No Woman, No Cry
[wyclef] - (lauryn in parentheses)
...yo, steve marley throw on your father’s old record...(yeah) - lauryn
Ha! classic material...refugee camp, hold tight! yes, yes!
Steve marley, come on! ah-ha! wyclef, ha-ha!
Feel the gong! heh-heh! yes, yes y’all! heh, come on!...yes, yes!
Feel the gong! (echo)
[steve marley - chorus] - {marley sisters background singing in brackets}
No woman, no cry (crowd cheers)
No woman, no cry! {no woman, no cry!}
No woman...
No, no woman!...no woman, no cry! {no woman, no cry!}
[steve marley - verse one] (wyclef in parentheses) {marley sisters in brackets}
You see...
Said I remember! oh, when we used to sit (where at? ) - wyclef
In a government yard, in trenchtown {town!} - marley sisters
(and what did you used to see son? )
Well oh, I was observing, them hypocrites!
As they would... mingle with the good people we meet {meet!}
Yeah-yeah!
Good friends we have, and oh well!
Good friends we’ve lost! yeah-yeah!
Along...the way! {way!} yeah!
In this great future, yeah! you can’t forget your past! say-yeah
Oh, dry your tears I say {say!}
[chorus 1x]
[wyclef] - (lauryn singing in parentheses) - {marley sisters in brackets}
Say! say! say! say!
I remember! when we used to sit! [where at son? ]
Oh, in a project yard, in brooklyn! {lyn!} [oh, yeah right when I left haiti,
Ha]
And little georgie, would make the fire light! (I tell ya!)
As...stolen cars passed through the night {night!} [newark, new jersey, ah-ha!]
And then we’d hit, the corner store!
For roots, paper, and brew, wooh! {brew! whoo!}
My drinks, my only remedy! I tell ya! (sold out! sold out!)
For pain of losing, family...
But while I’m gone, sure thing...
[steve, lauryn, sharon, and pam singing] - (clef, eric, and ziggy chanting)
Everything’s gonna be alright!! (oh! ah! oh-ah!)
Everything’s gonna be alright! (oh! ah! oh-ah!)
Everything’s gonna be alright!! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)
Everything’s gonna be alright! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)
Everything’s gonna be alright!! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)
Everything’s gonna be alright! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)
Everything’s gonna be alright!! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)
Everything’s gonna be alright! (oh! ah! oh-ah!) (ho!)
[steve marley]
...so, woman no cry!
No, no woman!...{no woman, no cry!}
[wyclef]
Say! say! say! say!
Hey, little sista! don’t shed no tears!
Said no woman! no woman, no cry! {no woman, no cry!]
[steve marley]
Lay-la-lay-la-lay-la-lay-la-a-ee!
[wyclef]
Yes-yes! wyclef, steve marley sittin’ back reminiscing
This is how it used to be...yes-yes! {no woman, no cry!]
(yeah, yo...ghetto youths up in here! heh) - lauryn
[steve]
No woman, ay! no woman, ay! no woman, no woman, no cry!
No woman, no cry! (with wyclef) {no woman, no cry!}
[lauryn]
Yeah...refugees up in here...
[marley sisters] - (steve in parentheses)
Little darlin’ (yeah you!)
Don’t shed no tears!............
[all join in]
No woman, no cry!!! (no cry!) - steve