[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
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