Bob Marley - One Drop Lyrics
Oo-oo-ooh, yea-ah. wo-yoy! wo-yoy! wo-yoy! wo-yoy-yoy-yoy!Feel it in the one drop;And well still find time to rap;Were makin the one stop,The generation gap;Now feel this drumbeatAs it beats within,Playin a riddim,Resisting against the system, ooh-wee!I know jahs 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):Youll find your redemptionAnd 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;Were making the one stop,And we filling the gap:So feel this drumbeatAs it beats withinPlaying a riddim, uh!Fighting against ism and skism,Singing: I know jahs never let us down;Pull your rights from wrong:I know jahs never let us down.Oh, no! oh, no! oh, no!They made their world so hardEvery day (we got to keep on fighting), every day;They made their world so hardEvery 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) Ill 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; youre lucky!For we still got time to rap,And were making the one stopLet me tell ya: this generation gap.So feel this drumbeat;I tell you what: its beating withinFeel you heart playing a riddim - /fadeout/[*sleeve notes:And you know its resisting against ism and skism,Singing: I know jah would never let us down.]
