Fugees - No Woman, No Cry Lyrics
[wyclef] - (lauryn in parentheses)...yo, steve marley throw on your father's old record...(yeah) - laurynHa! classic material...refugee camp, hold tight! yes, yes!Steve marley, come on! ah-ha! wyclef, ha-ha!Feel the gong! heh-heh! yes, yes y'all! heh, come on!...yes, yes!Feel the gong! (echo)[steve marley - chorus] - {marley sisters background singing in brackets}No woman, no cry (crowd cheers)No woman, no cry! {no woman, no cry!}No woman...No, no woman!...no woman, no cry! {no woman, no cry!}[steve marley - verse one] (wyclef in parentheses) {marley sisters in brackets}You see...Said i remember! oh, when we used to sit (where at?) - wyclefIn a government yard, in trenchtown {town!} - marley sisters(and what did you used to see son?)Well oh, i was observing, them hypocrites!As they would... mingle with the good people we meet {meet!}Yeah-yeah!Good friends we have, and oh well!Good friends we've lost! yeah-yeah!Along...the way! {way!} yeah!In this great future, yeah! you can't forget your past! say-yeahOh, dry your tears i say {say!}[chorus 1x][wyclef] - (lauryn singing in parentheses) - {marley sisters in brackets}Say! say! say! say!I remember! when we used to sit! [where at son?]Oh, in a project yard, in brooklyn! {lyn!} [oh, yeah right when i left haiti,Ha]And little georgie, would make the fire light! (i tell ya!)As...stolen cars passed through the night {night!} [newark, new jersey, ah-ha!]And then we'd hit, the corner store!For roots, paper, and brew, wooh! {brew! whoo!}My drinks, my only remedy! i tell ya! (sold out! sold out!)For pain of losing, family...But while i'm gone, sure thing...[steve, lauryn, sharon, and pam singing] - (clef, eric, and ziggy chanting)Everything's gonna be alright!! (oh! ah! oh-ah!)Everything's gonna be alright! (oh! ah! oh-ah!)Everything's gonna be alright!! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)Everything's gonna be alright! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)Everything's gonna be alright!! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)Everything's gonna be alright! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)Everything's gonna be alright!! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)Everything's gonna be alright! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)[steve marley]...so, woman no cry!No, no woman!...{no woman, no cry!}[wyclef]Say! say! say! say!Hey, little sista! don't shed no tears!Said no woman! no woman, no cry! {no woman, no cry!][steve marley]Lay-la-lay-la-lay-la-lay-la-a-ee![wyclef]Yes-yes! wyclef, steve marley sittin' back reminiscingThis is how it used to be...yes-yes! {no woman, no cry!](yeah, yo...ghetto youths up in here! heh) - lauryn[steve]No woman, ay! no woman, ay! no woman, no woman, no cry!No woman, no cry! (with wyclef) {no woman, no cry!}[lauryn]Yeah...refugees up in here...[marley sisters] - (steve in parentheses)Little darlin' (yeah you!)Don't shed no tears!............[all join in]No woman, no cry!!! (no cry!) - steve