@ALBUM: NATURAL MYSTIC - The LEGEND Lives on Bob Marley and the Wailers Transcribed by: Stretch (stretch@free.org) "won't you help me sing, these songs of freedom" @SONG: Natural Mystic There's a natural mystic Blowing through the air If you listen carefully now you will hear This could be the first trumpet Might as well be last Many more will have to suffer Many more will have to die Don't ask me why Things are not the way they used to be I won't tell no lie One and all got to face reality now Though I try to find the answer To all the questions they ask Though I know it's impossible To go living through the past Don't tell no lie There's a natural mystic Blowing through the air Can't keep them down If you listen carefully now you will hear Such a natural mystic Blowing through the air This could be the first trumpet Might as well be the last Many more will have to suffer Many more will have to die Don't ask me why There's a natural mystic Blowing through the air I won't tell no lie If you listen carefully now, you will hear @SONG: Easy Skanking Easy skanking, skanking it easy Easy skanking, skanking it slow (repeat) Excuse me while I light my spliff Good GOD I gotta take a lift From reality I just can't drift That's why I am staying with this riff Take it wasy, easy skanking (repeat) Got to take it easy, easy skanking You see we're taking it easy We taking it slow, taking it easy Got to take it slow, so take it easy Easy skanking, easy skanking Oh take it easy, easy skanking Excuse me while I light my spliff Oh GOD I gotta take a lift From reality I just can't drift That's why I am staying with this riff Take it easy, taking it easy Got to take it easy, taking it slow Take it easy, taking it easy Skanky take it easy, taking it slow Tell you what herb for my wine Honey for my strong drink Herb for my wine, honey for my strong drink I'll take it easy, taking it easy Take it easy, skanking it slow Take it easy, taking it easy Take it easy, skanking it slow @SONG: Iron Lion Zion I am on the rock and then I check a stock I have to run like a fugitive to save the life I live I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion (repeat) Iron Lion Zion I'm on the run but I ain't got no gun See they want to be the star So they fighting tribal war And they saying Iron like a Lion in Zion Iron like a Lion in Zion, Iron Lion Zion I'm on the rock, (running and you running) I take a stock, (running like a fugitive) I had to run like a fugitive just to save the life I live I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion (repeat) Iron Lion Zion, Iron Lion Zion, Iron Lion Zion Iron like a Lion in Zion, Iron like a lion in Zion Iron like a Lion in Zion @SONG: Crazy Baldheads Them crazy, them crazy We gonna chase those crazy Baldheads out of town Chase those crazy baldheads Out of town I and I build a cabin I and I plant the corn Didn't my people before me Slave for this country Now you look me with a scorn Then you eat up all my corn We gonna chase those crazy baldheads Chase them crazy Chase those crazy baldheads out of town Build your penitentiary, we build your schools Brainwash education to make us the fools Hate is your reward for our love Telling us of your God above We gonna chase those crazy Chase those crazy bunkheads Chase those crazy baldheads out of town Here comes the conman Coming with his con plan We won't take no bribe, we got to stay alive We gonna chase those crazy Chase those crazy baldheads Chase those crazy baldheads out of town @SONG: So Much Trouble In The World So much trouble in the world now (repeat) Bless my eyes this morning JAH sun is on the rise once again The way earthly things are going Anything can happen You see men sailing on their ego trips Blast off on their spaceships Million miles from reality No care for you, no care for me So much trouble in the world now (repeat) All you've got to do is give a little Give a little, give a little One more time ye-a-h! ye-ah! So you think you have found the solution But it's just another illusion So before you check out your tide Don't leave another cornerstone standing there behind We have got to face the day, ooh we come what may We the street people talking, we the people struggling Now they are sitting on a time bomb Now I know the time has come What goes up must come down Goes around comes around So much trouble in the world So much trouble in the world So much trouble in the world There is so much trouble, there is so much trouble There is so much trouble There is so much trouble in the world There is so much trouble in the world @SONG: War Until the philosophy which hold one race Superior and another inferior Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war, me say war That until there are no longer first class And second class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes Me say war That until the basic human rights are equally Guaranteed to all, without regard to race Dis a war That until that day The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship Rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion To be pursued, but never attained Now everywhere is war, war And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes That hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique, South Africa sub-human bondage Have been toppled, utterly destroyed Well, everywehre is war, me say war War in the east, war in the west War up north, war down south War, war, rumours of war And until that day, the African continent Will not know peace, we Africans will fight We find it necessary and we know we shall win As we are confident in the victory Of good over evil, good over evil, good over evil Good over evil, good over evil, good over evil @SONG: Africa Unite Africa, Unite 'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon And we're going to our father's land How good and how pleasant it would be Before God and man, yeah To see the unification of all Africans, yeah As it's been said already let it be done, yeah We are the children of the Rastaman We are the children of the Higher Man Africa, Unite 'cause the children wanna come home Africa, Unite 'cause we're moving right out of Babylon And we're grooving to our father's land How good and how pleasant it would be Before god and man To see the unification of all Rastaman, yeah As it's been said already let it be done, yeah I tell you who we are under the sun We are the children of the Rastaman We are the children of the Higher Man So, Africa, Unite, Africa, Unite Unite for the benefit of your people Unite for it's later than you think Unite for the benefit of your children Unite for it's later than you think Africa awaits its creators, Africa awaiting its creators Africa, you're my forefather cornerstone Unite for the Africans abroad, unite for the Africans a yard Africa, Unite @SONG: Trenchtown Rock (live) One good thing about music, when it hits you Feel no pain (repeat) So hit me with music, hit me with music Hit me with music, hit me with music now I got to say trench town rock I say don't watch that Trench town rock, big fish or sprat Trench town rock, you reap what you sow Trench town rock, and everyone know now Trench town rock, don't turn your back Trench town rock, give the slum a try Trench town rock, never let the children cry Trench town rock, cause you got to tell JAH, JAH You grooving Kingston 12, grooving, Kingston12 Grooving woe, woe, it's Kingston 12 Grooving it's Kingston 12 No want you fe galang so, No want you fe galang so You want come cold I up But you can't come cold I up Cause I'm grooving, yes I'm grooving I say one good thing, one good thing When it hits you fel no pain One good thing about music When it hits you feel no pain So hit me with music Hit me with music now Hit me with music, hit me with music Look at that, Trench Town rock I say don't watch that, Trench Town rock If you big fish or sprat, Trench Town rock You reap what you sow, Trench Town rock And everyone know now, Trench Town rock Don't turn your back, Trench Town rock Give the slum a try, Trench Town rock Never let the children cry, Trench Town rock Cause you got to tell JAH, JAH why Grooving, grooving, grooving, grooving @SONG: Keep on Moving Lord I got to keep on moving Lord I got to get on down Lord I've got to keep on moving Where I can't be found, where I can't be found Lord they coming after me I've been accused on my mission JAH knows you shouldn't do For hanging me they were willing yeah! yeah! And that's why I've got to get on thru Lord they coming after me Lord I got to keep on moving Lord I got to get on down Lord I've got to keep on moving Where I can't be found Lord they're coming after me I know someday we'll find that piece Of land somewhere not nearby Babylon The war will soon be over and Africa Will unite the children who liveth in Darkness have seen the great light I've got two boys and a woman And I know they won't suffer now JAH forgive me for not going back But I'll be there anyhow Yes I'll be there anyhow Lord I got to keep on moving Lord I got to get on down Lord I've got to keep on moving Where I can't be found, where I can't be found Lord they coming after me @SONG: Sun Is Shining Sun is shining, the weather is sweet Make you want to move your dancing feet To the rescue, here I am Want you to know, y'all, where I stand (Monday morning) here I am want you to know just if you can (Tuesday evening) where I stand (Wednesday morning) Tell myself a new day is rising (Thursday evening) get on the rise A new day is dawning (Friday morning) here I am (Saturday evening) Want you to know just Want you to know just where I stand When the morning gathers the rainbow Want you to know I'm a rainbow too So, to the rescue here I am Want you to know just if you can Where I stand, know, know, know, know, know We'll lift our heads and give Jah praises We'll lift our heads and give Jah praises, yeah Sun is shining, the weather is sweet Make you want to move your dancing feet To the rescue, here I am Want you to know just if you can Where I stand (Wednesday morning) tell myself a new day is rising (Thursday evening) get on the rise a new day is dawning (Friday morning) here I am (Saturday evening) want you to know just Want you to know just where I stand When the morning gathers the rainbow Want you to know I'm a rainbow too So to the rescue, here I am Want you to know just if you can Where I stand, know, know, know, know, know We'll lift our heads and give Jah praises (repeat) Sun is shining, the weather is sweet Make you want to move your dancing feet To the rescue, here I am Want you to know just if you can WHere I stand, no, no, no, no, where I stand Sun is shining, sun is shining @SONG: Who The Cap Fit Man to man is so unjust, children You don't know who to trust Your worst enemy could be your best friend And your best friend your worst enemy Some will eat and drink with you Then behind them su-su 'pon you Only your friend know your secrets So only he could reveal it And who the cap fit, let them wear it (repeat) Said I throw me some corn, me no call no fowl I saying, "Cok-cok-cok, cluck-cluck-cluck" Some will hate you, pretend they love you now Then behind they try to eliminate you But who Jah bless, no one curse Thank God we're past the worse Hypocrites and parasites Will come up and take a bite And if your night should turn to day A lot of people would run away And who the cap fit let them wear it (repeat) And then a gonna throw me corn And then a gonna call no fowl And then a gonna "Cok-cok-cok, cluck-cluck-cluck" Some will eat and drink with you And then behind them su-su 'pon you And if your night should turn to day A lot of people will run away And who the cap fit, let them wear it (repeat) I throw me corn, me no call no fowl I saying "Cok-cok-cok, cluck-cluck-cluck" @SONG: One Drop Feel it in the one drop And we'll still find time to rap We're making the one stop The generation gap So feel this drum beat As it beats within Playing a rhythm resisting against the system Ooh-we I know Jah'd never let us down Pull your rights from wrong I know Jah'd never let us down Oh no! oh no! oh no! They made the world so hard Everyday we got to keep on fighting Everyday the people are dying From hunger and starvation, lamentation But read it in Revelation You'll find your redemption And then you give us the teaching of His Majesty For we no want no devil philosophy Feel it on the one drop And we still find time to rap We're making the one stop And we fill in the gap So feel this drum beat As it beats within, playing a rhythm Fighting against ism and skism @SONG: Roots, Rock, Reggae Play I some music, this a reggae music (repeat) Roots Rock Reggae, this a reggae music (repeat) Hey mister music, sure sounds good to me I can't refuse it, what to be got to be Feel like dancing, dance cause we are free Feel like dancing, come dance with me Roots Rock Reggae, this a reggae music (repeat) Play I some music, this a reggae music (repeat) Play I on the R&B, want all my people to see We bubbling on the top 100, just like a mighty dread (repeat) Roots rock Reggae, this a reggae music (repeat) Play I some music, this a reggae music (repeat) @SONG: Pimpers Paradise She love to party, have a good time She looks so hearty, feeling fine She loves to smoke, sometime shifting coke She'll be laughing when there ain't no joke A pimpers paradise, that's all she was now A pimpers paradise, that's all she was A pimpers paradise, that's all she was Every need got an ego to feed Every need got an ego to feed She loves to model, up in the latest fashion She's in the scramble and she moves with passion She's getting high, trying to fly the sky Now she is bluesing when there ain't no blues A pimpers paradise, that's all she was now A pimpers paradise, that's all she was A pimpers paradise, that's all she was Every need got an ego to feed Every need got an ego to feed A pimpers paradise, that's all she was now A pimpers paradise, that's all she was A pimpers paradise, I'm sorry for the victim now A pimpers paradise, soon their heads, soon their Soon their very heads will bow Pimpers paradise, don't loose track Don't loose track of yourself oh no! Pimpers paradise, don't be just a stock, a stock on the shelf Stock on the shelf, Pimpers paradise that's all she was @SONG: Time Will Tell JAH would never give the power to a baldhead Run come crucify the dread Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell (repeat) Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell Back them up, oh not the brothers But the ones, who set them up Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell (repeat) Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell Oh children weep no more Oh my sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree Oh children weep no more Weep no more, children weep no more JAH would never give the power to a baldhead Run come crucify the dread Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell (repeat) Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell ________________________________________________________________________ Brought to you by \daf/ Ecrit pour vous par \daf/ e-mail : florian.cezard@wanadoo.fr www : http://www.chez.com/daf/