We
gonna have a soul shake down party
tonight!
We gonna have a soul shake down
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've got the special vacation
I need your concentration
Just to feel your vibration
At that soul shake down party
tonight
We gonna have a soul shake down
party tonight!
Jane is in the backyard
Doing the outside dance
I'm telling you the other day
She didn't even get a chance!
But this is my invitation
I've got the special vacation
I need your concentration
Just to - just to - just to
(vibration) just to:
(Soul shake down party tonight)
Baby, I need you tonight!
We gonna have a soul shake down
party tonight!
Hit it, brother, y'all!
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've got the special vacation
I need your concentration
Just to feel your vibration
At that soul shake down party
tonight!
We gonna have a soul shake down
party tonight! Uh!
Swing with me, baby!
(Soul shake down party tonight)
Stir
It Up
(Bob Marley)
Stir it
up, little darlin', stir it up
Come on, baby
Come on and stir it up, little
darlin', stir it up
Oh oh
It's been a long, long time, yeah
- stir it, stir it, stir it
together
Since I've got you on my mind,
oh-oh
Now you are here - stir it,
stir it, stir it together - I
said, it's so clear
Too see what we could do, baby
Just me and you
Come on and stir it up, little
darlin', stir it up
Come on, baby
Come on and stir it up, yeah,
little darlin', stir it up
Oh
I'll push the wood - stir it,
stir it, stir it together - then
I blaze your fire
Then I'll satisfy your heart's
desire
Said, I stir it every - stir
it, stir it, stir it together - every
minute
All you got to do, baby, is keep
it in it
And - stir it up - come on, little
darlin'
Stir it up, baby
Come on and stir it up, oh-oh,
little darlin', stir it up
Oh! Mm
Quench me when I'm thirsty
Come on, cool me down, baby, when
I'm hot
Your recipe is, darlin', is so
tasty
When you show and stir your pot
So, stir it up, oh, little darlin',
stir it up
Come on and stir it up, oh, little
darlin', stir it up
Oh, little darlin', stir it up,
come on, babe
Come on and stir it up, oh, little
darlin', stir it up
Stick with me, baby
Come on, come on and stir it up,
oh, little darlin', stir it up
....
from
Catch A Fire (1973)
Get
Up Stand Up
(Bob Marley/Peter
Tosh)
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
right
Get up stand up, don't give up the
fight
Get up stand up, stand up for your
right
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 right, Jah
Get up stand up (Jah Jah)
Stand up for your right (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 right (Lord
Lord)
Get up stand up (keep on
struggling on)
Don't give up the fight (yeah)
We sick and 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 right
(yeah yeah yeah)
So you better
Get up stand up (in the morning
git it up)
Stand up for your right (stand up
for our right)
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 right (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 right
Get up stand up
Don't give up the fight ....
from Burnin' (1973)
I
Shot The Sheriff
(Bob Marley)
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, oo oo oo, yeah
All around in my hometown - yeah
They tryin' to track me down
They say they want to bring me in
guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy, but I
say, oh no no, oh
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it
was in self defence, oo oo oo
I shot the sheriff, oh no, yeah, I
say
I shot the sheriff, and they say
it is a capital offence, oo oo oo
Oh Lord, oh now, yeah yeah yeah
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what, I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said kill it before it grows
He said kill them before they
grow, and so, and so
Read it in the news
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it
was in self defence, oo oo oo
Where was the debuty
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it
was in self defence, yeah, ooh
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John
Brown
Aimin' to shoot me down
So I shot, I shot, I shot him
down, and I say
If I am guilty I will pay
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't
shoot no deputy, oh no no
I didn't shoot no deputy, no
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't
shoot no deputy, oo oo oo
Yeah
Reflexes are the better of me
And what is to be must be
Ev'ry day the bucket a-go-a-well
One day the bottom have a drop out
One day the bottom have a drop
out, I say
I, I, I, I shot the sheriff, but I
didn't shoot no deputy, no, yeah
I, I, shot the sheriff, but I
didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, so,
yeah
from Burnin' (1973)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
20
7
10/75
6/81
D
-
US
-
No
Woman, No Cry -
live single version
(Vincent Ford)
Ooooh
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 a government yard in trench
town
Ob-observing the hypocrites
As they would mingle with the good
people we meet
Good friends we have, o good
friends we've lost along the way -
yeh
In this great future you can't
forget your past
So dry your tears I say and
No woman, no cry, no woman, no cry
Dear little darling don't shed no
tears
No woman, no cry
Said said said I remember when we
used to sit
In the government yard in trench
town
And then Georgie would make the
fire light
As it was love would burning
through the night
And we would cook cornmeal
porridge
Of which I'll share with you - ooh
My feet is my only carriage
So I've got to push on through but
while I'm gone I mean
Ev'rything's gonna be alright,
ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright,
ev'rything's gonna be alright I
say
Ev'rything's gonna be alright,
ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright yeh,
ev'rything's gonna be alright
So woman, no cry, no no woman -
no woman, no cry
Come on little sister, don't
shed no tears
No woman, no cry
studio
version from Natty Dread (1974)
hit version from Live At The
Lyceum (1975)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
16
7/77
D
-
US
-
Exodus
(Bob Marley)
Exodus,
movement of Jah people, oh yeah
Open your eyes and let me tell you
this
Men and people will fight ya down
(tell me why?)
When ya see Jah light
Let me tell you, if you're not
wrong (then why?)
Ev'rything is alright
So we gonna walk, alright, through
the roads of creation
We're the generation (tell me why)
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, we're going
to our fatherland
Exodus, movement of Jah people
(Movement of Jah people)
Send us another Brother Moses
gonna cross the Red Sea
(Movement of Jah people)
Send us another Brother Moses
gonna cross the Red Sea
Exodus, movement of Jah people
Exodus, Exodus, Exodus, Exodus
Exodus, Exodus, Exodus, Exodus
Move! Move! Move! Move! Move!
Move!
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, we're going
to the fatherland
Exodus, movement of Jah people
Exodus, movement of Jah people
Movement of Jah people - movement
of Jah people
Movement of Jah people - movement
of Jah people
Move! Move! Move! Move! Move!
Move!
Jah come to break down 'pression,
rule equality
Wipe away transgression, set the
captives free
Exodus, movement of Jah people
Exodus, movement of Jah people
Movement of Jah people - movement
of Jah people
Movement of Jah people - movement
of Jah people
Movement of Jah people
Move! Move! Move! Move! Move!
Move!
Movement of Jah people - movement
of Jah people
Movement of Jah people - movement
of Jah people
Movement of Jah people
from
Exodus (1977)
Turn
Your Lights Down Low
(Bob Marley)
Turn
your lights down low
And pull your window curtains
Oh let Jah moon come shining in
Into our life again
Sayin' oh it's been a long long
long long time
I kept this message for you girl
But it seems I was never on time
Still I wanna get through to you
girl
On time
I want to give you some love
I want to give you some good good
loving
Oh I oh I oh I
I want to give you some good good
loving
Turn your lights down low
Never try to resist oh no
Oh let my love come tumbling in
Into our life again
Saying oh I love you
And I want you to know right now
Oh I love you
And I want you to know right now
Cause I, that I
I want to give you some love
I want to give you some good good
lovin
I want to give you some love
I want to give you some good good
lovin
Turn your lights down low
Never try to resist oh no
Oh let my love come tumbling in
Into our life again
from
Exodus (1977)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
22
29
9/77
6/84
D
-
US
-
Waiting
In Vain
(Bob Marley)
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 blessed
my eyes on you, girl
My heart says, "follow
through"
But I know now that I'm way down
on your line
But the waiting feel is fine
So don't treat me like a puppet on
a string
'Cause I know how to do my thing
Don't talk to me as if you think
I'm dumb
I wanna know when you're gonna
come
See, I don't wanna wait in vain
for your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for
your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for
your love
'Cause it's summer is here
I'm still waiting there
Winter is here and I'm still
waiting there
Like I said
It's been three years since I'm
knocking on your door
And I still can knock some more
Ooh, girl, ooh, girl
Is it feasible, I wanna know now
For I to knock some more?
Ya see, in life I know there's
lots of grief
But your love is my relief
Tears in my eyes burn
Tears in my eyes burn while I'm
waiting
While I'm waiting for my turn
See, I don't wanna wait in vain
for your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for
your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for
your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for
your love
I don't wanna wait in vain for
your love
Oh, I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
No, I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna wait in vain
It's your love that I'm waiting on
It's my love that you're running
from
It's your love that I'm waiting on
It's my love that you're running
from
from
Exodus (1977)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
8
12/77
D
-
US
-
Jammin'
(Bob Marley)
Ooh,
yeah, well alright
We're jammin' - I wanna jam it
with you
We're jammin', jammin' - and I
hope you like jammin' too
Ain't no rules, ain't no vow, we
can do it anyhow
I and I will see you through
'Cause every day we pay the price
We are the living sacrifice
Jammin' till the jam is through
We're jammin'
To think that jammin' was a thing
of the past
We're jammin'
And I hope this jam is gonna last
No bullet can stop us now
We neither beg nor we won't bow
Neither can be bought nor sold
We all defend the right
Jah Jah children must unite
For life is worth much more than
gold
We're jammin', jammin', jammin',
jammin'
And we're jammin' in the name of
the Lord
We're jammin', jammin', jammin',
jammin'
We're jammin' right straight from
yard
Singing Holy Mount Zion, Holy
Mount Zion
Jah sitteth in Mount Zion and
rules all creation
Yeah, we're jammin', Bop-chu-wa-wa-wa
We're jammin'
I wanna jam it with you
We're jammin', jammin', jammin',
jammin'
And Jamdown hope you're jammin',
too
Jah knows how much I 'ave tried
The truth cannot hide
To keep you satisfied
True love that now exists
Is the love I can't resist
So jam by my side
We're jammin', jammin', jammin',
jammin'
I wanna jam it with you
We're jammin', we're jammin',
we're jammin', we're jammin'
We're jammin', we're jammin',
we're jammin', we're jammin'
Hope you like jammin', too
from
Exodus (1977)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
11
10/80
D
49
11/80
US
-
Three
Little Birds
(Bob Marley)
Don't
worry about a thing
'Cause every little thing gonna be
alright
Singin' don't worry about a thing
'Cause every little thing gonna be
alright
Rise up this morning, smiled with
the rising sun
Three little birds sit by my
doorstep
Singin' sweet songs of melodies
pure and true
Sayin' "this is my message to
you"
Singin' don't worry about a thing
'Cause every little thing's gonna
be alright
Singin' don't worry about a thing
'Cause every little thing gonna be
alright
Rise up this morning, smiled with
the rising sun
Three little birds sit by my
doorstep
Singin' sweet songs of melodies
pure and true
Sayin' "this is my message to
you"
Singin' don't worry about a thing
'Cause every little thing gonna be
alright ....
from
Exodus (1977)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
4
4/84
D
-
US
-
One
Love/People Get Ready
(Curtis
Mayfield/Bob Marley)
One
love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all
right
Hear 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 together and
feel all right
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Let them all pass all their dirty
remarks - one love
There is one question I'd
really love to ask - one heart
Is there a place for the
hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to
save his own?
Believe me
One love, one heart
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
Alright, 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 Armageddon - one love
So when the man comes there
will be no, no doom - one song
Have pity on those whose
chances grow thinner
There ain't no hiding place from
the Father of Creation
Sayin', one love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all
right
I'm pleading to mankind - one
love
Oh, Lord - one heart - whoa
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
from
Exodus (1977)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
7
2/78
D
-
US
-
Is
This Love?
(Bob Marley)
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, o
Jah provide the bread
Is this love, is this love, is
this love
Is this love that I'm feeling?
Is this love, is this love, is
this love
Is this love that I'm feeling?
I wanna know, wanna know, wanna
know now
I've got to know, got to know, got
to know now
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
yeah, of my single bed
We'll share the same room, yeah, o
Jah provides the bread
Is this love, is this love, is
this love
Is this love that I'm feeling?
Is this love, is this love, is
this love
Is this love that I'm feeling? Oh
Oh, yes I know, yes I know, yes I
know now
Oh, yes I know, yes I know, yes I
know now
I-I-I-I-I, I'm willing and able
So I throw my cards on your table
See, I wanna love you
I wanna love and treat ya, love
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,
Jah provides the bread
We'll share the shelter of my
single bed
from
Kaya (1978)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
3
6/80
D
13
8/80
US
-
Could
You Be Loved
(Bob Marley)
Could
you be loved and be loved
Could you be loved and be loved
Don't let them fool you
Or even try to school you, oh no
We've got a mind of our own
So go to hell if what you're
thinking is not right
Love would never leave us alone
In the darkness there must come
out the light
Could you be loved and be loved
Could you be loved and be loved
The road of life is rocky and you
may stumble too
So while you point your fingers,
someone else is judging you
Could you be, could you be, could
you be 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, mh mh mh
They say only, only
Only the fittest of the fittest
shall survive
Stay alive - eah
Could you be loved and be loved
Could you be loved and be loved
You ain't gonna miss your water
until your well runs dry
No matter, how you treat them
The men will never be satisfied
Could you be, could you be, could
you be 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
Say something, say something, say
something
Say something, say something, say
something ....
Reggae, reggae - rockers, rockers
Say something, could you beloved
from
Uprising (1980)
Redemption
Song
(Bob Marley)
Oh
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 hand of the almighty
He fought 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 o' them can stop the
time
How long shall they kill our
prophets
While we stand aside and look
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs, redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental
slavery
None but ourselves can free our
mind
Oh, have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none o' them a can a stop a
the time
How long shall they kill our
prophets
While we stand aside and look
Yes, some say it's just a part of
it
We've got to fulfill the book
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
All I ever have, redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom
from
Uprising (1980)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
5
5/83
D
-
US
-
Buffalo
Soldier
(Bob Marley/N.G.
Williams)
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 mean it, when I analyse the
stench
To me, it makes a lot of sense
How the Dreadlock Rasta was the
Buffalo Soldier
And he was taken from Africa,
brought to America
Fighting on arrival, fighting for
survival
Said he was a Buffalo soldier,
Dreadlock Rasta
Buffalo soldier, in the heart of
America)
If you know your history
Then you would know where you're
coming from
Then you wouldn't have to ask me
Who the heck do I think I am
I'm just a Buffalo soldier
In the heart of 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, woe yoe yoe, woe yoe yoe
yoe
Woe yoe yoe, yo yo yo yoe yoe
Woe yoe yoe, woe yoe yoe yoe
Woe yoe yoe, yo yo yo yoe yoe
Buffalo Soldier, trotting through
the land, oh
Said he wanna ran, and make him
wanna hand
Trotting through the land, yea,
yea
Yeah, 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, woe yoe yoe, woe yoe yoe
yoe
Woe yoe yoe, yo yo yo yoe yoe
Woe yoe yoe, woe yoe yoe yoe
Woe yoe yoe, yo yo yo yoe yoe
(Trotting through San Juan
In the arms of America
Trotting through Jamaica, a
Buffalo Soldier
Fighting on arrival, fighting for
survival
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta
Singing, woe yoe yoe, woe woe yoe
yoe
Woe yoe yeo yo, yo yo woe yo woe
yo yoe)
from
Confrontation (1983)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
5
9/92
D
17
11/92
US
-
Iron
Lion Zion
(Bob Marley)
Well
I'm on the rock
And then I take a stock
I had to run like a fugitive
To save the life I live
I'm gonna be an iron like a lion
in Zion
I'm gonna be an iron like a lion
in Zion
Iron lion Zion
I'm on the run
But I ain't got no gun
See they want to be the star
So they fighting tribal war
And they're saying iron like a
lion in Zion
Iron like a lion in Zion
Iron lion Zion
Well I'm on the rock
Till ya by by take a stock
I had to run like a fugitive
Just to just 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
Iron lion Zion, iron lion Zion,
iron lion Zion
Iron like a lion in Zion
Iron like a lion in Zion
Iron like a lion in Zion
Bob
Marley died of a brain tumor on
May 11th, 1981
