No Woman No Cry

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No, woman, no cry;

 No, woman, no cry;

 No, woman, no cry;

 No, woman, no cry.

 'Cause - 'cause - 'cause I remember when a we used to sit

 In a government yard in Trenchtown,

 Oba - obaserving the 'ypocrites - yeah! -

 Mingle with the good people we meet, yeah!

 Good friends we have, oh, good friends we have lost

 Along the way, yeah!

 In this great future, you can't forget your past;

 So dry your tears, I seh. Yeah!

 No, woman, no cry;

 No, woman, no cry. Eh, yeah!

 A little darlin', don't shed no tears:

 No, woman, no cry. Eh!

 Said - said - said I remember when we used to sit

 In the government yard in Trenchtown, yeah!

 And then Georgie would make the fire lights,

 I seh, logwood burnin' through the nights, yeah!

 Then we would cook cornmeal porridge, say,

 Of which I'll share with you, yeah!

 My feet is my only carriage

 And so I've got to push on through.

 Oh, while I'm gone,

 Everything's gonna be all right!

 Everything's gonna be all right!

 Everything's gonna be all right, yeah!

 Everything's gonna be all right!

 Everything's gonna be all right-a!

 Everything's gonna be all right!

 Everything's gonna be all right, yeah!

 Everything's gonna be all right!

 So no, woman, no cry;

 No, woman, no cry.

 I seh, O little - O little darlin', don't shed no tears;

 No, woman, no cry, eh.

 No, woman - no, woman - no, woman, no cry;

 No, woman, no cry.

 One more time I got to say:

 O little - little darlin', please don't shed no tears;

 No, woman, no cry.

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Every Thing Gonna be Alright / Three Little Birds

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"Don't worry about a thing,

 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.

 Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,

 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

 Rise up this mornin',

 Smiled with the risin' sun,

 Three little birds

 Pitch by my doorstep

 Singin' sweet songs

 Of melodies pure and true,

 Sayin', ("This is my message to you-ou-ou:")

 Singin': "Don't worry 'bout a thing,

 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

 Singin': "Don't worry (don't worry) 'bout a thing,

 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

 Rise up this mornin',

 Smiled with the risin' sun,

 Three little birds

 Pitch by my doorstep

 Singin' sweet songs

 Of melodies pure and true,

 Sayin', "This is my message to you-ou-ou:"

 Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!

 Every little thing gonna be all right. Don't worry!"

 Singin': "Don't worry about a thing" - I won't worry!

 "'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

 Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,

 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right" - I won't worry!

 Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,

 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

 Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, oh no!

 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!

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I Shot The Sheriff

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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, ooh, oo-ooh.)

 Yeah! All around in my home town,

 They're 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, now, now. Oh!

 (I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff.

 (But I swear it was in selfdefence.)

 Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!

 I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! -

 (And they say it is a capital offence.)

 Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) 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 grow -

 He said kill them before they grow.

 And so:

 Read it in the news:

 (I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord!

 (But I swear it was in self-defence.)

 Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)

 I say: I shot the sheriff,

 But I swear it was in selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah!

 Freedom came my way one day

 And I started out of town, yeah!

 All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown

 Aiming 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 say (But I didn't shoot no deputy),

 I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!

 (I shot the sheriff.) I did!

 But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)

 Reflexes had got the better of me

 And what is to be must be:

 Every day the bucket a-go a well,

 One day the bottom a-go drop out,

 One day the bottom a-go drop out.

 I say:

 I - I - I - I shot the sheriff.

 Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah!

 I - I (shot the sheriff) -

 But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!

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Iron, Lion, Zion

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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 (repeat)

 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 (repeat)

 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

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Waiting In Vain

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1, 2, 3:

 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 rest my eyes on you, girl,

 My heart says follow t'rough.

 But I know, now, that I'm way down on your line,

 But the waitin' feel is fine:

 So don't treat me like a puppet on a string,

 'Cause I know I have to do my thing.

 Don't talk to me as if you think I'm dumb;

 I wanna know when you're gonna come - soon.

 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 if summer is here,

 I'm still waiting there;

 Winter is here,

 And I'm still waiting there.

 ---

 /Guitar solo/

 ---

 Like I said:

 It's been three years since I'm knockin' 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 -

 I don't wanna wait in vain.

 I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna -

 I don't wanna wait in vain.

 No, I don't wanna (I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna -

 I don't wanna - I don't wanna wait in vain) -

 No I - no I (I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't

 wanna - I don't wanna wait in vain) -

 No, no-no, I, no, I (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 (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 me love that you're running from.

 It's Jah love that I'm waiting on (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 me love that you're running from.

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Could You Be Loved

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Could you be loved and be loved?

 Could you be loved and be loved?

 Don't let them fool ya,

 Or even try to school ya! 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,

 A-yin the darkness there must come out to light.

 Could you be loved and be loved?

 Could you be loved, wo now! - 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)

 Love your brotherman!

 (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.

 They say: only - only -

 only the fittest of the fittest shall survive -

 Stay alive! Eh!

 Could you be loved and be loved?

 Could you be loved, wo now! - and be loved?

 (You ain't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry;

 No matter how you treat him, the man will never be satisfied.)

 Say something! (Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?

 Could you be - could you be loved?)

 Say something! Say something!

 (Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?)

 Say something! (Could you be - could you be loved?)

 Say something! Say something! (Say something!)

 Say something! Say something! (Could you be loved?)

 Say something! Say something! Reggae, reggae!

 Say something! Rockers, rockers!

 Say something! Reggae, reggae!

 Say something! Rockers, rockers!

 Say something! (Could you be loved?)

 Say something! Uh!

 Say something! Come on!

 Say something! (Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?)

 Say something! (Could you be - could you be loved?)

 Say something! (Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?)

 Say something! (Could you be - could you be loved?) /fadeout/

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Buffalo Soldier

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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! /fadeout/

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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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Africa Unite (Ziggy Marley)

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Ziya-po ya-ya, pa-pa-ya-pa!

 Ti-da-lee, na po-po pu-du-loo!

 Ste-na-peh na-na po po-ro po!

 Africa unite:

 'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon,

 And we're going to our Father's land, yea-ea.

 How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man, yea-eah! -

 To see the unification of all Africans, yeah! -

 As it's been said a'ready, let it be done, yeah!

 We are the children of the Rastaman;

 We are the children of the Iyaman.

 So-o, Africa unite:

 'Cause the children (Africa unite) wanna come home.

 Africa unite:

 'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon, yea,

 And we're grooving to our Father's land, yea-ea.

 How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man

 To see the unification of all Rastaman, yeah.

 As it's been said a'ready, let it be done!

 I tell you who we are under the sun:

 We are the children of the Rastaman;

 We are the children of the Iyaman.

 So-o: Africa unite,

 Afri - Africa unite, yeah!

 Unite for the benefit (Africa unite) for the benefit of your people!

 Unite for it's later (Africa unite) than you think!

 Unite for the benefit (Africa unite) of my children!

 Unite for it's later (Africa uniting) than you think!

 Africa awaits (Africa unite) its creators!

 Africa awaiting (Africa uniting) its Creator!

 Africa, you're my (Africa unite) forefather cornerstone!

 Unite for the Africans (Africa uniting) abroad!

 Unite for the Africans (Africa unite) a yard! /fadeout/