Slave driver the table is turnedCatch a fire so you can get burnedSlave driver the table is turnedCatch a fire you’re gonna get burned Ev’ry time I hear a crack of the whipMy blood runs cold I remember on the slave shipHow they brutalised their very soulsToday they say that we are freeOnly to be […]
Category Archives: Bob Marley
Survival
(Ow, ow-ow-ow-ow!Ow, ow-ow-ow-ow!)Yeah, yeah, yeah!How can you be sitting thereTelling me that you care –That you care?When every time I look around,The people suffer in the sufferingIn everyway, in everywhere. Say: na-na-na-na-na (na-na, na-na!):We’re the survivors, yes: the Black survivors!I tell you what: some people got everything;Some people got nothing;Some people got hopes and dreams;Some […]
Roots, Rock, Reggae
Play I some music, this a reggae music [repeat]Roots rock reggae, this a reggae music [repeat] Hey Mister Music, sure sounds good to meI can’t refuse it, what to be got to beFeel like dancing, dance cause we are freeFeel like dancing, come dance with me Roots rock reggae, this a reggae music [repeat]Play I […]
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 confusion (aaa-aaah), so much frustration, eh!I don’t wanna live in the park (live in the park);Can’t trust no shadows after dark (shadows after dark), yeah-eh!So, my friend, I wish that you could see,Like […]
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 them segregation, yeah!Got to put aside them organization;Got to put aside […]
One Drop
Feel it in the one dropWell, I still find time to rapWe’re making the one stopThe generation gapSo feel this drumbeatAs it beats within playing a rhythmResisting against the system Ooh-we I know Jah would never let us downPull your rights from wrongI know Jah would never let us downOh no! Oh no! They made […]
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 (wo-o-o-o) still can’t see.Why do they fight against the poor youth of today?And without these youths, they would be gone –All gone astray Come on, […]
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 judge. Be not selfish in your doings:Pass it on. (Pass it on, children)Help your brothers (help them) in their […]