Escrita por Bob Marley mas creditada ao seu amigo de infância Vincent Ford devido à brigas de Bob com gravadoras, foi gravada no final de 1975 até o começo de 1976 e lançada em 30 de abril de 1976 no disco Rastaman vibration, o oitavo disco do artista. Foi produzida por Bob Marley and The Wailers. Bob Marley cantou. Earl Smith tocou guitarra e percussão. Al Anderson tocou guitarra. Carlton Barrett tocou bateria. Aston Barrett tocou baixo. Jean Alain Roussel tocou órgão Hammond. Tyrone Downie tocou teclado. I Threes fizeram backing vocals.
A letra:
Live if you want to live
That's what we got to give!
(I'n'I
vibration, yeah! Positive)
Got to have a good vibe!
(Iyaman
Iration, yeah! Irie ites!)
Wo-wo-ooh!
(Positive vibration,
yeah! Positive!)
If you get down and you quarrel
everyday
You're saying prayers to the devils, I say
Wo-oh-ooh!
Why
not help one another on the way?
Make it much easier, yeah,
yeah
(Just a little bit easier)
Say you just can't live that negative
way
If you know what I mean
Make way for the positive
day
'Cause it's news (new day)
News and days
New time (new time), and if it's a new
feelin'
(New feelin'), yeah!
Said it's a new sign (new
sign)
Oh, what a new day!
Jah love, Jah love (protect us)
Jah
love, Jah love (protect us)
Jah love, Jah love (protect us)
Rastaman vibration, yeah!
(Positive!)
I'n'I vibration, yeah! (Positive!) Uh-huh-huh,
begin!
Iyaman Iration, yeah! (Irie ites!) Wo-oo-oh!
Positive
vibration, yeah! (Positive!)
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up
now?
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
Pickin' up? (Jah
love, Jah love)
Are you pickin' (protect us!) up now?
Pickin'
up? (Jah love, Jah love)
Are you pickin' (protect us!) up
now?
Pickin' up? (Jah love, Jah love)
Are you pickin' (protect
us!) up now?
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
Pickin' up?
A versão de Bob Marley and The Wailers:
A versão de Ziggy Marley:
A versão de Avis Ramley:
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