Bob Marley

Titre : Get Up Stand Up
Album : Burnin'
Année : 1973
Paroles :

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

Preacher man no tell me
Heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know
What life is really worth
Isn't all that glitter is gold
Half the story had never been told
So now you see the light
You stand up for your rights

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 sky
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth
You would look for yours on earth
And now you see the light
You stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight

We're sick and tired of your ism and skism game
Die 'n' go to heaven in the 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 you see the light
You stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight

Titre : Bad Boys
Album : One Way
Année : 1987
Paroles :

Bad boys
What you want ?, what you want ?
What you gonna do ?
When sheriff John Brown come for you !
Tell me !
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna dooo ?
Yeaheah


Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !
Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !


When you were eight
And you had bad traits
You go to school
And learn the golden rule
So why are you
Acting like a bloody fool
If you get hot
You must get cool


Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !
Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !


You chuck it on that one
You chuck it on this one
You chuck it on your mother and
You chuck it on your father
You chuck it on your brother and
You chuck it on your sister
You chuck it on that one
And you chuck it on me


Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !
Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !

Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !
Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !


Nobody now give you no break
Police now give you no break
that old soldier man now give you no break,
Not even idren now give you no break
Hey hey


Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !
Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !

Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !
Bad boys, bad boys
What you gonna do ?, what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !


Why did you have to act so mean ?
Don't you know you're human being ?
Born of a mother with the love of a father
Reflexions comes and reflexions goes
I know sometimes you wanna let go
hey hey hey
I know sometimes you wanna let go


Bad boys, bad boys
A what you gonna do ?, what you gonna do?
When they come for you !
Bad boys, bad boys
A what you gonna do ? what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !
(You're too bad, you're too rude)
(You're too bad, you're too rude)

Bad boys, bad boys
A what you gonna do ? what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !
Bad boys, bad boys
A what you gonna do ? what you gonna do ?
When they come for you !

You chuck it on that one
You chuck it on this one
You chuck it on your mother and
You chuck it on your father
You chuck it on your brother and
You chuck it on your sister
You chuck it on that one
...

Titre : Concrete Jungle
Album : Catch A Fire
Année : 1972
Paroles :

No sun will shine in my day today (no sun will shine)
The high yellow moon won't come out to play (won't come out to play)
I say darkness has covered my light (and has changed)
And has changed my day into night
Where is the love to be found?
Won't someone tell me cos life (sweet life)
Must be somewhere to be found
Instead of concrete jungle (now, now)
Where the living is hardest
Concrete jungle (now, now)
Man, you've got to do your best, oh yeah

No chains around my feet but I'm not free, oh
I know I am bound here in captivity
And I've never known what happiness is, yeah
I've never known what sweetness is, still
I'll be always laughing like a clown
Won't someone help me cos I (sweet light)
I've got to pick myself from off the ground, yeah
In this concrete jungle (now, now)
I say what do you've got for me now? (concrete jungle) Oh!
Concrete jungle (now, now)
How won't you let me be now (concrete jungle)
Yeah, oh now
I said that life (sweet life) must be somewhere to be found, oh
Instead of concrete jungle
Illusion, confusion (concrete jungle)
Eh, concrete jungle
You name it, we've got it in concrete jungle now
Eh, concrete jungle (now, now)
What do you've got for me now?

Titre : One Love
Album : Exodus
Année : 1980
Paroles :

One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel alright
Hear the children crying (one love)
Hear the children crying (one heart)
Sayin': "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright"
Sayin': "Let's get together and feel alright"
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 is own?
Believe me, one love (what about..?)
One heart (what about..?)
Let's get together and feel alright
As it was in the beginning (one love)
So shall it be in the end (one heart)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord
And I will feel alright
Let's a-get together and feel alright
One more thing
Let's get together to fight this holy Armageddon (one love)
So when the man come there will be no no doom (one soul)
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
There ain't no hidden place from the farther of creation
Sayin' one love
What about the one heart? (what about..?)
Let's get together and feel alright
I'm pleading to mankind (one love)
Oh Lord wooah (one heart)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord
And I will feel alright
Let's get together and feel alright
Give thanks and praise to the Lord
And I will feel alright

Titre : Iron Lion Zion
Album : Songs Of Freedom
Année : 1973
Paroles :

I am on the rock and then I check a stock
I have to run like a fugitive 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
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 saying iron like a lion in zion
Iron like a lion in zion,
Iron lion zion

I'm on the rock, (running and you running)
I take a stock, (running like a fugitive)
I had to run like a fugitive 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 (x6)

Titre : Africa Unite
Album : Survival
Année : 1979
Paroles :

Africa unite
Cause we're moving right out of Babylon,
And we're going to our Father's land

How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man
To see the unification of all Rastaman
As it's been said a'ready, let it be done

We are the children of the Rastaman
We are the children of the Iyaman, so

Africa unite
Africa unite, yeah
Unite for the benefit (Africa unite) for the benefit of your people!
Cause we're moving right out of Babylon
And we're grooving to our Father's land

How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man
To see the unification of all Africans
As it's been said a'ready,so let it be done
I know you know who you are under the sun

We are the children of the Rastaman
We are the children of the Iyaman.

So, Africa unite,
Africa unite, yeah!
Unite for the benefit (Africa unite) for the benefit of your people!
We're moving right out of Babylon
And we're grooving to our Father's land

Titre : Jammin'
Album : Exodus
Année : 1977
Paroles :

Ouh yeah, alright !
We're jammin', See !
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

Ouh yeah, we're jammin'
To think that jammin' was a thing of the past
We're jammin' 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
Ouh yeah, we're jammin', see !
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 Oh !
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've 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', see !
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 ...

Titre : Buffalo Solider
Album : Uprising
Année : 1979
Paroles :

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 analyze 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 coming from,
Then you wouldn't have to ask me,
Who the 'eck 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, 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, wo-ho-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 !