Contents:
1. Trenchtown Rock 2. Burnin' and Lootin' 3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 4. Lively Up Yourself
5. No Woman, No Cry 6. I Shot the Sherriff 7. Get Up, Stand Up
One good thing about music, When it hits you feel no pain! One good thing about music, When it hits you feel no pain! So hit me with music, hit me with music, Hit me with music, hit me with music now! I got to say Trenchtown rock I say don't watch that Trenchtown rock, big fish or sprat Trenchtown rock, you reap what you sow Trenchtown rock, and everyone know now Trenchtown rock, don't turn your back Trenchtown rock, give the slum a try Trenchtown rock, never let the children cry Trenchtown rock, 'cause you got to tell JAH - JAH why. You grooving Kingston 12, grooving, Kingston 12, 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 feel 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, Trenchtown rock I say don't watch that, Trenchtown rock If you big fish or sprat, Trenchtown rock You reap what you sow, Trenchtown rock And everyone know now, Trenchtown rock Don't turn your back, Trenchtown rock Give the slum a try, Trenchtown rock Never let the children cry, Trenchtown rock Cause you got to tell JAH - JAH why Grooving, grooving, grooving, grooving 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 feel 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, Trenchtown rock Trenchtown rock Trenchtown rock Trenchtown rock Trenchtown rock Trenchtown rock Trenchtown rock Trenchtown rock Trenchtown rock Trenchtown rock
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 can talk to the boss? Eh! All that we got, it seems we have lost We must have really paid the cost. (That's why we gonna be) Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (Say we gonna burn and loot) Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (One more thing) Burnin' all pollution tonight (Oh, yeah, yeah) Burnin' all illusion tonight. Oh, stop them! Give me the food and let me grow Let the Roots Man take a blow. All them drugs gonna make you slow now It's not the music of the ghetto. Eh! Weeping and a-wailing tonight (Ooh, can't stop the tears!) Weeping and a-wailing tonight (We've been suffering these long, long-a years) Weeping and a-wailing tonight (Will you say cheer?) Weeping and a-wailing tonight Give me the food and let me grow Let the roots man take a blow. All them drugs gonna make you slow It's not the music of the ghetto. We gonna be burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (To survive, yeah!) Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (Save your babies' lives) Burning all pollution tonight (Pollution ... ) Burning all illusion tonight (Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord!) Burning and a-looting tonight Burning and a-looting tonight Burning all pollution tonight.
3.
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
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 yot a-yook, but d' yood no 'nough. You're gonna dance to JAH music, dance We're gonna dance to JAH music, dance, oh-ooh! Forget your troubles and dance! Forget your sorrows and dance! Forget your sickness and dance! Forget your weakness and dance! Cost of livin' gets so high, Rich and poor they start to cry Now the weak must get strong They say, "Oh, what a tribulation!" 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-yook, but d' yood* no 'nough. We're gonna chuck to JAH music - chucking We're chucking to JAH music - we're chucking. A belly full, but them hungry A hungry mob is a angry mob. A rain a-fall, but the dirt it tough A pot a-cook, but d' food* no 'nough. A hungry man is a angry man A rain a-fall, but the dirt it tough A pot a-yook, but you no 'nough' A rain a-fall, but the dirt it tough. A pot a-cook, but you no 'nough A hungry mob is a angry mob A hungry mob is a angry mob.
You're gonna lively up yourself, and don't be no drag You lively up yourself 'cause reggae is another bag. You lively up yourself, and don't say, "No" You're gonna lively up yourself 'cause I said so! Hear what you gonna do You rock so, you rock so, like you never did before, yeah! You dip so, you dip so: dip through my door. You come so, you come so, oh yeah! You skank so, you skank so: be alive today! You're gonna lively up yourself, and don't say, "No" You lively up yourself, big daddy says so, y'all! You lively up yourself, and don't be no drag You lively up yourself 'cause reggae is another bag. What you got that I don't know? I'm a-trying to wonder - wonder - wonder why you - wonder - wonder why you act so. Yeah! Hey, do you hear what the man seh? Lively up your(self) - your woman in the morning time, y'all! Wa! Keep a liv'lin' up your woman when the evening come And take ya* - take ya - take ya - take ya-a-a! Come on, baby! 'Cause I wanna be lively myself, y'all! Lively up yourself Lively up yourself. You want to rock so, you rock so: You rock so, you rock so You dip so, you dip so You skank so, you skank so, and don't be no drag! You come so, you come so, for reggae is another bag! Get what you got in that bag! What you got in de other bag you got hanging there? What you say you got? I don't believe you!
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 hypocrites As they would mingle with the good people we meet. Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've lost Along the way. In this great future, you can't forget your past So dry your tears, I seh. No, woman, no cry No, woman, no cry. 'Ere, little darling, don't shed no tears No, woman, no cry. Said - said - said: I remember when-a we used to sit In the government yard in Trenchtown. And then Georgie would make the fire lights, As it was logwood burnin' through the nights. Then we would cook cornmeal porridge, Of which I'll share with you My feet is my only carriage, So I've got to push on through. But while I'm gone, I mean Everything's gonna be all right! Everything's gonna be all right! Everything's gonna be all right! Everything's gonna be all right! I said, everything's gonna be all right-a! Everything's gonna be all right! Everything's gonna be all right, now! Everything's gonna be all right! So, woman, no cry No - no, woman - woman, no cry. Woman, little sister, don't shed no tears No, woman, no cry. I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in Trenchtown. And then Georgie would make the fire lights, As it was logwood burnin' through the nights. Then we would cook cornmeal porridge, Of which I'll share with you My feet is my only carriage, So I've got to push on through. But while I'm gone: No, woman, no cry No, woman, no cry. Woman, little darling, say don't shed no tears No, woman, no cry. Eh! (Little darling, don't shed no tears! No, woman, no cry. Little sister, don't shed no tears! No, woman, no cry.)
(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, oo-ooh.) All around in my home town, They trying to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the life of a deputy, For the life of a deputy. But I say, yeah: (I shot the sheriff, But I swear it was in selfdefence.) I swear it was in selfdefence, yea-ea-eah! It was I who shot the sheriff, (And they say it is a) capital offence. (Oo-ooh) Sheriff John Brown always hates me, For what, I don't know Every time I plant a seed, He say, "Kill them before they grow" He say, "Kill them before they grow", now. And so, yeah - and so I shot the sheriff. But I didn't shoot no deputy. (Oh no! Oh!) It was I shot the sheriff, But I (didn't shoot no deputy) I didn't shoot no deputy. (Oo-ooh) No-no-no-no-no! Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town, yeah! Then all of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown, He was aiming to shoot I down So I shot, yes, I shot - shot him down and I say, yeah By-by-by - I shot the sheriff, Love, I didn't shoot no deputy. (oh, no! Oh!) It was I shot the sheriff, But I didn't shoot no deputy. (Oo-ooh) Reflexes had the better of me And what is to be must be Every day the bucket goes to the well, I say, one day the bottom a-go drop out, One day the bottom will drop out. And so - and so, read it! (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-ooh.)
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight! 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 rights! Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight! Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! 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 rights. JAH! Get up, stand up! (JAH, JAH!) Stand up for your rights! (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 rights! (Lord, Lord!) Get up, stand up! (Keep on struggling on!) Don't give up the fight! (Yeah!) We sick an' 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 rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!) Oh, you better Get up, stand up! (In the morning! Git it up!) Stand up for your rights! (Stand up for our rights!) 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 rights! (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 rights! Get up, stand up! Don't give up the fight!