Escrita por Bob Marley, foi gravada entre janeiro e abril de 1977 e lançada em 3 de junho de 1977, no disco Exodus, o nono disco do grupo. Foi produzida por Bob Marley and The Wailers. Nesse disco, Bob separou as músicas em duas metades. Na primeira metade, fala sobre política e religião e é nessa metade que So much things to say se enquadra. So much things to say cita Jesus Christ na sua letra. Bob Marley tinha sofrido um atentado no mês de dezembro de 1976, na Jamaica e se mudou pra Londres, onde ele gravou essa canção logo em seguida.Bob cantou, fez backing vocals e tocou guitarra. Junior Marvin tocou guitarra. Aston Barrett tocou baixo. Calrton Barrett tocou bateria. Tyrone Downie tocou sintetizador, piano elétrico, órgão e fez backing vocals. Alvin patterson tocou percussão. Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing vocals. David Madden tocou trompete. Vin Gordon tocou trombone e Glen da Costa tocou sax.
A letra:
Ooh
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yea-a-ah, ye-yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh yeah,
yeah
They got so much things to say right
now
They got so much things to say
They got so much things to
say right (now)
They got so much things to say
Hey, but I'll never forget, no way
They
crucified Jessus Christ
I'll never forget, no way
They sold
Marcus Garvey for rice, ooh
I'll never forget, no way
They
turned their backs on Paul Bogle, hey, hey
So don't you forget, no
you
Who you are and where you stand in the struggle
They got so very, so very, so very, so
very, so very
So very, so very, so, so very
They sayin'
everything, they sayin' so much today
They got so much things to
say, so much things to say
Well, I and I and I no come to fight
flesh and blood
But spiritual wickedness in high and low places
So
while they fight you down
Stand firm and give Jah thanks and
praises
'Cause I and I no expect to be justified
By the laws of
men, by the laws of men
Whole jury found me guilty
But prove,
truth shall prove my innocency
Oh, when the rain fall, fall, fall
now
It won't fall on one man's housetop, remember that
When the
rain fall
It won't fall on one man's housetop
They singin', so
very much, so very much, oh, so
So very much, so, so very
They
got so much things to say right (now)
Yeah, they got so much
things to say
Hey, but I and I, I and I no come to
fight flesh and blood
Spiritual wickedness in high and low
places
So while, so while, so while they fight you down
Stand
firm and give Jah thanks and praises
I and I no expect to be
justified
By the laws of men, by the laws of men
Hey, truth got
to prove my innocency
I'm told the wicked think they found me
guilty
They got, well, well, well, well, we we we well, la la la
la la la la
La la la la la la la la, they lubberin' all the
time
So much things to (say) rumour about
They gotta rumour
without humour, they don't know what they're doin', yeah
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