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Many thanks to Mike Taylor for transcribing many of the lyrics. More of his transcriptions can be found at Johnny's Library of Bob Marley Lyrics
Jah Live
Jah Live
Children yeah
Jah Jah Live children yeah
Jah Live
Children yeah
Jah Jah Live children yeah
The truth is an offence
But not a sin
Is he who laugh last, children
Is he who win
Is a foolish dog
Bark at the flying bird
One sheep must learn
To respect the shepherd
Jah Live
Children yeah
Jah Jah Live children yeah
Jah Live
Children yeah
Jah Jah Live children yeahFool say in their heart
Rasta your god is dead
But I and I know, Jah Jah
Dread it shall be Dreader Dread
Jah live children yeah
Jah Jah live children yeah
Jah live children yeah
Jah Jah live children yeah
Let Jah arise
Now that the enemies are scattered
Let Jah arise
The enemies, the enemies are scattered
Jah live children yeah
Jah Jah live children yeah
Jah live children yeah
Jah Jah live children yeahJailhouse
jailhouse keeps empty [rudie gets healt'y]
baton sticks get shorter [rudie gets taller]
can't fight against the youth now coz they so wrong [yout' a good good rudie]
can't fight against the youth now coz 'e is strong [yout' a good good rudie]
prediction, them people are going wild [Dem a rude rude people]
dem peegoo a goin' wil' [Dem a rude rude people]
shake 'er one time for me sir [she a rude rude people]
shake 'er one time for me sir [she a rude rude people]
the message, we gonna rule this land
can't fight against prediction, [wise wise rudie]
what has been hid from the wise and the polluted is how me feel ...Jammin'
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 we are the living 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 we will bow
Neither can be bought nor sold.
We all defend the right, JAH JAH children must unite
For 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 yard
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
And Jamdown hope you're jamming too
JAH knows how much I've tried
The truth I cannot hide
To keep you satisfied.
True love that now exist is the love I can't resist
So jam by my side.Johnny Was
Woman hold her head and cry,
'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
From a stray bullet.
Woman hold her head and cry;
Explaining to her was a passerby
Who saw the woman cry (cry)
Wondering how can she work it out,
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah!
Gift of Jah is life. (life)
She cried: Ah-um, I - I know!
"Johnny was a good man," I - I know! (never did a thing wrong)
"Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good,
good, good, good man", (Johnny was good man)
she cried - she crie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ied!
Wo-ooh! Woman hold her head and cry,
As her son had been shot down in the street and died
Just because of the system. (system)Woman hold her head and cry;
Comforting her I was passing by.
She complained, then she cry:
Oh-ooh-wo-ah, cry (ah-ah), yeah, I know now (ah-ah),
no I know, I know now: (Johnny was a good man)
Said I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. (Never did a thing wrong)
Ah! Ah! (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care, she cried, (Never did a thing wrong)
Cease towards the child she bear? (Johnny was a good man)
Wo-ho-ho-ooh! Woman cry, woman - (Never did a thing wrong)
She cried, wo-oh! She cried, yeah! (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care
Cease towards the child she bear? (Never did a thing wrong)
Wo-now, cry! (Johnny was a good man)Judge Not
Don't you look at me so smug
And say I'm going bad
Who are you to judge me, and the life I live
I know that I'm not perfect
And that I don't claim to be
So, before you point your finger
Make sure your hands are clean.
Judge not, before you judge yourself
Judge not, if you're not ready for judgement.
The road of life is rocky, and you may stumble too
So, while you talk about me someone else is judging you.Don't you look at me so smug
And say I'm going bad
Who are you to judge me, and the life I live
I know that I'm not perfect
And that I don't claim to be
So, before you point your finger
Make sure your hands are clean.
Judge not, before you judge yourself
Judge not, if you're not ready for judgement.Jump Nyabinghi
Love to see, when ya move in the rhythm
I love to see, when you're dancing from within
It gives great joy to feel such sweet togetherness
Everyone's doing, and they're doing their best
It remind I of the days in Jericho
When we trodding down Jericho walls
These are the days when we'll trod through Babylon
Gonna trod until Babylon falls
Sing your song yah!
Jump, jump, jump NYABINGHI
Jump, jump, jump NYABINGHI
(repeat)
We've got the herb, we've got the herb
We've got the herb
So hand I the suru board
Cause most of all we ain't got nothing to loseJump, jump, jump NYABINGHI
Jump, jump, jump NYABINGHI
(repeat)
Love to see, when ya groove with the rhythm
Cause I love to, when you're dancing from within
It gives great joy to see such sweet togetherness
Cause everyone's doing and they're doing their best
Cause it remind me of the days in Jericho
When we trodding down Jericho walls
These are the days when we'll trod through Babylon
We keep on trodding until Babylon falls
Jump, jump, jump NYABINGHI
Jump, jump, jump NYABINGHI
(repeat)
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