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Legend
Rebel Music
Natural Mystic
- 1984 -
- 1986 -
- 1992 -
Is This Love
No Woman No Cry
Could You Be Loved
Three Little Birds
Buffalo Soldier
Get Up, Stand Up
Stir It Up
One Love/People Get Ready
I Shot The Sheriff
Waiting In Vain
Redemption Song
Satisfy My Soul
Exodus
Jammin'
Rebel Music
So Much Trouble In The World
Them Belly Full
Rat Race
War
Roots
Slave Driver
Ride Natty Ride
Crazy Baldheads
Get Up, Stand Up
Natural Mystic
Easy Skanking
Iron, Lion, Zion
Crazy Baldheads
So Much Trouble In The World
War
Africa Unite
Trenchtown Rock
Keep On Moving
Sun Is Shining
Who The Cap Fit
One Drop
Roots, Rock, Reggae
Pimper's Paradise
Time Will Tell
Babylon by bus
Positive vibration
Live if you want to live
Rastaman vibration yeah! Positive
I and I vibration yeah! Positive
I a man iration yeah! Irie ites
Positive vibration yeah! Positive
If you get down and quarrel everyday
You're saying prayers to the devil, I say
Why not help one another on the way
Make it much easier
Say you just can't live that negative way
Picking up,
Are you picking up now (repeat)
Punky Reggae Party
New wave
New wave, new craze
New wave, new craze
New wave, new craze
Let me tell you
We're going to the party
And I hope you are hardy
So please don't be naughty
For it's a punky reggae party
New wave
New wave, new craze
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Oh ah-ah-ah!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
bounce!
Hey!
Oh ah!
A tip from a gypsy
(Do re mi fa)
She said man you got a tipsy
(So la te Do)
Hidin' from reality
(Do re mi fa)
In your world of Hipocrisy
(So la te Do)
Everybody!
move, move, move, movement of JAH people
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Bounce! Bounce!
Oh ah ah ah!
Exodus
Exodus, movement of JAH people
Exodus, movement of JAH people
men and people will fight ya down
when ya see JAH light
let me tell you if you're not wrong
everything is allright
walk, through the roads of creation
we're the generation
who trod through great tribulation
Exodus, movement of JAH people
Exodus, movement of JAH people
open your eyes and look within
are you satisfied with the life
you're living
we know where we're going
we know where we're from
we're leaving babylon
into our father's land
Exodus, movement of JAH people
Exodus, movement of JAH people
Exodus, Exodus, Exodus
Exodus, Exodus, Exodus
movement of JAH people
Rat race
Ah! Ya too rude
Oh what a rat race
Oh what a rat race
This is the rat race
Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket
Oh what a rat race, rat race
Concrete jungle
Ride on
Don't you know I've got to oh baby ride on,
See I just can't settle down
Oh I'm a leaving town
I, rebel music
I, rebel music
Take my soul and suss me out
Check my life if I am in doubt
3 o'clock - roadblock
And hey Mr. Cop, ain't got no
(What you say down there)
Ain't got no birth certificate on me now.
War
Chorus
Jammin'
We're jamming
I wanna jam it with you,
We're jamming, jamming
And I hope you like jamming too
Ain't no rules, ain't no vow, we can do it
anyhow
I and I will see you through,
'Cos every day we pay the price with a little
sacrifice
Jamming till the jam is through.
We're jamming
To think that jamming was a thing of the past,
We're jamming, jamming
And I hope this jam is gonna last
No bullet can stop us now, we neither beg nor
will we bow
Neither can be bought or sold.
We all defend the right, JAH JAH children must
unite
Your life is worth much more than gold.
Survival
So much trouble in the world
So much trouble in the world
So much trouble in the world
Bless my eyes this morning
Jah sun is on the rise once again
The way earthly thin's are goin'
Anything can happen.
You see men sailing on their ego trip,
Blast off on their spaceship,
Million miles from reality:
Top rankin'
(Ow, ow-ow-ow-ow!
Ow, ow-ow-ow-ow!)
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
How can you be sitting there
Telling me that you care That you care?
When every time I look around,
The people suffer in the suffering
In everyway, in everywhere.
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[*Sleeve notes:
And you know it's resisting against ism and
skism,
Singing: I know Jah would never let us down.]
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doo-wa)
Through political strategy (shoo-be, doo-wa);
They keep us hungry (shoobe, doo-wa),
And when you gonna get some food (shoobe,
doo-wa),
Your brother got to be your enemy, we-e-ell!
Ambush in the night,
All guns aiming at me;
Ambush in the night,
They opened fire on me now.
Ambush in the night,
Protected by His Majesty.
Ooh-wee, ooh-wee. Ooh-wa-ooh!
(Ooh-wee) Ooh-wee, ooh-wee (ooh-wa), Oohwa!
Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh wa-ooh!
Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh wa-ah!
Well, what we know
Is not what they tell us;
We're not ignorant, I mean it,
And they just cannot touch us;
Through the powers of the Most-I (shoobe,
doo-wa),
We keep on surfacin' (shoobe, doo-wa);
Thru the powers of the Most-I (shoobe, doowa),
We keep on survivin'.
Yeah, this ambush in the night
Planned by society;
Ambush in the night;
They tryin' to conquer me;
Ambush in the night
Anyt'ing money can bring;
Ambush in the night
Planned by society;
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Uprising
Coming in from the cold
In this life, in this life, in this life,
In this, oh sweet life:
We're (we're coming in from the cold);
We're coming in (coming in), coming in
(coming in),
coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in),
Coming in from the cold.
It's you - it's you - it's you I'm talkin' to Well, you (it's you) - you (it's you) - you I'm
talking to now.
Why do you look so sad and forsaken?
When one door is closed, don't you know other
is open?
It's you - you - you I'm talking Well, yes, you, bilyabong! (it's you);
ew! - you I'm talking to now.
We-e-ell, why do you look so - look so - look
so sad look so sad and forsaken?
Don't you know: When one door is closed when one door is closed,
many more is open?
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Bad card
We and dem
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Zion train
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we meet;
But-a we won't worry, we won't shed no tears:
We found a way to cast away the fears,
Forever, yeah!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) We'll be forever!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) Forever, yes, and
forever!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) There'll be no end.
So, old man river, don't cry for me;
A-have got a running stream of love you see.
So, no matter what stages - oh stages Stages - stages they put us through,
We'll never be blue
No matter what rages, oh rages,
Changes - rages they put us through,
We'll never be blue:
We'll be forever, yeah!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) We'll be forever!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) Forever, and ever,
yes, and forever!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) 'Cause there is no
end.
'Cause only a fool lean upon Lean upon his own misunderstanding, oh ho,
oh, yeah!
And then what has been hidden
From the wise and the prudent
Been revealed to the babe and the suckling
In everyt'ing, in every way, I say, yeah!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) We'll be forever!
(We'll be forever loving Jah)
'Cause just like a tree planted - planted by the
rivers of water
That bringeth forth fruits - bringeth forth fruits
in due season;
Everything in life got its purpose,
Find its reason in every season,
Forever, yeah!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) We'll be forever!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) On and on and on!
(We'll be forever loving Jah) We'll be forever,
yes, yes we'll be forever.
(We'll be forever loving Jah)
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 Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfil de book.
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Confrontation
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, them soft! (ah-yoy!)
So come we go chant down Babylon one more
time
(Come we go chant down Babylon)!
Men see their dreams and aspiration-a
Crumble in front of their face,
And all of their wicked intention
To destroy the human race.
How I (know) - how I know, how I (know) how I know And that's how I know:
A Reggae Music, chant down - chant down chant down Babylon,
Chant down Babylon, chant down Babylon,
Chant down Babylon!
Reggae Music, chant down Babylon!
Reggae Music, chant down Babylon!
Reggae Music, chant down Babylon!
Reggae Music! (chant down Babylon) /fadeout/
Buffalo soldier
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America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Said he was fighting on arrival, fighting for
survival;
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier win the war for
America.
Dreadie, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Buffalo Soldier troddin' through the land, woho-ooh!
Said he wanna ran, then you wanna hand,
Troddin' through the land, yea-hea, yea-ea.
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier win the war for
America;
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival;
Driven from the mainland to the heart of the
Caribbean.
Singing, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Troddin' through San Juan in the arms of
America;
Troddin' through Jamaica, a Buffalo Soldier# Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival:
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta.
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy! /fadeout/
Jump Nyabinghi
(Hallelu-Jah!)
(Hallelu-Jah!)
Love to see when ya move in the rhythm;
I love to see, when you're dancin' from within!
It gives great joy to feel such sweet
togetherness,
Everyone doin' and they're doing their best
Huh, it remind I of the days in Jericho,
When we troddin' down Jericho walls:
These are the days when we'll trod t'rough
Babylon, (na-na, na-na)
Gonna trod until Babylon falls.
Sing your song yah!
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi! ...
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi!
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi! ...
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi!
We've got the herb (got it!),
We've got the herb (got it!),
We've got the herb (got it!),
So hand I the suru board,
'Cause most of all we ain't got nothing to lose.
We-e-e-ey!
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi!
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi! A little bit
loud[er]!
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi!
(Jump, jump, jump, Nyabinghi!)
Love to see when ya groove with the riddim,
'Cause I love to when you're dancing from
within!
It gives great joy to see such sweet
togetherness,
'Cause everyone's doin' and they're doing their
best.
'Cause it remind me of the days in Jericho
When we troddin' down Jericho walls!
These are the days when we'll trod through
Babylon,
We keep on troddin' until Babylon falls!
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi!
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi!
(Jump, jump, jump,) Nyabinghi! /fadeout/
Mix up, mix up
Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, yeah!
Well, it's not easy,
It's not easy
Speak the truth, come on, speak. Eh, now!
It ever cause it what it will:
He who hide the wrong he did
Surely did the wrong thing still.
Get in the studio of Studio of time and experience
Here we experience the good and bad;
What we have, and what we had This session (session),
Not just another version (version).
Oh Lord, give me a session (session),
Not another version (version)!
They're so much stumbling blocks right in-a our
way:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday;
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Singing: (too much mix-up - mix-up (Too much little mix up!)
Would you groove along now
(Too much mix up - mix up), yeah!
Yes, would you groove along now
(Too much little mix-up!)
They just can't stop you know
(Too much mix-up - mix-up)! /fadeout/
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Trench town
(Scoop, scoop, scoop, scoo-doo;
Scoop, scoop wa-doo.)
Up a cane river to wash my dread;
Upon a rock I rest my head.
There I vision through the seas of oppression,
oh-oo-wo!
Don't make my life a prison.
We come from Trench Town, Trench Town
(Trenchtown) Most of them come from Trench Town.
We free the people with music (sweet music);
Can we free the people with music (sweet
music)?
Can we free our people with music? - With
music,
With music, oh music!
Oh-y, my head,
In desolate places we'll find our bread,
And everyone see what's taking place, oh-oowo! Another page in history.
We come from Trench Town,
Come from Trench Town;
We come from Trench Town.
Lord we free the people with music (sweet
music);
We free the people with music (sweet music);
We free our people with music,
With music, oh music (oh music)!
They say it's hard to speak;
They feel so strong to say we are weak;
But through the eyes the love of our people, oh-
oo-wo!
They've got to repay.
We come from (Trenchtown) Trench Town;
We come from (Trenchtown) Trench Town;
Trench - Trench Town (Trenchtown).
They say, "Can anything good come out of
Trench Town?"
(Trench - Trenchtown)
That's what they say, (Trenchtown); (Trench Trenchtown)
Say (Trench - Trenchtown) we're the
underprivileged people,
So (Trenchtown) they keep us in chains:
"Pay (Trench - Trenchtown) - pay - pay tribute
to -" (Trenchtown).
We come from (Trench - Trenchtown);
We come from (Trench - Trenchtown);
Just because we come from Trench Town.
Not because we come from Trench Town;
Just because we come from (Trenchtown).
/fadeout/
Stiff necked fools
Stiff-necked fools, you think you are cool
To deny me for simplicity.
Yes, you have gone for so long
With your love for vanity now.
Yes, you have got the wrong interpretation
Mixed up with vain imagination.
So take Jah Sun, and Jah Moon,
And Jah Rain, and Jah Stars,
And forever, yes, erase your fantasy, yea-eah!
The lips of the righteous teach many,
But fools die for want of wisdom.
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Legend
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;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah
provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love Is this love that I'm feelin'?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know
now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you - I wanna love and treat - love
and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, yeah! - with a roof right over
our heads;
We'll share the shelter, yeah, oh now! - of my
single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah
provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Wo-o-o-oah! Oh yes, I know; yes, I know - yes,
I know now!
Yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
See: I wanna love ya, I wanna love and treat ya
love and treat ya 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;
We'll share the same room, yeah! Jah provide
the bread.
We'll share the shelter of my single bed
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 Trenchtown,
Oba - obaserving the 'ypocrites
As they would mingle with the good people we
meet.
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've
lost
Along the way.
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loved?
Could you be - could you be loved?
Could you be - could you be - could you be
loved?
Could you be - could you be loved?)
Don't let them change ya, oh! Or even rearrange ya! Oh, no!
We've got a life to live.
They say: only - only only the fittest of the fittest shall survive Stay alive! Eh!
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Heart!
What about - ? Let's get together and feel all
right
As it was in the beginning (One Love!);
So shall it be in the end (One Heart!),
All right!
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will
feel all right;
Let's get together and feel all right.
One more thing!
Let's get together to fight this Holy
Armagiddyon (One Love!),
So when the Man comes there will be no, no
doom (One Song!).
Have pity on those whose chances grows
t'inner;
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of
Creation.
Sayin': One Love! What about the One Heart?
(One Heart!)
What about the - ? Let's get together and feel all
right.
I'm pleadin' to mankind! (One Love!);
Oh, Lord! (One Heart) Wo-ooh!
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will
feel all right;
Let's get together and feel all right.
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will
feel all right;
Let's get together and feel all right
I shot the sheriff
(I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
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Rebel music
Rebel music (3 O'clock roadblock)
I, rebel music
I, rebel music
Why can't we roam this open country
Oh why can't we be what we want to be
We want to be free
3 o'clock - roadblock, curfew
And I've got to throw away
Yes I've got to throw away
Yes I've got to throw away
My little herb stalk
I, rebel music
I, rebel music
Take my soul and suss me out
Check my life if I am in doubt
3 o'clock - roadblock
And hey Mr. Cop, ain't got no
(What you say down there)
Ain't got no birth certificate on me now
I, rebel music
I, rebel music
Take my soul and suss me out
Check my life if I am in doubt
3 o'clock - roadblock
And hey Mr. Cop, ain't got no
(What you say down there)
Ain't got no birth certificate on me now.
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Roots
I got to survive
Inna dis man maniac downpression
Got to survive
In iration, yeah
Roots Natty roots
Dread Binghi dread
Remember that I and I are the roots
Some are wolf
Inna sheep's clothing
Whoa, look at that
Many are called
But only a few are chosen
Whoa, look at that
Nothing that dividers can do
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Natural Mystic
Natural mystic
Crazy baldheads
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Crazy baldheads
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War
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Keep on moving
Sun is shining
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One drop
Singing I know Jah would never let us down
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