Jailhouse

Bob Marley & the Wailers

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Bob Marley & the Wailers

Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae band created by Bob Marley. The band formed when self-taught musician Peter Tosh met Neville Livingston (Bunny Wailer), and Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley) in 1963 and taught them how to play guitar, keyboards, and percussion. By late 1963 Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith had joined The Wailers. After Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the band in 1974, Bob Marley began touring with new band members. His new backing band included brothers Carlton and Aston "Family Man" Barrett on drums and bass respectively, Junior Marvin and Al Anderson on lead guitar, Tyrone Downie and Earl "Wya" Lindo on keyboards, and Alvin "Seeco" Patterson on percussion. The "I Threes", consisting of Judy Mowatt, Mar… more »


Year:
1991
2:27
134 
#2

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jailhouse keeps empty [rudie gets healt'y]
baton sticks get shorter [rudie gets taller]
can't fight against the youth now coz they so wrong [yout' a good good rudie]
can't fight against the youth now coz 'e is strong [yout' a good good rudie]
prediction, them people are going wild [Dem a rude rude people]
dem peegoo a goin' wil' [Dem a rude rude people]
shake 'er one time for me sir [she a rude rude people]
shake 'er one time for me sir [she a rude rude people]
the message, we gonna rule this land
can't fight against prediction, [wise wise rudie]
what has been hid from the wise and the polluted is how me feel ...

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Written by: WARREN WILLIAMS, JOHN HOLT, CLEMENT DODD

Lyrics © THIRD SIDE MUSIC INC., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., THIRD SIDE MUSIC INC

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