Third World Girl [Original Reggae Version][#]

Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »

Year:: 1982
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Jamaica special love
Special love
Sitting down see the flower
On the window tops

And the mountain
See the rain
And the warm lit sun
On the beaches and sand

Comes a man with a plan to renew the world
Up in rasta land
Hungry boys and girls
He lived up to his part

And he died with a cause in his heart
Jamaica special love
Special love
Listen

Oh, Jamaica Lady
Oh, Jamaica Girl
Oh, Jamaica Lady
Oh, Jamaica Girl

Oh, Jamaica Lady
Oh, Jamaica Girl
Oh, oh, baby

You be my first, my second, my third world girl
Peas and rice
They are awful nice
But not as nice as you

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Written by: Marvin P Gaye

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