REBEL MUSIC (3 O'CLOCK ROADBLOCK)

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I, rebel music
I, rebel music
Why can't we roam this open country
Oh why can't we be what we want to be
We want to be free

3 o'clock - roadblock, curfew
And I've got to throw away
Yes I've got to throw away
Yes I've got to throw away
My little herb stalk

I, rebel music
I, rebel music

Take my soul and suss me out
Check my life if I am in doubt
3 o'clock - roadblock
And hey Mr. Cop, ain't got no
(What you say down there)
Ain't got no birth certificate on me now

I, rebel music
I, rebel music
Take my soul and suss me out
Check my life if I am in doubt
3 o'clock - roadblock
And hey Mr. Cop, ain't got no
(What you say down there)
Ain't got no birth certificate on me now.

I SHOT THE SHERIFF

(Bob Marley)

(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! 

NATTY DREAD

(Alan cole; Rita Anderson)

Dread, Natty Dread now,    (Natty Dread)
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I.   (Natty Dread)
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon:         (Natty Dread)
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I.            (Natty Dread)
Eh!  Children get your culture        (Natty Dreadlock)
And don't stay there and gesture, a-ah,         (Natty Dreadlock)
Or the battle will be hotter          (Natty Dreadlock)
And you won't get no supper.          (Natty Dreadlock)

Natty Dread, Natty Dread, now;        (Natty Dread)
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I.            (Natty Dread)
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon -        (Natty Dread)
Roots Natty, Roots Natty! (Natty Dread)

Then I walk up the first street,      (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I walk up the second street to see.    (Natty Dreadlock)
Then I trod on through third street, (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I talk to some Dread on fourth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock in a fifth street,    (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I skip one fence to sixth street.      (Natty Dreadlock)
I've got to reach seventh street:     (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock Bingy Bongo I         (Natty Dread)
Natty dread, Natty Dread, now,        (Natty Dread)
Roots Natty Congo I.       (Natty Dread)

Oh, Natty, Natty,
Natty 21,000 miles away from home, yeah!
Oh, Natty, Natty,
And that's a long way
For Natty to be from home.

Don't care what the world seh;        (Natty Dread)
I'n'I couldn't never go astray.       (Natty Dread)
Just like a bright and sunny day:     (Natty Dread)
Oh, we're gonna have things our way. (Natty Dread)
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock,         (Natty Dreadlock)
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I.   (Natty Dreadlock)
Don't care what the world seh;        (Natty Dreadlock)
I'n'I gonna have things our way.      (Natty Dreadlock)
If a egg Natty in a the red -         (Natty Dreadlock)
If a egg Natty in a the red.          (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock.

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 ...

TRENCH TOWN

(Bob Marley)

(Scoop, scoop, scoop, scoo-doo;
Scoop, scoop wa-doo.)
Up a cane river to wash my dread;
Upon a rock I rest my head.
There I vision through the seas of oppression, oh-oo-wo!
Don't make my life a prison.

We come from Trench Town, Trench Town (Trenchtown) -
Most of them come from Trench Town.
We free the people with music (sweet music);
Can we free the people with music (sweet music)?
Can we free our people with music? - With music,
With music, oh music!

Oh-y, my head,
In desolate places we'll find our bread,
And everyone see what's taking place, oh-oo-wo! -
Another page in history.

We come from Trench Town,
Come from Trench Town;
We come from Trench Town.
Lord we free the people with music (sweet music);
We free the people with music (sweet music);
We free our people with music,
With music, oh music (oh music)!

They say it's hard to speak;
They feel so strong to say we are weak;
But through the eyes the love of our people, oh-oo-wo!
They've got to repay.

We come from (Trenchtown) Trench Town;
We come from (Trenchtown) Trench Town;
Trench - Trench Town (Trenchtown).
They say, "Can anything good come out of Trench Town?"
   (Trench - Trenchtown)
That's what they say, (Trenchtown);  (Trench - Trenchtown)
Say (Trench - Trenchtown) we're the underprivileged people,
So (Trenchtown) they keep us in  chains:
"Pay (Trench - Trenchtown) - pay - pay tribute to -" (Trenchtown).
We come from (Trench - Trenchtown);
We come from (Trench - Trenchtown);
Just because we come from Trench Town.
Not because we come from Trench Town;
Just because we come from (Trenchtown).

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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/Guitar solo/
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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?

NO WOMAN NO CRY

(Vincent Ford)

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,
Ober - observing 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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JAMMIN'

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We're jamming
I wanna jam it with you,
We're jamming, jamming
And I hope you like jamming too

Ain't no rules, ain't no vow, we can do it anyhow
I and I will see you through,
'Cos every day we pay the price with a little sacrifice
Jamming till the jam is through.

We're jamming
To think that jamming was a thing of the past,
We're jamming, jamming
And I hope this jam is gonna last

No bullet can stop us now, we neither beg nor will we bow
Neither can be bought or sold.
We all defend the right, JAH JAH children must unite
Your life is worth much more than gold.

We're jamming, jamming
We're jamming in the name of the Lord
We're jamming, jamming
We're jamming right straight from JAH

Holy mount Zion
Holy mount Zion
JAH sitteth in Mount Zion
And rules all Creation

Yeah, we're jamming, jamming
I wanna jam it with you
We're jamming, jamming
I'm jammed, I hope you're jamming too

Jam's about my pride and truth I cannot hide
Too Keep you satisfied.
True love that now exist is the love I can't resist
So jam by my side.

EXODUS

Exodus, movement of JAH people
Exodus, movement of JAH people

men and people will fight ya down
when ya see JAH light
let me tell you if you're not wrong
everything is allright
walk, through the roads of creation
we're the generation
who trod through great tribulation

Exodus, movement of JAH people
Exodus, movement of JAH people

open your eyes and look within
are you satisfied with the life
you're living
we know where we're going
we know where we're from
we're leaving babylon
into our father's land

Exodus, movement of JAH people
Exodus, movement of JAH people

Exodus, Exodus, Exodus
Exodus, Exodus, Exodus

movement of JAH people
movement of JAH people
movement of JAH people
movement of JAH people

move, move, move, movement of JAH people

JAH come to breakdown downpression, rule equality
wipe away transgression
and set the captives free

Exodus, movement of JAH people
Exodus, movement of JAH people

REDEMPTION SONG

(Bob Marley)

Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the 'and of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?  Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfil de book.

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
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/Guitar break/
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Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfil de book.
Won't you help to sing
Dese songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.

COMING IN FROM THE COLD

(Bob Marley)

In this life, in this life, in this life,
   In this, oh sweet life:
We're (we're coming in from the cold);
We're coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in),
   coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in),
Coming in from the cold.

It's you - it's you - it's you I'm talkin' to -
Well, you (it's you) - you (it's you) - you I'm talking to now.
Why do you look so sad and forsaken?
When one door is closed, don't you know other is open?

Would you let the system make you kill your brotherman?
   No, no, no, no, no, no!  No, Dread, no!
Would you make the system make you kill your brotherman?
   (No, Dread, no!)
Would you make the system get on top of your head again?
   (No, Dread, no!)
Well, the biggest man you ever did see was - was just a baby.

In this life (in this life),
   In this (in this life, oh sweet life):
Coming in from the cold;
We're coming in (coming in), coming in-a (coming in),
   coming in (coming in), ooh! (coming in)
Coming in from the cold!

It's life (it's life), it's life (it's life), it's life (it's life):
   it's - wa - well! - coming in from the cold!
We're coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in) -
   ooh (coming in), hey! (coming in),
Coming in from the cold!

It's you - you - you I'm talking -
Well, yes, you, bilyabong! (it's you);
   ew! - you I'm talking to now.
We-e-ell, why do you look so - look so - look so sad -
   look so sad and forsaken?
Don't you know: When one door is closed - when one door is closed,
   many more is open?

We-e-e-ell, would you let the system get on top of your head again?
   No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Dread, no!
Would you let the system make you kill your brotherman?
   No, Dread, no!
We-e-e-ell, would you make the system get on top of your head again?
   (No, Dread, no!)  No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Well, the biggest - biggest man you ever - ever
   Did-a see was-a - was-a once a baby.

In this life, in this life, in this life,
   In this, oh, sweet life,
We're (coming in from the cold) from the cold!
We're coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in),
   coming in (coming in), wo-o!  Yea-ea-eah!
Coming in from the cold

We're coming in-a, coming in-a, coming in-a, coming in-a!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yea-ea-ea-eah!
Coming in from the cold
Coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in) -
   (coming in) (coming in)
(coming in) from the - from the cold!

NATTY DREAD

(Alan cole; Rita Anderson)

Dread, Natty Dread now,    (Natty Dread)
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I.   (Natty Dread)
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon:         (Natty Dread)
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I.            (Natty Dread)
Eh!  Children get your culture        (Natty Dreadlock)
And don't stay there and gesture, a-ah,         (Natty Dreadlock)
Or the battle will be hotter          (Natty Dreadlock)
And you won't get no supper.          (Natty Dreadlock)

Natty Dread, Natty Dread, now;        (Natty Dread)
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I.            (Natty Dread)
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon -        (Natty Dread)
Roots Natty, Roots Natty! (Natty Dread)

Then I walk up the first street,      (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I walk up the second street to see.    (Natty Dreadlock)
Then I trod on through third street, (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I talk to some Dread on fourth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock in a fifth street,    (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I skip one fence to sixth street.      (Natty Dreadlock)
I've got to reach seventh street:     (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock Bingy Bongo I         (Natty Dread)
Natty dread, Natty Dread, now,        (Natty Dread)
Roots Natty Congo I.       (Natty Dread)

Oh, Natty, Natty,
Natty 21,000 miles away from home, yeah!
Oh, Natty, Natty,
And that's a long way
For Natty to be from home.

Don't care what the world seh;        (Natty Dread)
I'n'I couldn't never go astray.       (Natty Dread)
Just like a bright and sunny day:     (Natty Dread)
Oh, we're gonna have things our way. (Natty Dread)
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock,         (Natty Dreadlock)
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I.   (Natty Dreadlock)
Don't care what the world seh;        (Natty Dreadlock)
I'n'I gonna have things our way.      (Natty Dreadlock)
If a egg Natty in a the red -         (Natty Dreadlock)
If a egg Natty in a the red.          (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock.