Natty in a the red. (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock. /fadeout/
18. I SHOT THE SHERIFF [Bob Marley] (This track is identical to "Live!" Track 6)