1737 – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Exodus (1977)

Escrita por Bob Marley, fo igravada entre janeiro e abril de 1977, e lançada em 3 de junho de 1977 no disco de mesmo nome, o nono da banda. Sairia depois em compacto, com Exodus apenas instrumental no Lado B. Chegou ao número 14 nos charts britânicos. E foi número 19 no Billboard R&B. Foi o primeiro compacto do artista a ser tocada em massa nas rádios negras dos Estados Unidos, expandindo o público de Bob Marley, que até então era predominantemente branco universitário e caribenho. A canção junta a história bíblica de Moisés liderando os israelenses no Egito com a esperança dos Rastafaris de serem liderados pra liberdade.

A letra:

Exodus, Movement of Jah people! Oh-oh-oh, yea-eah!
Heaven will tell to let me tell you this

Men and people will fight ya down, tell me why!
(When ya see Jah light) Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Let me tell you if you're not wrong; then, why?
(Everything is alright)
So we gonna walk - alright! - through the roads of creation:
We the generation, tell me why!
(Trod through great tribulation) Trod through great tribulation

Exodus, alright! Movement of Jah people
Oh, yeah! O-oo, yeah! Alright!
Exodus, Movement of Jah people! Oh, Hell

Yeah-yeah-yeah, well!
Uh! Open your eyes (And look within)
Are you satisfied? (With the life you're livin'?) Uh!
We know where we're goin', uh!
We know where we're from
We're leavin' Babylon
We're goin' to our Fatherland

Two, three, four: Exodus, Movement of Jah people! Oh, yeah!
(Movement of Jah people!) Send us another brother Moses!
(Movement of Jah people!) From across the Red Sea!
(Movement of Jah people!) Send us another brother Moses!
(Movement of Jah people!) From across the Red Sea!
(Movement of Jah people!)
Exodus, alright! Oo-oo-ooh! Oo-ooh!
Movement of Jah people! Oh, yeah!
Exodus!
Exodus! Alright!
Exodus! Now now, now now!
Exodus!
Exodus! Oh, yea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eah!
Exodus!
Exodus! Alright!
Exodus!

One, two, three, four: move!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!

Open your eyes and look within:
Are you satisfied with the life you're livin'?
We know where we're goin'
We know where we're from
We're leavin' Babylon, y'all!
We're goin' to our Father's land

Exodus, alright! Movement of Jah people!
Exodus, Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!

Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!

Jah come to break downpression
Rule equality
Wipe away transgression
Set the captives free

Exodus, alright, alright!
Movement of Jah people! Oh, yeah!
Exodus, Movement of Jah people! Oh, now now, now now!

Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move! Uh-uh-uh-uh!
Move! (Movement of Jah people!)
Move! (Movement of Jah people!)
Move! (Movement of Jah people!)
Move! (Movement of Jah people!)
Move! (Movement of Jah people!)
Move! (Movement of Jah people!)
Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!
Movement of Jah people!

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