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Bob Marley lyrics
Album: Soul Shakedown [1969]
| Keep on Moving | |
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Lord I got to keep on moving
Lord I got to get on down
Lord I've got to keep on moving
Where I can't be found, where I can't be found
Lord they coming after me
I've been accused on my mission
Jah knows you shouldn't do
For hanging me they were willing yeah! yeah!
And that's why I've got to get on thru
Lord they coming after me
Lord I got to keep on moving
Lord I got to get on down
Lord I've got to keep on moving
Where I can't be found
Lord they're coming after me
I know someday we'll find that piece
Of land somewhere not nearby babylon
The war will soon be over and africa
Will unite the children who liveth in
Darkness have seen the great light
I've got two boys and a woman
And I know they won't suffer now
Jah forgive me for not going back
But I'll be there anyhow
Yes I'll be there anyhow
Lord I got to keep on moving
Lord I got to get on down
Lord I've got to keep on moving
Where I can't be found, where I can't be found
Lord they coming after me
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| Caution | |
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here i am walkin down the street
(walkin.. walkin.. walkin..)
and the children... everything is so sweet
whoa whoa whoa sweet
whoa whoa whoa sweet
im doin my thang and im doin it slow
but there is just one thang
i would like you to know
ooh plenty ways to stay free yea
when your grumpy grumpy
if slightly you will tumble down
dont wash it on the ground
Whoa Caution the road is wet
black soul is black as jet
did you hear me
Caution the road is hot yea
said youve got to do better than that
cause theres plenty ways to stay free(when your wet and slippery)
yea when your grumpy (when your grumpy grumpy)
if slightly you should tumble down
dont wash it on the ground.... brother...
hit me from the top
you craze him on the funk yea
hit me from the top
you craze him on the funk yea
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| Sun Is Shining | |
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Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah
Make you wanna move your dancing feet now
To the rescue, here I am
Want you to know, y'all, can you understand?
When the mornin' gather the rainbow, yeah, yeah
Want you to know, I'm a rainbow too now
To the rescue, here I am
Want you to know, y'all, can you, can you, can you understand?
Sun is shining, the weather is sweet now
Make you wanna move your dancing feet, yeah
But to the rescue, here I am
Want you to know just if you can, here I stand, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Can you understand me now, baby?
Do you believe me?
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| Lively Up Yourself | |
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Lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Lively up yourself, 'cause this is the other bag
Hey, lively up yourself and don't be no drag
You lively up yourself, dig it, the other bag
Hey, you rock so, you rock so, like you never did before
You dip so, you dip so, and you can dip thru my door
You come so, you come so, oh yeah, like I do adore you
You skank so, you skank so, and-a I can assure you
You can lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Hey, you lively up yourself, can you dig it?
Hey (you rock so, you rock so), like you never did before
You dip so, you dip so, can you dig it?
You lively up yourself and don't be no drag
You lively up yourself, 'cause this is the other bag
Hey, lively up yourself
Lively up yourself, other bag
Can you dig it? can you dig it? ...
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| Try Me | |
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[try me]
Try me [try me]
Try me [try me]
Try me [try me]
Try me [try me, try me]
Try me [a wah wah wow]
Try me [try me, try me]
When the hurt is strong
And everything you do is wrong
You need someone to comfort you
Well, listen baby, I'll come first to you, so
Try me [try me, try me]
Try me [a wah wah wow]
Try me [try me, try me]
Try me [a wah wah wow]
If you need satisfaction
Listen baby, I've got the action
Where I am, that's where it's at
So, listen baby, it's tit for tat, so
Try me [try me, try me]
Try me [a wah wah wow]
Try me [try me, try me]
Try me [a wah wah wow]
Woo, woo-ooh, woo, woo, woo-ooh
Woo, woo-ooh, woo, woo, woo-ooh
Woo, woo-ooh, woo, woo, woo-ooh
Woo, woo-ooh, woo, woo, woo-ooh
One more thing I'd like to say right here
Try me [try me, try me]
One more thing I'd like to say right here
Try me [try me, try me]
Need good lovin'
I'm black [try me] coming
Yes I'm black [try me] and I'm coming
Try me, try me
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| Do It Twice | |
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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 eyes get red, no-one to hear me.
One more thing I'd like to say right here,
Baby, but you just won't let me.
One more thing I'd like to say right here,
Baby, but you just won't let me.
I'd like to say:baby, you so nice:
I'd like to do the same thing twice, yeah!
Baby, you so nice.
I'd like to do the same thing twice.
I love you so much, so-o-o-
Love you - love you, baby, so much.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I live in the woods alone;
I need your (company) company.
Baby! Woods alone!
I need your company, yeah!
Every morning I get up, I sip my cup;
My eyes get red, no-one to hear me.
One more thing I'd like to say right here,
Baby, but you just won't let me, yeah!
One more thing I'd like to say right here,
Baby, but you just won't let me.
I'd like to say: baby, you so nice:
Do the same thing twice, yeah!
Baby, you so nice;
I'd like to do the same thing twice;
I love you, baby, so much
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| Small Axe | |
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Why boasteth thyself
Oh, evil men
Playing smart
And not being clever?
I said, you're working iniquity
To achieve vanity (if a-so a-so)
But the goodness of jah, jah
I-dureth for-i-ver
So if you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
These are the words
Of my master, keep on tellin' me
No weak heart
Shall prosper
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, fall in it
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it (... fall in it)
If you are the big tree, let me tell you that
We are the small axe, sharp and ready
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
(to cut you down)
(to cut you down)
These are the words
Of my master, tellin' me that
No weak heart
Shall prosper
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, uh, bury in it
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it, uh (... bury in it)
If you are the big, big tree
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
If you are the big, big tree, let me tell you that
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
Sharpened ...
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| Trenchtown Rock | |
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One good thing about music, when it hits you
Feel no pain (repeat)
So hit me with music, hit me with music
Hit me with music, hit me with music now
I got to say trench town rock
I say don't watch that
Trench town rock, big fish or sprat
Trench town rock, you reap what you sow
Trench town rock, and everyone know now
Trench town rock, don't turn your back
Trench town rock, give the slum a try
Trench town rock, never let the children cry
Trench town rock, cause you got to tell jah, jah
You grooving kingston 12, grooving, kingston12
Grooving woe, woe, it's kingston 12
Grooving it's kingston 12
No want you fe galang so,
No want you fe galang so
You want come cold I up
But you can't come cold I up
Cause I'm grooving, yes I'm grooving
I say one good thing, one good thing
When it hits you fel no pain
One good thing about music
When it hits you feel no pain
So hit me with music
Hit me with music now
Hit me with music, hit me with music
Look at that, trench town rock
I say don't watch that, trench town rock
If you big fish or sprat, trench town rock
You reap what you sow, trench town rock
And everyone know now, trench town rock
Don't turn your back, trench town rock
Give the slum a try, trench town rock
Never let the children cry, trench town rock
Cause you got to tell jah, jah why
Grooving, grooving, grooving, grooving
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| Kaya | |
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Wake up and turn me loose
Wake up and turn me loose
Wake up and turn me loose
For the rain is falling
Got to have kaya now
Got to have kaya now
Got to have kaya now
For the rain is falling
I'm so high, I even touch the sky
Above the falling rain
I feel so good in my neighbourhood, so
Here I come again
Got to have kaya now
Got to have kaya now
Got to have kaya now
For the rain is falling
Feelin' irie i
Feelin' irie i
Feelin' irie i
'cause I have some kaya now
I feel so high, I even touch the sky
Above the falling rain
I feel so good in my neighbourhood, so
Here I come again
Got to have kaya now
Got to have kaya now
Got to have kaya now, lord
For the rain is falling
(kaya now, kaya, kaya) huh
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| Soul Shakedown Party | |
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We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight!
We gonna have a soul shakedown 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 got the special vacation;
I need your concentration
Just to feel your vibration
At that soul shakedown party
We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight!
Jane is in the back yard
Doin' the outside dance;
I'm tellin' you the other day,
She didn't even get a chance!
But this is my invitation:
A just-a special vacation;
I need your concentration
Just to - just to - just to (vibration) just to:
(Soul shakedown party tonight) Baby, I need you tonight!
We gonna have a soul shakedown 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 got the special vacation;
I need your concentration
Just to feel your vibration.
At that soul shakedown party tonight!
We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight! Uh!
Swing with me, baby!
(Soul shakedown party tonight)
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| Duppy Conqueror | |
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Yes, me friend, me friend
Dem set me free again
Yes, me friend, me friend
Me deh 'pon street again
The bars
Yes, I've been accused
Wrongly abused now
But through the powers of the most high
They've got to turn me loose
Yes, me friend, me good friend
Dem set me free again, mm
Yes, me friend
Dem turn me loose again
(yes, me friend) me friend, me friend, me friend
We deh a street again
Yes, me friend, me friend, me friend
Dem set me free again
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| Natural Mystic | |
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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 me why.
Things are not the way they used to be,
I won't tell no lie;
One and all have to face reality now.
'though I've tried to find the answer to all the questions they ask.
'though I know it's impossible to go livin' through the past -
Don't tell no lie.
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air -
Can't keep them down -
If you listen carefully now you will hear.
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air.
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 me why.
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air -
I won't tell no lie;
If you listen carefully now you will hear:
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air.
Such a natural mystic blowing through the air;
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air;
Such a natural mystic blowing through the air;
Such a natural mystic blowing through the air;
Such a natural mystic blowing through the air.
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| Riding High | |
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You've been riding
You've been riding quite a while, child
(keep on riding, keep on riding)
You've been jiving
Like a peacock, that's your style
(keep on jiving), ooh (keep on jiving)
Now I remember the days in school
There wasn't a time when you didn't treat me cruel
Ooh, wait till I get my hooks on you
I'll show you what a fisherman can do
You're riding
Been riding quite a while, child
(keep on riding, keep on riding)
You've been jiving
Like a peacock, that's your style
(keep on jiving), ooh-wee (keep on jiving)
I say now, you always try to hurt me in the end
In the presence of all our good, good friends
But the patient man always win
Now I'll just wait till you give in
You've been riding
You've been riding quite a while
(keep on riding), keep on, ride (keep on riding)
You've been jiving
Like a peacock, that's your style
(keep on jiving ...), ooh-wee, alright (... on jiving)
At christmas, more like an easter bunny
Just like a rabbit, you're always on the run
But wait till I get my trap on you
I'll see where you gonna run to
Wait till I get my trap on you
Then I'll see where you gonna run to
You've been riding
You've been riding quite a while
(keep on riding), keep on, ride (keep on riding)
You've been jiving
Like a peacock, that's your style
(keep on jiving), ooh-wee (keep on jiving)
(so riding on my own) I need your love tonight
(riding on my own) a-when you hold me right ...
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