I shot the sheriff
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy
Oh, no, oh
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh, ooh, ooh Yeah

All around in my hometown
They're tryin' to track me down, yeah
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy, for the life of a deputy
But I say, oh, now, now...

Oh, I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord
And they say it is a capital offense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Hear this

Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know
Ev'ry time I plant a seed
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
He said, "Kill them before they grow."

And so, oh, now, now,
Read it in the news

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Where was the deputy?
I said I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defense

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down
And I say, if I am guilty I will pay

I shot the sheriff, but I say, but I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh, no, oh
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooo, ooo, ooh

Reflexes had the better of me
And what is to be must be
Ev'ry day the bucket a-go-a well
One day the bottom a-go drop out
One day the bottom a-go drop out
I say, I, I, ...

I, I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy, no
(Repeat)

Don't rock the boat
Oh, please don't you rock my boat
'Cause I don't want my boat to be rocking
Don't rock my boat (Repeat)

I'm telling you that, oh-whooh-whooh
I like it like this, I like it like this
And you should know, you should know by now
I like it, I like it like this, I like it like this
Yeah, you satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
You satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
Every little action, there is a reaction
Oh, can't you see what you have done for me?
I am happy inside, all, all of the time.

When we bend a new corner
I feel like a sweep-stake winner
When I meet you around the corner
You make me feel like a
Sweep-stake winner
Whoa child, can't you see,
You must believe me
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling
Can't you see, why won't you believe me
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling

When I meet you around the corner
Oh, I said baby, never let me be a loner
And then you hold me tight
You make me feel alright
Yes, when you hold me tight
You made me feel alright

Whoa, honey, can't you see,
Don't you believe me?
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling
Can't you see, why won't you believe me?
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling

Satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
That's all I want from you
That's all I'll take from you
Satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul

Cry to Me
Cry to me
Cry to me yeah!
You're gonna walk back
Through the heart aches
You're gonna walk back
Through the pain
You're gonna shed those lonely teardrops
The reaction of your cheating game

You've got to cry to me yeah!
You've got to cry to me now
Lord knows how I get from
The heartaches
Lord that leadeth me yeah!
And now I'm by the still water

You've got to cry to me yeah!
Cry to me now
You've got to cry to me yeah!
You're gonna spend those lonely hours

You're gonna shed those lonely tears
Walk back through the heart aches
Walk back through the pain
Shed those lonely tear drops
Reaction of your cheating game

We be Jammin
Ooh, yeah; well, alright
We're jammin'
I wanna jam it with you
We're jammin', jammin'
And I hope you like jammin' too
Ain't no rules, ain't no vow
We can do it anyhow
I and I will see you through
'Cause every day we pay the price
We are the living sacrifice
Jammin' till the jam is through

We're jammin'
To think that jammin' was a thing of the past
We're jammin'
And I hope this jam is gonna last
No bullet can stop us now
We neither beg nor we won't bow
Neither can be bought nor sold
We all defend the right
Jah Jah children must unite
For life is worth much more than gold

We're jammin', jammin', jammin', jammin'
And we're jammin' in the name of the Lord
We're jammin', jammin', jammin', jammin'
We're jammin' right straight from yard
Singing Holy Mount Zion, Holy Mount Zion
Jah sitteth in Mount Zion and rules all creation
Yeah, we're jammin', Bop-chu-wa-wa-wa

We're jammin'
I wanna jam it with you
We're jammin', jammin', jammin', jammin'
And Jamdown hope you're jammin', too
Jah knows how much I 'ave tried
The truth cannot hide
To keep you satisfied
True love that now exists
Is the love I can't resist
So jam by my side
We're jammin', jammin', jammin', jammin'
I wanna jam it with you
We're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin'
We're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin'
Hope you like jammin', too.
(Repeat)

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
I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion
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
I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion
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

Lively Up Yourself
You're gonna lively up yourself and
Don't be no drag
You lively up yourself, oh
Reggae is another bag
You lively up yourself and don't say no
You're gonna lively up yourself
'Cause I said so
(Hear what you gonna do)
You rock so you rock so
Like you never did before
You dip so, you dip so
Dip thru my door
You come so, you come so,
Oh yeah!
You skank so, you skank so,
Be alive today.

You're gonna lively up yourself and
Don't say no
You lively up yourself
Big daddy says so
You lively up yourself and
Don't be no drag
You lively up yourself
'Cause reggae is another bag

What you got that I don't know?
I'm a-trying to wonder why you act so
(Hey, do you hear what the man seh?)
Lively up your woman in the morning time, you'all
Keep a lively up your woman in the
Morning time, you'all
Keep a lively up your woman when
The evening come and take her, take ya

You rock so, you rock so
You dip so, you dip so
You skank so, you skank so
And don't be no drag
You come so, you come so
For reggae is another bag

Get what you got in that bag
What have you got in the other bag
You got hanging there?
What you say you got?
I don't believe you!

No Woman No Cry
No woman, no cry (Repeat 4 times)

'Cause I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
Oba, ob-serving the hypocrites
As they would mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way
In this bright future you can't forget your past
So dry your tears I say

No woman, no cry
No woman, no cry
Little darlin' don't shed no tears
No woman, no cry

Said, said, said I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire light
Log wood burnin' through the night
Then we would cook corn meal porridge
Of which I'll share with you

My feet is my only carriage
So I've got to push on through
But while I'm gone...

Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright

So, no woman, no cry
No, no woman, no woman, no cry
Oh, little darling, don't shed no tears
No woman, no cry

No woman, no woman, no woman, no cry
No woman, no cry
Oh, my little darlin' please don't shed no tears
No woman, no cry, yeah

Trench Town
Up a cane river to wash my dread
Upon a rock I rest my head
There I vision through the seas of oppression
Don't make my life a prison

We come from Trench Town, Trench Town
Most of them come from Trench Town
We free the pepole with music, sweet music
Can we free the people with music
Can we free our people with music, with music
With music, oh music

Whoa-My head, in desolate places we'll find our bread
And everyone see what's taking place
Whoa-yo another page in history

We come from Trench Town, come from Trench Town
We come from Trench Town
Lord we free the people with music,
We free the people with music, sweet music
We free our people with music
With music, Oh music, Oh music

They say it's hard to speak
They feel so strong to say we're weak
But through the eyes the love of our people
Whoa-A they go to repay

We come from Trench Town
We come from Trench Town, Trench, Trench Town
They say can anything good come out of Trench Town?
That's what they say, Trench Town
Say we're the underprivileged people
So they keep us in chains
Pay pay pay tribute to Trench Town, Trench Town
We come from Trench Town, not because we come
from Trench Town
Just because we come from Trench Town

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