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Burnin’ & Lootin’ - Live at Music Hall, Boston / 1978 Lyrics by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Easy Skanking in Boston ’78

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[Verse]
This morning I woke up in a curfew
O God, I was a prisoner, too
Could not recognize the faces standing over me
All dressed in uniforms of brutality
How many rivers do we have to cross
'fore we can talk to the boss? (I'm saying)
All we got, it seems we have lost
We must have really paid the cost
[Chorus]
(That's why we're going to be)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (to survive)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (to save a baby life)
Burnin' all pollution tonight (Did you hear ?)
Burnin' all illusion tonight
[Verse]
Give me the food and let me grow, yah
Let the roots man take the gold (I'm saying)
All them drugs gonna make you slow now
It's not the music of the ghetto
[Chorus]
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight
[Verse]
How many rivers do we have to cross
Before we can talk to the boss?
All we got, it seems we have lost
We must have really paid a cost
[Chorus]
(That's why we're going to be)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (To survive)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (To save a baby life)
Burnin' all pollution tonight (Did you hear ?)
Burnin' all illusion tonight
Burning and a-looting tonight (To survive)
Burning and a-looting tonight (To save your baby life)
Burning all pollution tonight
Burnin' all illusion tonight

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