Them Belly Full ( But We Hungry ) lyrics

Song information

Artist: Bob Marley
Album: Rebel Music

Lyrics

Na-na na na-na na na na;
Na-na na na-na na na na;
Na-na na na-na na na na;
Na-na na na-na na na na

Them belly full, but we hungry;
A hungry mob is a angry mob
A rain a-fall, but the dirt to tough;
A pot a cook, but di food nuh nough

You're gonna dance to jah music, dance;
We're gonna dance to jah music, dance, oh-ooh!

Forget your troubles and dance!
Forget your sorrows and dance!
Forget your sickness and dance!
Forget your weakness and dance!

Cost of livin' gets so high
Rich and poor they start to cry:
Now the weak must get strong;
They say, "oh, what a tribulation!"
Them belly full, but we hungry;
A hungry mob is a angry mob
A rain a-fall, but the dirt it tough;
A pot a-yook, but d' yood* no 'nough

We're gonna chuck to jah music - chuckin';
We're chuckin' to jah music - we're chuckin'
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/Guitar solo/
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A belly full, but them hungry;
A hungry mob is a angry mob
A rain a-fall, but the dirt it tough;
A pot a-cook, but d' food* no 'nough
A hungry man is a angry man;
A rain a-fall, but the dirt it tough;
A pot a-yook, but you no 'nough'
A rain a-fall, but the dirt it tough
A pot a-cook, but you no 'nough;
A hungry mob is a angry mob;
A hungry mob is a angry mob. /fadeout/

[* sheet music gives this line as: "a pot a cook but di food nuh nough".]