The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
One, two, three, four!
Without Jah, Jah, what you say
What you say is nothing
Without Jah you wanna say
So say something
Without Jah, nothing to nothing
Cause everybody says
Yeah everybody says
It's just something
With Jah, Jah, I live off, I live off
Of Jah, Jah
With everybody's sayin something
Something with Jah
Nothing without Jah
Without Jah, without Jah,
Nothing, nothing
Without Jah, nothing
Nothing
Without Jah, no nothing
Nothing
Without Jah, nothing
With everything you need and more
Let everything living love the Lord
With Jah, something, something
Without Jah, oh, he is nothing, nothing
Without Jah, nothing
Nothing
Without Jah, no nothing
Nothing
Without Jah, nothing
La la la la lo, we sing
Don't you know it's about the crazy human rights?
So sing along but party
What we say, each and everyday day
That Jah will lead the way
'Cause
Without Jah you ain't nothing
Without Jah nothing
And without Jah nothing
And with Jah everything
With Jah you're something
Now we got something
Now we got something
My people have shown
My Jah is something
My people have shown about
With something
Those people that love,
Them, them is something
'Cause they know that
Without Jah, nothing
La na na la la na na...
Whenever Jah loves
You don't know it's anything
'Cause
With Jah you know
You're everything
So crazy human rights
Compadre is everything
P.O.D. is gonna lead we on the way
For eternity
P.O.D. is gonna lead the way
Without questionality in the unity
Black and white behind them
We living for humanity
Without Jah, nothing
La, la, la, la, no
Without Jah, nothing
And with Jah, everything
Hey, wanna love, wanna love,
wanna love, wanna love,
wanna love, wanna love,
wanna love, wanna love,
wanna love, wanna love,
one love, a one love,
I'll shshow to people, one love
Black and white people are one love
Jah love, Jah love, Jah love, yeah yeah yeah
Without Jah you're nothing
Without Jah you're nothing
Without Jah you're nothing
And with Jah you're everything
And with a Jah something
And with a Jah something
Jesus loves you
Jesus Christos loves you
Jesus Christos loves you
Jesus Christ he'll love you
(If I, keep living Lord
And I, keep tripping Lord
Oh, well
Woh, wawowawah
The whole world, whole world)
Whole World
Without Jah, Jah, what you say
What you say is nothing
Without Jah you wanna say
So say something
Without Jah, nothing to nothing
Cause everybody says
Yeah everybody says
It's just something
With Jah, Jah, I live off, I live off
Of Jah, Jah
With everybody's sayin something
Something with Jah
Nothing without Jah
Without Jah, without Jah,
Nothing, nothing
Without Jah, nothing
Nothing
Without Jah, no nothing
Nothing
Without Jah, nothing
With everything you need and more
Let everything living love the Lord
With Jah, something, something
Without Jah, oh, he is nothing, nothing
Without Jah, nothing
Nothing
Without Jah, no nothing
Nothing
Without Jah, nothing
La la la la lo, we sing
Don't you know it's about the crazy human rights?
So sing along but party
What we say, each and everyday day
That Jah will lead the way
'Cause
Without Jah you ain't nothing
Without Jah nothing
And without Jah nothing
And with Jah everything
With Jah you're something
Now we got something
Now we got something
My people have shown
My Jah is something
My people have shown about
With something
Those people that love,
Them, them is something
'Cause they know that
Without Jah, nothing
La na na la la na na...
Whenever Jah loves
You don't know it's anything
'Cause
With Jah you know
You're everything
So crazy human rights
Compadre is everything
P.O.D. is gonna lead we on the way
For eternity
P.O.D. is gonna lead the way
Without questionality in the unity
Black and white behind them
We living for humanity
Without Jah, nothing
La, la, la, la, no
Without Jah, nothing
And with Jah, everything
Hey, wanna love, wanna love,
wanna love, wanna love,
wanna love, wanna love,
wanna love, wanna love,
wanna love, wanna love,
one love, a one love,
I'll shshow to people, one love
Black and white people are one love
Jah love, Jah love, Jah love, yeah yeah yeah
Without Jah you're nothing
Without Jah you're nothing
Without Jah you're nothing
And with Jah you're everything
And with a Jah something
And with a Jah something
Jesus loves you
Jesus Christos loves you
Jesus Christos loves you
Jesus Christ he'll love you
(If I, keep living Lord
And I, keep tripping Lord
Oh, well
Woh, wawowawah
The whole world, whole world)
Whole World
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