 Genius Meanings
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up
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[Intro: The Wailers] / Get up, stand up, stand up for your right / Get up, stand up, stand up for your right / Get up, stand up, stand up for your right / Get up, stand up, don't
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up (Live)
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[Chorus] / Hey, get up, stand up, stand up for your rights / Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight / Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights / Get up, stand up, don't give
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Damian Marley (Ft. Bob Marley & The Wailers) – Stand Up Jamrock
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In 2005, British music DJ, producer and remixer Ashley Beedle remixed Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up” to create a mashup with Damian “Junior Gong” Marley’s “Welcome to Jamrock” for
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Nakkia Gold, Wiz Khalifa & Bob Marley & The Wailers – Justice (Get Up, Stand Up)
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[Intro: Bob Marley] / Get up, stand up / Stand up for your rights / Get up, stand up / Don't give up the fight / Get up, stand up / Preacher man don't tell me / [Verse 1: Nakkia
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The Specials – Get Up, Stand Up
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Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights / Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights / Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight / Preacher man, don't tell me / Heaven is under
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Peter Tosh – Get Up, Stand Up
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[Chorus] / Get up, stand up / Stand up for your rights / Get up, stand up / Don't give up the fight / Get up, stand up / Stand up for your rights / Get up, stand up / Don't give up
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The Rolling Stones – Get Up, Stand Up (Live 2005)
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[Chorus] / Get up, stand up, stand up for your right / Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight / Get up, stand up, stand up for your right / Get up, stand up, don't give up the
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Down By Law – Get Up, Stand Up
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Get up, stand up / Stand up for your right / Get up, stand up / Stand up for your right / Get up, stand up (Get up) / Stand up for your right (Get up, stand up) / Get up, stand up
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Migos – Crown the Kings
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On “Crown the Kings” Migos are saying that they deserve to be crowned as kings. They boast about being at the top. Only a few can leave this dream and they are part of this
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OutKast (Ft. Goodie Mob) – Git Up, Git Out
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The message is simple: Get up, get a job, and make a living. But as the song depicts, the road to a successful life through education isn’t as easy as it seems.
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Robert Fripp (Ft. David Byrne) – Under Heavy Manners
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The song title “Under Heavy Manners” comes from Jamaican patois, referring to a state of oppression or heavy discipline–most notably referring to the state of emergency declared in
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Snoop Dogg (Ft. Slick Rick) – So Misinformed
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[Intro] / I would like to say to this gentleman and all other people who are not blessed with melanin at this point in time to understand that what has happened in our history is
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Three Little Birds
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Featuring one of the most famous choruses in music, “Three Little Birds” promotes positivity in the face of adversity. Though a simple song, the repeated choruses and verses make
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Waiting in Vain
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“Waiting In Vain” is a song written by Bob Marley to a lover – rumored to be Cindy Breakspeare, the mother of Damian Marley. This song details Marley’s frustration with having to
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – No Woman, No Cry
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One of Bob Marley’s most enduring songs, “No Woman No Cry” is a call to a woman in his life to be positive and not to worry about the bad times originally from the album Natty
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Jimmy Buffett – Everybody’s on the Phone
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[Verse 1] / Message in a bottle, rhythm of a drum / Smoke signals and telegraphs made the airwaves hum / But that's all ancient history, like bongs and Lincoln Logs / Now we livin
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Bob Marley – One Cup Of Coffee
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[Chorus] / One cup of coffee, then I'll go; / Though I just dropped by to let you know / That I'm leaving you tomorrow; / I'll cause you no more sorrow: / One cup of coffee, then I
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Guava Jelly
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[Verse 1] / You said you love me / I said I love you / Why won't you stop your crying? / Dry your weeping eyes / (Dry your, dry your, dry your weeping eyes) / You know that I love
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Burnin' and Lootin'
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The song was written, recorded, and released in the year of 1973 with The Wailers, which was the late legend’s band at the time. The song is the fourth track on Burnin', the sixth
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Sister Carol – Dedicated To Bob Marley
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[Intro] / Jah Jah know, in dis time it have fi irie / Dedicated to di king Bob Marley / Sister Carol, Lord-our-God, say, she irie / Tell you 'bout it! (Lord have mercy) / [Verse 1
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Iron Lion Zion
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Bob Marley uses his faith to inspire himself to be strong and not to back down, come what may.
Parallels are drawn between Haile Selassie’s struggles and his own.
The song was
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Genius Lists – Songs of Spirituality, Inspiration and Motivation
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Spiritual, inspirational and motivational songs have been major themes in music for as long as we’ve been making music. You’ll find many of these songs familiar and some that are
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Kaya
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The title track for Bob Marley & The Wailer’s 10th album. Kaya, by the way, is marijuana.
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Santana – Day of Celebration
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“Day of Celebration” is a hidden track, starting about 12 seconds after the end of the “The Calling.”
It contains a classic Bob Marley reference and powerful orchestral movements
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Yellowman (Ft. Fathead) – Stand Up For Your Rights
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[Intro] / Yo, mi idren Yellowman (Wa gwan?) / Rasta, you want [?] (No, Fathead) / Why some ting an' ting an' ting, you no see mi, lion? (Cha) / Tell 'em-a, I want murderer style
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Positive Vibration (Live at the Roxy Theatre, USA 1976)
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[Intro] / Yeah, more, right? / Yeah, first of all, we'd like to say we thank you very much for the appreciation / And to show our appreciation, we're gon' give you some more of the
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Bob Marley – Judge Not
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First single recorded by Bob Marley, released in 1962. Produced by Leslie Kong for Beverly’s Records.
The first appearance of the song on an album was on 1992’s 4 disc box set
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – High Tide Or Low Tide
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[Intro] / In high seas or in low seas / I am going to be your friend / I am going to be your friend / In high tide or in low tide / I will be by your side / I will be by your side
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Rolling Stone is one of the leading music magazines today, and their list of the 500 “Greatest Songs” of all time is considered by them to be “the definitive list”. It was
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Greetings
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[Intro] / Yeah / Greetings in the name of his imperial majesty / Emperor Haile Selassie I / Jah Rastafari / Who live'th and rain'eth with I'n'I / I-tinually / Ever faithful / Ever
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Jah Live
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[Chorus] / Jah live! Children yeah! / Jah Jah live! Children yeah / Jah live! Children yeah! / Jah Jah live! Children yeah / [Verse 1] / The truth is an offense but not a sin! / Is
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