Lyrics to
So Jah Seh

This version of So Jah Seh was released by Bob Marley in 1974.

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So Jah seh,
“Not one of my seeds
Shall sit in the sidewalk
And beg bread.”
(No, they can’t and you know that they won’t!)

So Jah seh,
“Not one of my seeds
Shall sit in the sidewalk
And beg your bread.”
(No, they can’t and you know that they won’t!)
“And verily, verily, I’m saying unto thee, ‘I
Inite oneself and love Imanity.'”
‘Cause puss and dog they get together:
What’s wrong with loving one another?
Puss and dog they get together:
What’s wrong with you my brother?

So Jah seh,
“Ye are the sheep of my pasture;
So verily, thou shall be very well.”
So Jah seh – yeah! –
“Ye are the sheep of my pasture;
So verily, thou shall be very well,” yeah!

And down here in the ghetto,
And down here we suffer.
But I’n’I a-hang on in there
And I’n’I, I naw leggo;
I’n’I a-hang on in there
and I’n’I, I naw leggo.

For so Jah seh – yeah! –
“I’m gone to prepare a place,
That where I am thou shall abide,” yeah!
So Jah seh,
“Fear not for mighty dread,
‘Cause I’ll be there at your side.”

And – and down there – down there in the ghetto –
And down there we suffer
But I’n’I a-hang on in there
And I’n’I, I naw leggo.
But I’n’I a-hang on in there
And I’n’I, I naw leggo;
– So Jah seh.

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Bob Marley has released many songs over the years besides So Jah Seh. 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.

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About Lyrics and So Jah Seh by Bob Marley

The lyrics for So Jah Seh are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Bob Marley. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to So Jah Seh have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for So Jah Seh - Bob Marley and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to So Jah Seh by Bob Marley in multiple 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 So Jah Seh" means the words set to the music of So Jah Seh, 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 So Jah Seh and the lyrics to So Jah Seh 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 So Jah Seh, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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