Lyrics to
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)

This version of Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) was released by Bob Marley in 1974.

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Na-na na na-na na na na;
Na-na na na-na na na na;
Na-na na na-na na na na;
Na-na na na-na na na na.

Them belly full, but we hungry;
A hungry mob is a angry mob.
A rain a-fall, but the dutty tough;
A yot a-yook, but d’ yood no ‘nough.

You’re gonna dance to Jah music, dance;
We’re gonna dance to Jah music, dance, oh-ooh!

Forget your troubles and dance!
Forget your sorrows and dance!
Forget your sickness and dance!
Forget your weakness and dance!

Cost of livin’ gets so high,
Rich and poor they start to cry:
Now the weak must get strong;
They say, “Oh, what a tribulation!”
Them belly full, but we hungry;
A hungry mob is a angry mob.
A rain a-fall, but the dutty tough;
A pot a-yook, but d’ yood* no ‘nough.

We’re gonna chuck to Jah music – chuckin’;
We’re chuckin’ to Jah music – we’re chuckin’.

A belly full, but them hungry;
A hungry mob is a angry mob.
A rain a-fall, but the dutty tough;
A pot a-cook, but d’ food* no ‘nough.
A hungry man is a angry man;
A rain a-fall, but the dutty tough;
A pot a-yook, but you no ‘nough’
A rain a-fall, but the dutty tough.
A pot a-cook, but you no ‘nough;
A hungry mob is a angry mob;
A hungry mob is a angry mob. /fadeout/

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About Lyrics and Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) by Bob Marley

The lyrics for Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 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 Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 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 Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - 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 Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 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 Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" means the words set to the music of Them Belly Full (But We Hungry), 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 Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) and the lyrics to Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 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 Them Belly Full (But We Hungry), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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