22 Sat Dec 1990
Posted in History of Reggae, Music
LUMPENPROLETARIAT—So Jah seh:
“Not one of my seeds
Shall sit in the sidewalk
And beg bread”
(No, they can’t; and you know that they won’t!)
Messina
“So Jah Seh” (1974) by Bob Marley and The Wailers
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[21 NOV 2016]
[Last modified at 12:53 PST on 21 NOV 2016]
21 Fri Dec 1990
LUMPENPROLETARIAT—Revelation reveals the truth… So, my friend, I wish that you could see, like a bird up in the trees, the prisoners must be free… So, if a fire make it burn… Let righteousness cover the Earth, like the water cover the Earth…
Messina
“Revolution” (1974) by Bob Marley and The Wailers
Revelation reveals the truth—revelation
(revolution, revolution, revolution – oooo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(revolution – oooo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
It takes a revolution (revolution) to make a solution
(doo-doo-doo-doo)
Too much confusion (aaa-aaah), so much frustration, eh!
I don’t wanna live in the part (live in the part)
Can’t trust no shadows after dark (shadows after dark), yeah-eh!
So, my friend, I wish that you could see,
Like a bird in the tree, the prisoners must be free, yeah! (free)
Never make a politician (aaa-aaah) grant you a favour
(doo-doo-doo-doo)
They will always want (aaa-aaah) to control you forever, eh!
(forever, forever)
So, if a fire make it burn (make it burn, make it burn)
And if a blood make ya run (make ya run, run, run)
Rasta de ‘pon top (aaa-aaah), can’t you see? (doo-doo-doo-doo)
So you can’t predict the flop. Eh-eh! (doo-doo-doo-doo)
We got lightning (lightning), thunder (thunder)
brimstone (brimstone) and fire—fire (fire, fire)
Lightning (lightning), thunder (thunder)
brr-brimstone (brimstone) and fire—fiyah—fire—fiyah!
(fire, fire)
Kill, cramp and paralyse all weak at conception
(aaa-aaah, doo-doo-doo-doo)
Wipe them out of creation (creation), yeah-eah! (creation)
Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! (creation)
Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! (creation)
Oh! Let i’es is i’es (i’es), in i’es is black (i’es)
In i’es is red (i’es), in i’es is dread
Let righteousness cover the earth
Like the water (aaa-aaah) cover the sea, yeah! Yeah!
Lightning (lightning), doo-doo-doo (thunder)
doo-doo-doo (brimstone), doo-doo-doo (fire, fire)
A lightning (lightning), thunder (thunder)
brimstone (brimstone) and fire
Songwriter: MARLEY, ROBERT NESTA
“Revolution” lyrics © Bob Marley Estate
“Revolution” (1980, rehearsal take) by Bob Marley and The Wailers
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[21 NOV 2016]
[Last modified at 12:21 PST on 21 NOV 2016]
