Dengar Lagu dan Hayati Liriknya

Dulu - kini juga - aku minat sangat reggae; aku cenderung kepada iramanya yang mendayu dan liriknya yang mendekati golongan tertindas, bukan hal ketuhanan Jah Rastafari atau amalan marijuana. Di sini aku letak empat lagu Bob Marley - tiga daripadanya didendang beberapa penyanyi dan pemuzik lain. Aku juga letak di sini sebuah lagu Peter Tosh. Lagu Johnny B Goode ini asalnya dinyanyikan dalam rentak rock and roll oleh Chuck Berry. (Nota: Aku selama ini, seboleh-bolehnya, tak letak dalam blog aku ini foto perempuan tak tutup aurat. Aku turut cuba elak papar video penyanyi-penyanyi perempuan kerana aku berpegang kepada pendapat bahawa suara mereka berkenaan yang  sudah baligh adalah aurat melainkan untuk tujuan pendidikan dan dalam situasi tertentu.)

Johnny B Goode

Peter Tosh

Deep down in Jamaica, close to Mandeville
Back up in the woods, on top of a hill
There stood an old hut made of earth and wood
There lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
He never learned to read and a-write so well
But he could play his guitar like ringing a bell, yell

And said, "Go, go Johnny, Johnny B. Goode tonight, " yeah
And said, "Go, go Johnny, Johnny B. Goode"

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Sitting in a tree in the railroad track
Old engineer in the train sitting in the shade
Strummin' with the rhythm that them drivers made

People passing by would stop and say
Oh my, oh my, what the boy can play

I said, "Oh, go Johnny, Johnny B. Goode tonight, " yeah
Said, "Oh oh, go Johnny, Johnny B. Goode"

Mama said: Son, you gotta be a man (go out, be a man)
You gotta be the leader of a reggae band
People coming in from miles around
To hear you play until the sun goes down

Boy, someday, your name will be in the lights
Saying: Johnny, Johnny B. Goode tonight

I said, "Oh, go Johnny, Johnny B. Goode tonight, " yeah
Said, "Oh oh, go Johnny, Johnny you better be good"

I said, "Go, go Johnny, Johnny B. Goode tonight"
Play Johnny, "Go Johnny, Johnny B. Goode"

I said, "Go, go, go, go, go Johnny, Johnny B. Goode tonight"
You can hear him play, go Johnny, better be good

I Shot the Sheriff

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy

All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy, but I say

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense

Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know
Every time that I plant a seed
He said, "Kill it before it grows"
He said, "Kill it before it grows", I say

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down
So I shot, I shot him down, I say

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy

Reflexes got the better of me

And what is to be must be
Every day the bucket goes to the well
But one day the bottom will drop out
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out, but I say

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no

Nota: Government yard pada aku lebih tepat diterjemah sebagai halaman pejabat kerajaan. Dalam lagu ini, Bob Marley ulas mengenai kegiatan dia dan rakan-rakannya tunjuk perasaan anti kerajaan. Aktiviti sebegini tak begitu sesuai bagi Malaysia kerana ia bakal ganggu peniaga-peniaga, menyebabkan kesesakan lalu lintas, masalah wabak penyakit dan hal lain-lain yang tak baik. Lebih elok, jangan pangkah pihak yang anda tak suka semasa PRK, PRN, atau PRU. 

Could You Be Loved

Could you be loved and be loved?
Could you be loved and be loved?

Don't let them fool ya
Or even try to school ya! Oh, no!
We've got a mind of our own
So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!

(nota: mamat yang nyanyi tukar baris di atas kepada perkataan tanpa cercaan)

Love would never leave us alone
A-in the darkness ya must come out to light

Could you be loved and be loved?
Could you be loved, wo now! And be loved?

(The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too
So while you point your fingers someone else is judging you)
Love your brotherman!
(Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?
Could you be, could you be loved?
Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?
Could you be, could you be loved?)

Don't let them change ya, oh!
Or even rearrange ya! Oh, no!
We've got a life to live
They say, only, only
Only the fittest of the fittest shall survive
Stay alive! Eh!

Could you be loved and be loved?
Could you be loved, wo now! And be loved?

(You ain't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry)
(No matter how you treat him, the man will never be satisfied)
Say something! (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
(Could you be, could you be loved?) Say something!
Say something! (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
Say something! (Could you be, could you be loved?)

Say something! Say something! (Say something!)
Say something! Say something! (Could you be loved?)
Say something! Say something! Reggae, reggae!
Say something! Rockers, rockers!
Say something! Reggae, reggae!
Say something! Rockers, rockers!
Say something! (Could you be loved?)
Say something! (Could you be loved?)
Say something! Come on!
Say something! (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
Say something! (Could you be, could you be loved?)
Say something! (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
Say something! (Could you be, could you be loved?)

Redemption Song

Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pits

But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
None but our self can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill di book

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind
Oh, have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall dey kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill di book

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs

All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom