Lyrics to
Lively Up Yourself

This version of Lively Up Yourself was released by Bob Marley in 1974.

Our About Bob Marley page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for Lively Up Yourself from 1974 as well as all of the other lyrics from Bob Marley that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Bob Marley or about the 1970s in general.

Lively up yourself and don’t be no drag
Lively up yourself, ’cause this is the other bag
Hey, lively up yourself and don’t be no drag
You lively up yourself, dig it, the other bag

Hey, you rock so, you rock so, like you never did before
You dip so, you dip so, and you can dip thru my door
You come so, you come so, oh yeah, like I do adore you
You skank so, you skank so, and-a I can assure you

You can lively up yourself and don’t be no drag
Hey, you lively up yourself, can you dig it?

Hey (you rock so, you rock so), like you never did before
You dip so, you dip so, can you dig it?

You lively up yourself and don’t be no drag
You lively up yourself, ’cause this is the other bag
Hey, lively up yourself

Lively up yourself, other bag
Can you dig it? Can you dig it? …

---

Bob Marley has released many songs over the years besides Lively Up Yourself. Bob Marley released songs from 1973 to 1995 spanning across albums like Catch A Fire, Burnin', Natty Dread, Live!, Rastaman Vibration, Exodus, Kaya, Babylon By Bus, Survival, Uprising, Confrontation, Rebel Music, and Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bob Marley.

If you're a fan of the music of the 1970s looking for more songs from 1974 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Lively Up Yourself by Bob Marley

The lyrics to Lively Up Yourself are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bob Marley in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Lively Up Yourself are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bob Marley and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Lively Up Yourself back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Lively Up Yourself by Bob Marley in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Lively Up Yourself" means the words set to the music of Lively Up Yourself, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Marley. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Lively Up Yourself and the lyrics to Lively Up Yourself are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Marley who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lively Up Yourself, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Bob Marley

Visit our Bob Marley profile for more Bob Marley songs, lyrics & info!

)