Ooh-oohOld Mr. Joe, he build a house awayOn top of some hillOld Mr. Joe knew he had to go, so heHe got right down and wrote bank willHe say now, here’s to mother henAnd her chicken, Lord have mercy nowMaster, will you take a roll in the mudLike you know you should?The old barnyard, the […]
(Hallelu-Jah!)(Hallelu-Jah!) Love to see when ya move in the rhythm;I love to see, when you’re dancin’ from within!It gives great joy to feel such sweet togetherness,Everyone doin’ and they’re doing their bestHuh, it remind I of the days in Jericho,When we troddin’ down Jericho walls:These are the days when we’ll trod t’rough Babylon, (na-na, na-na)Gonna […]
We refuse to beWhat you wanted us to be;We are what we are:That’s the way (way) it’s going to be. You don’t know!You can’t educate IFor no equal opportunity:(Talkin’ ’bout my freedom) Talkin’ ’bout my freedom,People freedom (freedom) and liberty!Yeah, we’ve been trodding on the winepress much too long:Rebel, rebel!Yes, we’ve been trodding on the […]
Stir it up; little darlin’, stir it up. Come on, baby.Come on and stir it up: little darlin’, stir it up. O-oh! It’s been a long, long time, yeah!(stir it, stir it, stir it together)Since I got you on my mind. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Oh-oh!Now you are here (stir it, stir it, stir it together), I said,it’s […]
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 confusionWith 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 […]
Bend down low, let me tell you what I know now;Bend down low, let me tell you what I know.Oh! Fisherman row to reap what you sow now;Oh, tell you all I know (Oo-oh!),you’ve got to let me go now (Oo-oh!),And all you’ve got to do:(Bend down low) Oh yeah! Let me tell you what […]
The sun shall not smite I by day,Nor the moon by night;And everything that I doShall be upfull and right.And if it’s all night,It got to be all right!If it’s all night,Got to be all right! Your mamma won’t lose this one;You’re the lucky one under the sun.If you make me move,Then you know you […]
Feel them spirit;Feel them spirit;Feel them spirit.Lord, I thank you;Lord, I thank you. Feel all right now;Feel all right now;Feel all right now. Good Lord, hear me;Good Lord, hear me. I’m not boasting;I’m not boasting;I’m not boasting, yeah!Feel like toasting;Feel like toastingSimply ’cause: I’m gonna put it on;(In the morning)I’m gonna put it on;(In the […]
Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, yeah! Well, it’s not easy,It’s not easySpeak the truth, come on, speak. Eh, now!It ever cause it what it will:He who hide the wrong he didSurely did the wrong thing still. Get in the studio of –Studio of time and experienceHere we experience the good and bad;What we have, […]
Yes, me friend,We deh a street again.Yes, me friend, me good friend,Dem say we free again. The bars could not hold me;Force could not control me now.They try to keep me down, yeah!But Jah put I around. Yeah! Yes, I’ve been accused many a timesAnd wrongly abused, now.Oh, but through the powers of the Most-I,They’ve […]