Lively Up Yourself - Natty Dread

Lively up yourself and don’t be no drag Lively up yourself, ’cause this is the other bag Hey, lively up yourself and don’t be no drag You lively up yourself, dig it, the other bag Hey, you rock so, you rock so, like you never did before You dip so, you dip so, and you […]

Them Belly Full ( But We Hungry ) - Natty Dread

Na-na na na-na na na na; Na-na na na-na na na na; Na-na na na-na na na na; Na-na na na-na na na na. Them belly full, but we hungry; A hungry mob is a angry mob. A rain a-fall, but the dirt it tough; A yot a-yook, but d’ yood no ‘nough. You’re gonna […]

Rebel Music ( 3 O’clock Roadblock ) - Natty Dread

(do do do do-do do do! Do do do do-do do do! I rebel music; I rebel music.) Why can’t we roam (oh-oh-oh-oh) this open country? (open country) Oh, why can’t we be what we wanna be? (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) We want to be free. (wanna be free) 3 o’clock roadblock – curfew, And i’ve got to […]

Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - Natty Dread

Them belly full but we hungry A hungry mob is an angry mob A rain a fall but the dirt it tough A pot a cook but the food no ‘nough You’re gonna dance to jah music, dance, We’re gonna dance to jah music, dance, Forget your troubles and dance, Forget your sorrows and dance, […]

Talkin’ Blues - Natty Dread

Yeah! Oh, yeah! Now! Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night) And rock was my pillow, too; (doo-oo-oo-oo-oo!) Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night) And rock was my pillow, too. Yeah! I’m saying: talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues), talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues); They say your feet is just too […]

So Jah Seh - Natty Dread

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!) So Jah seh, "Not one of my seeds Shall sit in the sidewalk And beg your bread." (No, they can’t and you know that they won’t!) "And verily, verily, I’m […]

Revolution - Natty Dread

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 park (live in the park); Can’t trust no shadows after dark (shadows after dark), yeah-eh! So, my […]

Rebel Music (3 O’clock Roadblock) - Natty Dread

I, rebel music I, rebel music Why can’t we roam this open country Oh why can’t we be what we want to be We want to be free 3 o’clock – roadblock, curfew And I’ve got to throw away Yes I’ve got to throw away Yes I’ve got to throw away My little herb stalk […]

No Woman No Cry - Natty Dread

No, woman, no cry; No, woman, no cry; No, woman, no cry; No, woman, no cry. Said – said – said: I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in Trenchtown, Oba – obaserving the ‘ypocrites As they would mingle with the good people we meet. Good friends we have, oh, good […]

Natty Dread - Natty Dread

Dread, Natty Dread now, (Natty Dread) Dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread) Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon: (Natty Dread) A dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread) Eh! Children get your culture (Natty Dreadlock) And don’t stay there and gesture, a-ah, (Natty Dreadlock) Or the battle will be hotter (Natty Dreadlock) And you won’t get no […]