Lyrics to
Want More

This version of Want More was released by Bob Marley in 1976.

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Now you get what you want,
Do you want more? (want more)
Now you get what you want,
Do you want more? (want more)

You think it’s the end,
But it’s just the beginning.
You think it’s the end,
But it’s just the beginning.
Go down back-biter, down back-bite; down back-biter, down back-bite!
Down back-biter, down back-biter; down back-biter, down back-bite!

They stab you in the back
And they claim that you’re not looking.
But Jah have them in the region
In the valley of decision.
They stab you in the back
And they claim that you’re not looking.
But Jah have them in the region
In the valley of decision –
In the valley of decision.
Go down back-biter, down back-bite, down back-biter, down back-bite!

Now you get, what you want,
Do you want more?
Now you get, what you want,
Do you want more?
Now you get, what you want,
Do you want more?
You think it’s the end:
Do you want more?
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Go down back-biter, down back-bite, down back-biter, down back-bite!
Go down back-biter, down back-bite, down back-biter, down back-bite!

They stab you in the back
And they claim that you’re not looking.
But Jah have them in the region
In the valley of decision.
Now: what you want?
Want more? Want more?
Now: what you get?
Want more? Want more?
Now – Now: do you want more?
You think it’s the end: (think it’s the end)
Do you want more? (want more) (you think it’s the end)
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(Now: what you want?
Want more? Want more?
Now: what you get?
Want more? Want more?)

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Want More, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Bob Marley. Some of the lyrics to Want More 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 Want More 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 Want More" means the words set to the music of Want More, 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 Want More and the lyrics to Want More 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 Want More, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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