RASTA MAN CHANT

(Traditional; arranged: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Livingston)

Hear the words of the Rastaman say:
"Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;
Babylon, you throne gone down."

Said I hear the words of the Iyaman say:
"Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;
Babylon, you throne gone down."
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And I hear the angel with the seven seals say:
"Babylon throne gone down, gone down;
Babylon throne gone down."
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I say fly away home to Zion  (fly away home);
I say fly away home to Zion  (fly away home).
One bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
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One bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
One bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
Say one bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.

SLAVE DRIVER

(Bob Marley)

Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh.   Oo-oo-ooh! Oo-oo-ooh.
Slave driver, the table is turn;  (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn;  (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: gonna get burn.  (catch a fire)  Wo, now!

Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very souls.
Today they say that we are free,
Only to be chained in poverty.
Good God, I think it's illiteracy;
It's only a machine that makes money.
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all.  Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh.

Slave driver, uh!   The table is turn, baby, now; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, baby, now.  (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)

Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very soul.

O God, have mercy on our souls!
Oh, slave driver, the table is turn, y'all;  (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn.   (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire ...

STOP THAT TRAIN

(Peter Tosh)

Stop that train: I'm leavin' - today!
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - anyway!
Stop that train: I'm leavin'. And I said:
It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong;
I said, it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong.

All my good life I've been a lonely man,
Teachin' my people who don't understand;
And even though I tried my best,
I still can't find no happiness.

So I got to say:
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - oh, baby now!
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - don't care what you say!
Stop that train: I'm leavin'. And I said:
It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong;
Said, it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong.

Some goin' east; and-a some goin' west,
Some stand aside to try their best.
Some livin' big, but the most is livin' small::
They just can't even find no food at all.

I mean, stop it:
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - leavin', mm-hmm.
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - I don't mind!
Stop that train: I'm leavin'.  And I said:
It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong;
I said it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong.

Stop that train: I'm leavin' - leavin'!
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - can't take it!
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - got to be better!
It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong;
I said it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong.

NO MORE TROUBLE

(Bob Marley)

(We don't need) No, we don't need (no more trouble) no more trouble!
(We don't need no more trouble)

Wo! Oh-oh-oh!
(We don't need)   We don't need no (no more) trouble!
We don't need no trouble!

(We don't need no more trouble)
Make love and not war!   'Cause we don't need no trouble.
What we need is love   (love)
To guide and protect us on.  (on)
If you hope good down from above, (love)
Help the weak if you are strong now.  (love)

We don't need no trouble;
What we need is love.   Oh, no!
We don't need - we don't need - no more trouble!
Lord knows, we don't need no trouble!

(We don't need) We don't need trouble (no more trouble) -
no more trouble - no more trouble!
Seek happiness!   (...)   Oh, ...!
Come on, you all and speak of love.  (...)  Oh, yeah!

We don't need no trouble;
What we need is love, now.  (What we need is love!)
(We don't need)   Oh, we don't need no more trouble!
We don't need, no - we don't need no trouble!
We don't (need) - no, brothers and sisters ... (no more trouble!)

We don't need no trouble; we don't need no trouble!
We don't need no trouble!
What we need is love!

We don't need - we don't need no more - we don't need -
no more trouble - we don't need no more trouble!
Trouble we don't need (we don't need),
(We don't need) Lord, knows! -
  we don't need no more war (no more trouble).
No more trouble - we don't need no more - more trouble!

400 YEARS

(Peter Tosh)

400 years (400 years, 400 years.  Wo-o-o-o)
And it's the same -
The same (wo-o-o-o) philosophy
I've said it's four hundred years;
  (400 years, 400 years.  Wo-o-o-o, wo-o-o-o)
Look, how long (wo-o-o-o)
And the people they (wo-o-o-o) still can't see.
Why do they fight against the poor youth of today?
And without these youths, they would be gone -
All gone astray

Come on, let's make a move:
  (make a move, make a move.  Wo-o-o-o, wo-o-o-o)
I can (wo-o-o-o) see time (wo-o-o-o) - time has come,
And if-a fools don't see
  (fools don't see, fools don't see.  Wo-o-o-o)
I can't save the youth:
The youth (wo-o-o-o) is gonna be strong.
So, won't you come with me;
I'll take you to a land of liberty
Where we can live - live a good, good life
And be free.

Look how long: 400 years, (400 years, 400 years) -
  Way too long! (wo-o-o-o)
That's the reason my people (wo-o-o-o) - my people can't see.
Said, it's four hundred long years - (400 years, 400 years.  Wo-o-o-o)
Give me patience (wo-o-o-o)  - same philosophy.
It's been 400 years, (400 years, 400 years)
  Wait so long!  Wo-o-o-o, wo-o-o-o.
How long?  400 long, long years.

MIDNIGHT RAVERS

(Bob Marley)

Do-do-do.   Do-do-do.  Do-do-do.
(You can't tell the woman from the man)
No, I say you can't, 'cause they're dressed in the same pollution;
  (dressed in the same pollution)
Their mind is confused with confusion
With their problems since they've no solution:
They become the midnight ravers.

Someone say:
(Please, don't let me down!)
  Oh, please, don't let me - ee-ya-bab, oh, please don't let me down!
(Midnight) Midnight ravers! (ravers) Midnight ravers!
(Please don't) Oh, please, please,
  don't let me down, down, down, down, down!
Don't let me down;
Don't let me down.

I see ten thousand chariots  (ah-ah-ah-ah)
And they coming without horses;  (coming without horses)
The riders - they cover their face,  (ah-ah-ah-ah)
So you couldn't make them out in smoky place -
  (make them out in smoky places)
In that musical stampede, where everyone is doing their thing.
Musical stampede - people swingin';
Musical stampede.   Someone say:
People, ride on!   (keep a-ridin'!)
(keep a-ridin'!)   Ride on!
(keep a-ridin'!)   Midnight ravers!
People, ride on!   (keep a-ridin'!)
(keep a-ridin'!)   Ride on!
(keep a-ridin'!)   Midnight ravers!

I can't tell my woman from the man:
She is dressed in the same pollution; (dressed in the same pollution)
Her mind is confused with confusion:
To my problem seems there's never - never no solution!

I've become a night-life raver
And I'm beggin' you, (please) please, please -
  oh, beel-ya-ba-ba - please don't ya let me down!

(Night-life ravers)   Night-life ravers!  Night-life ravers!
Oh, please, please, please, please, don't let me down.
Don't let me down;
Don't let me down!

I see ten thousand chariots  (ah-ah-ah-ah)
And they coming without horses;  (coming without horses)
The riders they cover their face,  (ah-ah-ah-ah)
So you couldn't make them out in smoky place -
In that musical stampede, oh!
It's the musical stampede.  Ride on!
It's the musical stampede, some preacher say!
People ride on! (keep a-ridin'!)
(keep a-ridin'!)   Ride on!
(keep a-ridin'!)   Midnight ravers!
A-ride on!   (keep a-ridin'!)
(keep a-ridin'!)   Ride on!
(keep a-ridin'!)   Midnight ravers!
Ride on, y'all! (keep a-ridin'!)
(keep a-ridin'!)   Ride on!
(keep a-ridin'!)   Midnight ravers!
Ride on! (keep a-ridin'!)
(keep a-ridin'!)   Don't let me down, midnight ravers!
  (keep a-ridin'!)
Midnight ravers, don't let me down!  (keep a-ridin'!)
Don't let me down - don't let me down!  (keep a-ridin'!)
Well, I'm comin'!
I got too much talkin'.

STIR IT UP

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Stir it up little darlin' stir it up
Oh yeah, yeah
Stir it up little darlin'

It's been a long long time
Since I had you on my mind
Now you are here it's so very clear
There's so much we could do
Just me and you
Come on and stir it up little darlin'

I'll push the wood, light the fire
I'll satisfy your hearts desire
I will stir it every, every minute
All you have to do, girl,
Is keep it in it

Quench me when I'm thirsty
Cool me down baby when I'm hot
Your recipe is so tasty
When you show and stir your pot

CONCRETE JUNGLE

(Bob Marley)

No sun will shine in my day today;  (no sun will shine)
The high yellow moon won't come out to play:
  (that high yellow moon won't come out to play)
I said (darkness) darkness has covered my light,
(and the stage) And the stage my day into night, yeah.
Where is the love to be found?  (oo-ooh-ooh)
Won't someone tell me?
'Cause my (sweet life) life must be somewhere to be found -
  (must be somewhere for me)
Instead of concrete jungle (la la-la!),
Where the living is harder (la-la!).

Concrete jungle (la la-la!):
Man you got to do your (la la-la!) best.  Wo-ooh, yeah.
No chains around my feet,
But I'm not free, oh-ooh!
I know I am bound here in captivity;
G'yeah, now - (never, never) I've never known happiness;
(never, never) I've never known what sweet caress is -
Still, I'll be always laughing like a clown;
Won't someone help me?   'Cause I (sweet life) -
I've got to pick myself from off the ground
  (must be somewhere for me), he-yeah! -
In this a concrete jungle (la la-la!):
I said, what do you cry for me (la-la!) now, o-oh!
Concrete jungle (la la-la!), ah, won't you let me be (la la-la!), now.
  Hey!   Oh, now!
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I said that life (sweet life) - it must be somewhere to be found
  (must be somewhere for me)
Oh, instead: concrete jungle (la-la!) - collusion (la-la!) -
  confusion (confusion).  Eh!

Concrete jungle (la-la!):  baby, you've got it in.
Concrete jungle (la la-la!), now.  Eh!
Concrete jungle (la la-la!).

What do you stand(?) for me (la-la!), now?

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 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!)

So 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!

KINKY REGGAE

(Bob Marley)

Uh, ah-oh-oh!  I went downtown, (I went downtown)
I saw Miss Brown;   (said, I saw Miss Brown)
She had brown sugar   (had brown sugar)
All over her booga-wooga. (over her booga-wooga)

I think I might join the fun, (I might join the fun)
But I had to hit and run. (had to hit and run)
See I just can't settle down  (just can't settle down)
In a kinky part of town.

Ride on;
Don't you know I've got to (ride on), oh baby,
Ride on; see I just can't settle down.  (ride on)
Oh, I'm a leavin' town. (kinky reggae)

Kinky reggae, take me away!  (kinky reggae, now)  Kinky reggae, now!
Oh, kinky reggae; all I've got to say, kinky reggae, now!
Kinky reggae, oh baby!   Kinky reggae, now!
It's gonna be kinky reggae (keep it up).  Kinky reggae, now!
An' I would say: ride on, ride on, ride on (ride on)!
  Oh, ride on, baby!
Ride on, come on, woo-o-o!  (ride on)  Wo-now!  Eh!

I went down to Piccadilly Circus; (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Down there I saw Marcus: (oo-oo-oo-ooh)
He had a candy tar (ooh-ooh-ooh)
All over his chocolate bar. (oo-oo-oo-ooh)

I think I might join the fun, (I might join the fun)
But I had to hit and run. (had to hit and run)
See I just can't settle down  (just can't settle down)
In a kinky, kinky part of town.

Nice one; that's what they say, (nice one)
But I'm leavin' you today.  (nice one)
Oh, darlin', please don't pay:  (nice one)
Mama say - mama say.

Kinky reggae - kinky reggae, uh!  Kinky reggae, now!
  Take it or leave it!
Kinky reggae, believe it!  Kinky reggae, now!
Kinky reggae - it's gonna be: kinky reggae!
  Kinky reggae, now!  Cuka-yeah, now!
Kinky reggae - sca-ba-dool-ya-bung, baby!
  Kinky reggae, now, oh-oh-ooh!
(Ride on!)  Ride on!  Come on, yeah!  (Ride on)
  Riding on - riding on!
Ride on, kinky reggae.   Come on, ride on!  Eh!  Eh!
Kinky, kinky, kinky as kinky (kinky reggae) can be !  Reggae!  Eh!
Kinky reggae!  Let me hear ya say, now: kinky reggae, now.  Oh!
Kinky reggae!   Kinky reggae, now!  Kick it away!
Kinky reggae - kick it away, now!  Kinky reggae, now, oh!
Ride on!