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Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock)

This version of Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock) was released by Bob Marley in 1974.

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(Do do do do-do do do!
Do do do do-do do do!
I rebel music;
I rebel music.)
Why can’t we roam (oh-oh-oh-oh) this open country? (open country)
Oh, why can’t we be what we wanna be? (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
We want to be free. (wanna be free)

3 o’clock roadblock – curfew,
And I’ve got to throw away –
Yes, I’ve got to throw away –
A yes-a, but I’ve got to throw away
My little herb stalk!

I (rebel music) – yeah, I’m tellin’ you! –
(I) I rebel music (rebel music). Oh-ooh!

Take my soul (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
and suss – and suss me out (suss me out). Oh-ooh!
Check my life (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh),
if I am in doubt (I’m in doubt); I’m tellin’:
3 o’clock roadblock – roadblock – roadblock,
And “Hey, Mr. Cop! Ain’t got no – (hey) hey! (hey, Mr Cop) –
(What ya sayin’ down there?) – (hey) hey! (hey, Mr Cop) –
Ain’t got no birth certificate on me now.”

(I rebel music)
(I rebel music)
(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
(open country)
(oh-oh-oh)

(Do do do!)
I (rebel music) – yeah, I’m tellin’ you! –
(I) I rebel music (rebel music).

Oh-ooh! Take my soul (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
and suss – and suss me out (suss me out). Oh-ooh!
Check my life (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh),
if I am in doubt (I’m in doubt); I’m tellin’:
3 o’clock roadblock – roadblock – roadblock,
And “Hey, Mr. Cop! Ain’t got no – (hey) hey! (hey, Mr Cop) –
(What ya sayin’ down there?) – (hey) hey! (hey, Mr Cop) –
Ain’t got no birth certificate on me now.”

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock), you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Bob Marley. Some of the lyrics to Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock) have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bob Marley and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock) if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock)" means the words set to the music of Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock), 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 Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock) and the lyrics to Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock) 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 Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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