Trenchtown Rock -- Bob Marley

One good thing about music, when it hits you fell no pain (repeat)
So hit me with music, hit me with music Hit me with music, hit me with music now
I got to say trench town rock I say don't watch that  Trench town rock, big fish or sprat
Trench town rock, you reap what you sow Trench town rock, and everyone know now
Trench town rock, don't turn your back Trench town rock, give the slum a try
Trench town rock, never let the children cry Trench town rock, cause you got to tell 

You grooving Kingston 12, grooving, Kingston 12  Grooving woe, woe, it's Kingston 12
Grooving it's Kingston 12  No want you fe galang so,  No want you fe galang so
You want come cold I up  But you can't come cold I up  Cause I'm grooving, yes I'm grooving

I say one good thing, one good thing  When it hits you feel no pain
One good thing about music  When it hits you feel no pain  So hit me with music
Hit me with music now  Hit me with music, hit me with music
Look at that, Trench Town rock  I say don't watch that, Trench Town rock
If you big fish or sprat, Trench Town rock  You reap what you sow, Trench Town rock
And everyone know now, Trench Town rock  Don't turn your back, Trench Town rock
Give the slum a try, Trench Town rock  Never let the children cry, Trench Town rock
Cause you got to tell Jah, Jah why  Grooving, grooving,                                 (sing365)


Trenchtown is a poor area in Kingston, Jamaica where Marley grew up. After a hurricane destroyed many of the homes there in 1951, a new settlement formed around a dump site. It was a difficult way of life, and Marley wrote this about how music was an escape from the poverty and desperation of Trenchtown.                                (songfacts)  




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