Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands The Wailers The Wailers (reggae band) (1964–1974) and Bob Marley & The Wailers (1974–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread both Jamaican music Music of Jamaica... [read more] - So Jah Seh
So Jah seh,"Not one of my seedsShall sit in the sidewalkAnd beg bread."(No, they can't and you know that they won't!)So Jah seh,"Not one of my seedsShall sit in the sidewalkAnd beg your bread."(No, they can't and you...
- Bend Down Low
Bend down low, let me tell you what I know now;Bend down low, let me tell you what I know.Oh! Fisherman row to reap what you sow now;Oh, tell you all I know (Oo-oh!),you've got to let me go now (Oo-oh!),And all you've...
- Natty Dread
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...
- Revolution
Revelation reveals the truth - revelation.(revolution, revolution, revolution - oooo-doo-doo-doo-doo)(revolution - oooo-doo-doo-doo-doo)It takes a revolution (revolution) to make a solution;(doo-doo-doo-doo)Too much...
- Talkin Blues
Yeah! Oh, yeah! Now!Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night)And rock was my pillow, too; (doo-oo-oo-oo-oo!)Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night)And rock was my pillow, too. Yeah!I'm saying:...
- Stop That Train
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - today!Stop that train: I'm leavin' - anyway!Stop that train: I'm leavin'. And I said:It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong;I said, it won't be too long whether I'm right or...
- Slave Driver
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....
- Rock It Baby
Baby, baby, we've got a date; (ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo)Oh, baby, baby, don't you be late. Oh, baby!I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight. (ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo)Oh, darlin', baby, baby, just you have some faith!I...
- Midnight Ravers
Do-do-do. Do-do-do. Do-do-do.(You can't tell the woman from the man)No, I say you can't, 'cause they're dressed in the same pollution;(dressed in the same pollution)Their mind is confused with confusionWith their...
- No More Trouble
(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...
- Concrete Jungle
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...
- 400 Years
400 years (400 years, 400 years. Wo-o-o-o)And it's the same -The same (wo-o-o-o) philosophyI've said it's four hundred years;(400 years, 400 years. Wo-o-o-o, wo-o-o-o)Look, how long (wo-o-o-o)And the people they...
- All Day All Night
Wohoo, Said I'd never gonna give my love to no other but you baby(you baby)And if I'm gonna give my love to nobody but you baby (but you baby)so love me (forever)i said love me (forever)ohh baby (oohh) love me baby...
- Kinky Reggae
Uh, ah-oh-oh! I went downtown, (I went downtown)I saw Miss Brown; (said, I saw Miss Brown)She had brown sugar (had brown sugar)All over her booga-wooga. (over her booga-wooga)I think I might join the fun, (I might...
- One Love
One love, one heartLet's get together and feel all rightHear the children crying (One love)Hear the children crying (One heart)Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."Sayin', "Let's get...
- Red Red Wine
Red, red wineGo to my headMakes me forget that IStill need her soRed, red wineIt's up to youAll I can do, I've doneMemories won't goMemories won't goI'd have swornThat with timeThoughts of youWould leave my headI was...
- Wake Up And Live
One, two, three, four!Wake up and live, y'all,Wake up and live!Wake up and live now!Wake up and live!Life is one big road with lots of signs,So when you riding through the ruts, don't you complicate your mind:Flee...
- Big Brown Eyes
I've been watching you alalalalalong alalalalalonglongleelonglonglongCome on alalalalalong alalalalalonglongleelonglonglongStanding across the room I saw you smileSaid I wanna talk to you for a little whileBut before...
- Jamming
Ooh, yeah; well, alrightWe're jammin'I wanna jam it with youWe're jammin', jammin'And I hope you like jammin' tooAin't no rules, ain't no vowWe can do it anyhowI and I will see you through'Cause every day we pay the...
- African Herbsman
All twinklin' leeCan't see the right roads when the streets are pavedThe old slave men might grind slowBut it grinds fine, yeahAfrican herbsman, why linger on?Just concentrate, 'cause heaven lives onRetired slave men...
- Smoke Two Joints
I smoke two joints in the morningI smoke two joints at night,I smoke two joints in the afternoonAnd it makes me feel alrightSmoke two joints in time of peaceInto the time of warSmoke two joints before i smoke two...
- Rebel Music
I, rebel musicI, rebel musicWhy can’t we roam this open countryOh why can’t we be what we want to beWe want to be free3 o’clock - roadblock, curfewAnd I’ve got to throw awayYes I’ve got...
- Natural Mystic
There's a natural mystic Blowing through the air If you listen carefully now you will hear This could be the first trumpet Might as well be the last Many more will have to suffer Many more will have to die Don't ask...
- Bad Boys
UH !Bad boys watcha gon,watcha gon,watcha gonna do? When they sudedongdong come for you? Let me! Whatcha wanna do? When they come for you? Bad boys,bad boys whatcha gonna do whatcha gonna do? When they come for...
- Them Belly Full
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na;Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na;Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na;Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na.Them belly full but we hungry.A hungry mob is a angry mob.A rain a-fall but the dirt it tough;A pot a-cook...
- Easy Skanking
Easy skanking, skaning it easyEasy skanking, skanking it slow (repeat)Excuse me while I light my spliffGood God I gotta' take a liftFrom reality I just can't driftThat's why I am staying with this riffTake it easy,...
- Do It Twice
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...
- Iron Lion Zion
I am on the rock and then I check a stockI have to run like a fugitive to save the life I liveI'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion (repeat)Iron Lion ZionI'm on the run but I ain't got no gunSee they want to be the...
- Hallelujah
Hear the children cryin',but I know they cry not in vain.Now the times are changin';love has come to bloom again.Smelling the air when spring comes by raindropsreminds us of youthful days.But now it's not rain that...
- I Shot The Sherrif
(I shot the sheriffBut I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!I shot the sheriffBut I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)Yeah! All around in my home town,They're tryin' to track me down;They say they want to bring...
- Rastaman Chant
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...
- Pass It On
What your hands do,It's your own eyes that've seen.So won't you judge your actionsTo make sure the results are clean?It's your own conscienceThat is gonna remind youThat it's your heart and nobody else'sThat is gonna...
- One Foundation
Got to build our love on one foundation;Got to build our love on one foundation;Got to build our love on one foundation.There will never be - yeah! - no love at all;There will never be no love at all.Got to put aside...
- Burnin And Lootin
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...
- Sun Is Shining
Sun is shining, the weather is sweetMake you want to move your dancing feetTo the rescue, here I amWant you to know ya, where I stand(Monday morning) here I amWant you to know just if you can(Tuesday evening) where I...
- Running Away
Ya running and ya runningAnd ya running away.Ya running and ya runningAnd ya running away.Ya running and ya runningAnd ya running away.Ya running and ya running,But ya can't run away from yourselfCan't run away from...
- Misty Morning
Misty mornin', don't see no sun;I know you're out there somewhere having fun.There is one mystery - yea-ea-eah - I just can't express:To give your more, to receive your less.One of my good friend said, in a reggae...
- She's Gone
My woman is gone (woman is gone), my woman is gone (woman is gone). She had left me a note hanging on my door: She say she couldn't take it, she couldn't take any more. The pressure around me - just couldn't see; She...
- Crisis
They say the sun an-a shines for all,But-a yin some people world, it never shine at all. Mm-mm-mm.They say love is a stream that will find its course;I mean - some-a people think life is a dreamSo they making matters...
- Time Will Tell
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-hm! Ooh-oo-oo-oo-er. Mm-mm-mm.Jah would never give the power to a baldheadRun come crucify the Dread.Time alone - oh, time will tell:Think you're in heaven, but ya living in hell;Think you're in heaven,...
- Cry To Me
Ooh-ooh, hoo-hoo-hoo! Ooh-ooh hoo-hoo!)Cry to me, now;You gonna cry to me, yeah!You're gonna walk back through the heartaches;You're gonna walk back through the pain;(Shed those) Shed those lonely teardrops:The...
- Crazy Baldheads
Them crazy, them crazy -We gonna chase those crazyBaldheads out of town;Chase those crazy baldheadsOut of our town.I'n'I build a cabin;I'n'I plant the corn;Didn't my people before meSlave for this country?Now you look...
- War
Until the philosophy which hold one race superiorAnd anotherInferiorIs finallyAnd permanentlyDiscreditedAnd abandoned -Everywhere is war -Me say war.That until there no longerFirst class and second class citizens of...
- Who The Cap Fit
Man to man is so unjust, children:Ya don't know who to trust.Your worst enemy could be your best friend,And your best friend your worse enemy.Some will eat and drink with you,Then behind them su-su 'pon you.Only your...
- Johnny Was
(Wo-o-o-o! Wo-o-o-o! Wooo!)Woman hold her head and cry,'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and diedFrom a stray bullet.Woman hold her head and cry;Explaining to her was a passerbyWho saw the woman cry...
- Nightshift
The sun shall not smite I by day,Nor the moon by night;And everything that I doShall be upfull and right.And if it's all night,It got to be all right!If it's all night,Got to be all right!Your mamma won't lose this...
- Rat Race
Uh! Ya too rude!Uh! Eh! What a rat race!Oh, what a rat race!Oh, what a rat race!Oh, what a rat race!This is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:Oh, what a rat race, yeah!...
- Want More
Now you get what you want,Do you want more? (want more)Now you get what you want,Do you want more? (want more)You think it's the end,But it's just the beginning.You think it's the end,But it's just the beginning.Go...
- Brain Washing
Ooh-oohOld Mr. Joe, he build a house awayOn top of some hillOld Mr. Joe knew he had to go, so heHe got right down and wrote bank willHe say now, here's to mother henAnd her chicken, Lord have mercy nowMaster, will you...
- Exodus
Exodus: Movement of Jah people! Oh-oh-oh, yea-eah! ....... Men and people will fight ya down (Tell me why!) When ya see Jah light. (Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)...
- Get Up, Stand Up
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!...
- Stir It Up
Stir it up; little darlin', stir it up. Come on, baby. Come on and stir it up: little darlin', stir it up. O-oh! It's been a long, long time, yeah! (stir it, stir it, stir it...
- Redemption Song
Old pirates, yes, they rob I; Sold I to the merchant ships, Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit. But my hand was made strong By the 'and of the...
- Waiting In Vain
1, 2, 3: I don't wanna wait in vain for your love; I don't wanna wait in vain for your love. From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girl, My heart says follow...
- One Love/People Get Ready
One Love! One Heart! Let's get together and feel all right. Hear the children cryin' (One Love!); Hear the children cryin' (One Heart!), Sayin': give thanks and praise to...
- Buffalo Soldier
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta: There was a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America, Stolen from Africa, brought to America, Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival. I...
- Could You Be Loved
Could you be loved and be loved? Could you be loved and be loved? Don't let them fool ya, Or even try to school ya! Oh, no! We've got a mind of our own, So go to...
- Jammin'
- No Woman No Cry
No, woman, no cry; No, woman, no cry; No, woman, no cry; No, woman, no cry. Said - said - said: I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in...
- I Shot The Sheriff
(I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.) Yeah! All around in my home town,...
- Is This Love
I wanna love you and treat you right; I wanna love you every day and every night: We'll be together with a roof right over our heads; We'll share the shelter of my single bed;...
- Satisfy My Soul
Oh, please don't you rock my boat (don't rock my boat) 'Cause I don't want my boat to be rockin' (don't rock my boat) Oh, please don't you rock my boat (don't rock my boat) 'Cause...
- Three Little Birds
"Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right. Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!" Rise up this...
- Fussy And Fighting
Why's this fussing and a-fighting?I wanna know, Lord, I wanna knowWhy's this bumping and a-boring?I wanna know, Lord, I wanna know nowWe should really love each other (love each other)In peace and harmony (peace and...
- Put It On
Feel them spiritFeel them spiritFeel them spiritLord, I thank youLord, I thank youFeel alright nowFeel alright nowFeel alright nowLord, I thank youLord, I thank youI'm gonna put it on, I put it on alreadyI'm gonna put...
- Riding High
You've been ridingYou've been riding quite a while, child(keep on riding, keep on riding)You've been jivingLike a peacock, that's your style(keep on jiving), ooh (keep on jiving)Now I remember the days in schoolThere...
- Lively Up Yourself
Lively up yourself and don't be no dragLively up yourself, 'cause this is the other bagHey, lively up yourself and don't be no dragYou lively up yourself, dig it, the other bagHey, you rock so, you rock so, like you...
- All In One
Bend down lowLet me tell you what I know nowBend down lowLet me tell you what I know, what I know, what I knowLong time, we no have no nice timeDoo-yoo-doo-dun-doo, yeah, think about thatLong, long, long, long time,...
- Kaya
Wake up and turn me looseWake up and turn me looseWake up and turn me looseFor the rain is fallingGot to have kaya nowGot to have kaya nowGot to have kaya nowFor the rain is fallingI'm so high, I even touch the...
- Small Axe
Why boasteth thyselfOh, evil menPlaying smartAnd not being clever?I said, you're working iniquityTo achieve vanity (if a-so a-so)But the goodness of Jah, JahI-dureth for-I-verSo if you are the big treeWe are the small...
- Keep On Moving
Lord, I've got to keep on movingLord, I've got to get on downLord, I've got to keep on movingWhere I can't be foundLord, they're coming after meI've been accused for the killin'Lord knows I didn't doFor hangin' me,...
- Duppy Conqueror
Yes, me friend, me friendDem set me free againYes, me friend, me friendMe deh 'pon street againThe barsYes, I've been accusedWrongly abused nowBut through the powers of the Most HighThey've got to turn me looseYes, me...
- Trenchtown Rock
One good thing about music, when it hits you (you feel no pain)Oh, oh, I say, one good thing about music, when it hits you (you feel no pain)Hit me with music, hit me with music nowThis is (Trenchtown rock), don't...
- Don't Rock My Boat
Huh, please don't you rock my boat'Cause I don't want my boat to be rockin' anyhowPlease don't you rock my boat, no'Cause I don't want my boat to be rockin'I'm tellin' you that, oh, ooh-aah, I like it a-like a-thisCan...
- Roots, Rock, Reggae
Play I some music, this a reggae musicPlay I some music, this a reggae musicRoots Rock Reggae, this a reggae musicRoots Rock Reggae, this a reggae musicHey mister music, sure sounds good to meI can't refuse it, what...
- Nice Time
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 loveTime...
- Acoustic Medley
a. GUAVA JELLYBaby, 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 bellyLike a guava...
- Hypocrites
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!Dem cut -...
- So Much Things To Say
Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!Ooh yeah, yeah!They got so much things to say right now;They got so much things to say.They got so much things to say right now;They got so much things to say.Eh! but...
- The Heathen
De heathen back dey 'pon de wall!De heathen back, yeah, 'pon de wall!De heathen back dey 'pon de wall!De heathen back, yeah, 'pon de wall!Rise up fallen fighters;Rise and take your stance again.'Tis he who fight and...
- Guiltiness
Guiltiness (talkin’ ’bout guiltiness)Pressed on their conscience. oh yeah.And they live their lives (they live their lives)On false pretence everyday -Each and everyday. yeah.These are the big fishWho...
- Turn Your Lights Down Low
Turn your lights down lowAnd pull your window curtains;Oh, let Jah moon come shining in -Into our life again,Sayin': ooh, it's been a long, long (long, long, long, long) time;I kept this message for you, girl,But it...
- Ambush In In The Night
See them fighting for powerBut they know not the hourSo they bribing withTheir guns, spare-parts and moneyTrying to belittle our integrityThey say what we knowIs just what they teach usThru political strategyThey keep...
- Babylon System
We refuse to beWhat you wanted us to be;We are what we are:That's the way (way) it's going to be. You don't know!You can't educate IFor no equal opportunity:(Talkin' 'bout my freedom) Talkin' 'bout my freedom,People...
- Zimbabwe
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny,And in this judgement there is no partiality.So arm in arms, with arms, we'll fight this little struggle,'Cause that's the only way we can overcome our little...
- Jump Nyabinghi
Love to see, when ya move inThe rhythm, I love to see whenYou're dancing from withinIt gives great joy to feelSuch sweet togethernessEveryone's doing, and they're doing their bestIt remind I of the days in JerichoWhen...
- Chant Down Babylon
Come we go burn down Babylon one more time(Come we go burn down Babylon one more time)Come we go chant down Babylon one more time(Come we go chant down Babylon)For them soft! Yes, them soft! (ah-yoy!)Them soft! Yes,...
- Positive Vibration
Live if you want to live (Rastaman vibration, yeah! Positive!) That's what we got to give! (I'n'I vibration yeah! Positive) Got to have a good vibe! (Iyaman Iration, yeah! Irie ites!) Wo-wo-ooh! (Positive vibration,...
- Slogans
Can't take your slogans no more,can't take your slogans no more,can't take your slogans no more,can't take your slogans no more.Wipe out the paintings of slogansall over the streets (ooh, ooh, ooh),confusing the...
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