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a message to u rudy

is this love

get up, stand up

i got you babe

many rivers to cross

masada

new dawn

no woman no cry

one love

red wine

the harder they come


a message to you rudy

Stop your messing around
Better think of your future
Time you straightened right out
Creating problems in town

Rudy, a message to you
Rudy, a message to you

Stop your fooling around
Time you straightened right out
Better think of your future
Else you'll wind up in jail

Rudy, a message to you
Rudy, a message to you

Stop your messing around
Better think of your future
Time you straightened right out
Creating problems in town

Rudy, a message to you
Rudy, a message to you
Rudy, a message to you
Rudy, a message to you

 

 

 


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is this love

I wanna love you and treat you right;
Marley - I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you - I wanna love and treat - love and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, yeah! - with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter, yeah, oh now! - of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.

Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Wo-o-o-oah! Oh yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!
Yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
See: I wanna love ya, I wanna love and treat ya -
love and treat ya right.
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads!
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! Jah provide the bread.
We'll share the shelter of my single bed

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 


get up , stand up

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!

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i got you babe

They say we're young and we don't know
Won't find out untill we grow
Well I don't know if all that's true
`Cause you got me and baby, I got you

Babe, I got you babe I got you babe

They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned our money's always spent
I guess that's so, we don't have a lot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got

Babe, I got you babe I got you babe

I got flowers in the spring
I got you to wear my ring
And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And when I get scared, you're always around

So let they say your hair's too long
I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

Babe, I got you babe I got you babe I got you babe

I got you to hold my hand
I got you to understand
I got you to walk with me
I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you and I won't let go
I got you to love me so

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

many rivers to cross
(Jimmy Cliff)

There's so many rivers to cross
and I can't seem to find my way home.
Wandering, I'm lost
as I travel as I travel along, the White Cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross
and it's only my wind that keeps me alive.
I've been hurt, washed up for years
and it's only my pride that lets me survive.

And this loneliness won't leave me alone,
it's such a drag to be on your own
my baby left, and she wouldn't say why,
Now all I do is cry...

I've got many rivers to cross
and it's only my wind that keeps me alive
I've got so many rivers to cross,
oh, so many rivers to cross...


 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

masada
(alpha blondy)
I'm gonna sleep by the dead sea
and rise up with the birds from the hills
and clean up my sins
while the birds sing
I'm gonna walk up to the top
of the rock od sacrifice
cause I know now, that life
ain't no dice
yes I know now, that life is a sacrifice

I'm gonna withness the rising sun from Masada
Witness Jah rising sun from Masada... (Bis)
Sleep by the dead sea
and rise up with the birds from Jah hills
and clean up my sins
while the birds sing
I'm gonna climb to the top
of the rock od sacrifice
'cause I know now
That the Lord had conforted his people
yes the Lord had conforted his people
and the Lord had conforted his people

Elohim YEVARECH ETE MASADA
YEVARECH, ELOHIM ETE MASADA... (Bis)

Witness the rising sun from Masada
Witness JAH rising sun from Masada
Yes from Masada... Song for Masada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

new dawn
(alpha blondy)

Since you told me
That you love me
I did everything you asked me
Now you're gone, with the dawn
I keep on wondering wondering wondering all alone
I Keep on struggling struggling on my own
And am starring straight

Strainght, starring into the rising sun
Yes I'm starring straight, starring straight
Waiting for the new dawn
And I wanted you to stay
But I was to proud to say it
Now I'm waiting for the day
for you to come accross my way
All these hazy days over my head

This lonelyness driving crazy
And memories ofthe happy days
Are feeding my disarray
And I'm starring, straight, starring strainght
Staring into the rising sun
Yes, I'm staring straight, starring straight......
Waiting for the new dawn

And I wanted you to say
But I was to proud to say it
Now I'm longing for the day
For you to come accross my way

All the hazy days over my head
This lonelyness driving me crazy
And memories of the happy days
Are healing my disarray

And I'm starring, straight, starring strainght
Staring into the rising sun
Yes, I'm staring straight, starring straight....
Waiting for the new dawn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


no woman no cry

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 - 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.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


one love


Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One love)
Hear the children crying (One heart)
Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right."
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
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 his own?
Believe me
One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One love)
So shall it be in the end (One heart)
Alright, "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
"Let's get together and feel all right."
One more thing
Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One love)
So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (One song)
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation
Sayin', "One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right."
I'm pleading to mankind (One love)
Oh, Lord (One heart) Whoa.
"Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Let's get together and feel all right

 

 


 

 

 

 



 

 

the winds

red red wine

Red, red wine
Go to my head
Make me forget that I
Still need her so

Red, red wine
It`s up to you
All I can do, I`ve done
But mem`ries won`t go
No, mem`ries won`t go

I`d have sworn
That with time
Thoughts of her
Would leave my head
I was wrong
And I find
Just one thing makes me forget

Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don`t let me be alone
It`s tearin` apart
My blue, blue heart

Toasting

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
You keep me rocking all of the time

Red red wine you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollars when your just in my hand

Red red wine you make me feel so sad
Any time I see you go it makes me feel bad

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line

Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing

Redred wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above

Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart

Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah

(Chorus)

Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind

Give me Red wine because it make me feel fine
Mek me feel fine all of the time

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla on the sweet dep line

The line broke, the monkey get choke
Burn bad rizla pon him little rowing boat

Red red wine I`m gonna hold to you
Hold on to you cause I know you love true

Red red wine I`m gonna love you till I die
Love you till I die and that`s no lie

Red red wine can`t get you out my mind
Where ever you maybe I`ll surely find
I`ll surely find make no fuss jus` stick with us.

(Chorus)

Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above

Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart

Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above

Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing

Red red wine in a 80`s style

Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

the harder they come


they tell me of a pie up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you're born, and when you die
They never seem to hear even your cry
But, as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share of what's mine


And the harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all...

The oppressors are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And though they think they've got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done

But, as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share of what's mine

And the harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all...

And I'll keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave

But, as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share of what's mine

And the harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all...

I say the harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all...

 


Jimmy Cliff
alpha blondy