| Bob Marley
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| Natty Dread
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| Revolution
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| Revelation reveals the truth — revelation.
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| (revolution, revolution, revolution — oooo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
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| (revolution — oooo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
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| It takes a revolution (revolution) to make a solution;
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| (doo-doo-doo-doo)
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| Too much confusion (aaa-aaah), so much frustration, eh!
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| I don’t wanna live in the park (live in the park);
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| Can’t trust no shadows after dark (shadows after dark), yeah-eh!
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| So, my friend, i wish that you could see,
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| Like a bird in the tree, the prisoners must be free, yeah! |
| (free)
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| Never make a politician (aaa-aaah) grant you a favour;
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| (doo-doo-doo-doo)
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| They will always want (aaa-aaah) to control you forever, eh!
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| (forever, forever)
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| So if a fire make it burn (make it burn, make it burn)
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| And if a blood make ya run (make ya run, run, run),
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| Rasta de 'pon top (aaa-aaah), can’t you see? |
| (doo-doo-doo-doo)
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| So you can’t predict the flop. |
| eh-eh! |
| (doo-doo-doo-doo)
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| We got lightning (lightning), thunder (thunder),
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| Brimstone (brimstone) and fire — fire (fire, fire);
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| Lightning (lightning), thunder (thunder),
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| Brr-brimstone (brimstone) and fire — fiyah — fire — fiyah!
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| (fire, fire)
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| Kill, cramp and paralyze all weak at conception;
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| (aaa-aaah, doo-doo-doo-doo)
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| Wipe them out of creation (creation), yeah-eah! |
| (creation)
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| Wa-jah, jah, jah! |
| wa-jah, jah, jah! |
| (creation)
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| Wa-jah, jah, jah! |
| (creation)
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| Oh! |
| let i’es is i’es (i'es), in i’es is black (i'es),
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| In i’es is red (i'es), in i’es is dread.
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| Let righteousness cover the earth
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| Like the water (aaa-aaah) cover the sea, yeah! |
| yeah!
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| Lightning (lightning), doo-doo-doo (thunder),
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| Doo-doo-doo (brimstone), doo-doo-doo (fire, fire);
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| A lightning (lightning), thunder (thunder),
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| Brimstone (brimstone) and fire. |