One drop
par Bob Marley
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Oo-oo-ooh, yea-ah. Wo-yoy! Wo-yoy! Wo-yoy! Wo-yoy-yoy-yoy!
Feel it in the one drop;
And we´ll still find time to rap;
We´re makin´ the one stop,
The generation gap;
Now feel this drumbeat
As it beats within,
Playin´ a riddim,
Resisting against the system, ooh-wee!
I know Jah´s never let us down;
Pull your rights from wrong
(I know Jah would never let us down)
Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!
They made their world so hard (so hard):
Every day we got to keep on fighting (fighting);
They made their world so hard (so hard):
Every day the people are dyin´ (dying), yeah!
(It dread, dread) For hunger (dread, dread) and starvation
(dread, dread, dread, dread),
Lamentation (dread dread),
But read it in Revelation (dread, dread, dread, dread):
You´ll find your redemption
And then you give us the teachings of His Majesty,
For we no want no devil philosophy;
A you fe give us the teachings of His Majesty,
A we no want no devil philosophy:
Feel it in the one drop;
And we still find time to rap;
We´re making the one stop,
And we filling the gap:
So feel this drumbeat
As it beats within
Playing a riddim, uh!
Fighting against ism and skism,
Singing: I know Jah´s never let us down;
Pull your rights from wrong:
I know Jah´s never let us down.
Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!
They made their world so hard
Every day (we got to keep on fighting), every day;
They made their world so hard
Every day (the people are dying), eh!
(dread, dread, it dread, dread) Oh, whoa! Make dem a-go on so:
(dread, dread, it dread on dread) Ah, whoa!
(dread, dread) I´ll walk (it dread, dread)
Ah, whoa! Frighten dem, ah whoa!
(dread, dread) Ah, whoa! Frighten dem, eh!
Give us the teachings of His Majesty - with a stick-up!
We no want no devil philosophy. Can you hear?
Give us the teachings of His Majesty,
For we no want no devil philosophy.
We feel it in the one drop; you´re lucky!
For we still got time to rap,
And we´re making the one stop
Let me tell ya: this generation gap.
So feel this drumbeat;
I tell you what: it´s beating within
Feel you heart playing a riddim - /fadeout/
[*Sleeve notes:
And you know it´s resisting against ism and skism,
Singing: I know Jah would never let us down.]
Feel it in the one drop;
And we´ll still find time to rap;
We´re makin´ the one stop,
The generation gap;
Now feel this drumbeat
As it beats within,
Playin´ a riddim,
Resisting against the system, ooh-wee!
I know Jah´s never let us down;
Pull your rights from wrong
(I know Jah would never let us down)
Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!
They made their world so hard (so hard):
Every day we got to keep on fighting (fighting);
They made their world so hard (so hard):
Every day the people are dyin´ (dying), yeah!
(It dread, dread) For hunger (dread, dread) and starvation
(dread, dread, dread, dread),
Lamentation (dread dread),
But read it in Revelation (dread, dread, dread, dread):
You´ll find your redemption
And then you give us the teachings of His Majesty,
For we no want no devil philosophy;
A you fe give us the teachings of His Majesty,
A we no want no devil philosophy:
Feel it in the one drop;
And we still find time to rap;
We´re making the one stop,
And we filling the gap:
So feel this drumbeat
As it beats within
Playing a riddim, uh!
Fighting against ism and skism,
Singing: I know Jah´s never let us down;
Pull your rights from wrong:
I know Jah´s never let us down.
Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!
They made their world so hard
Every day (we got to keep on fighting), every day;
They made their world so hard
Every day (the people are dying), eh!
(dread, dread, it dread, dread) Oh, whoa! Make dem a-go on so:
(dread, dread, it dread on dread) Ah, whoa!
(dread, dread) I´ll walk (it dread, dread)
Ah, whoa! Frighten dem, ah whoa!
(dread, dread) Ah, whoa! Frighten dem, eh!
Give us the teachings of His Majesty - with a stick-up!
We no want no devil philosophy. Can you hear?
Give us the teachings of His Majesty,
For we no want no devil philosophy.
We feel it in the one drop; you´re lucky!
For we still got time to rap,
And we´re making the one stop
Let me tell ya: this generation gap.
So feel this drumbeat;
I tell you what: it´s beating within
Feel you heart playing a riddim - /fadeout/
[*Sleeve notes:
And you know it´s resisting against ism and skism,
Singing: I know Jah would never let us down.]