Love is my religion
Love is my religion
Love is my religion
I'll take you to the temple tonight

All my days I've been searching
To find out what this life is worth
Through the books and bibles of time
I've made up my mind
I don't condemn, I don't convert
This is a calling have you heard
Bring all the lovers to the fold
'Cause no one is gonna lose their soul

Love is my religion
Love is my religion
Love is my religion
Hey, you can take it or leave it
And you don't have to believe it

I don't want to fight
Hey, let's go fly a kite
There's nothing that we can't cure
And I'll keep you in my arms for sure
So don't let nobody stop us
Free spirits have to soar
With you I share the gift
The gift that we now know, oh, oh, oh

Love is my religion
Love is my religion
Love is my religion
Hey, you can take it or leave it
And you don't have to believe it

Well I'm done searching now
I found out what this life is worth
Not in the books that I find
But by searching my mind
I don't condemn, I don't convert
This is the calling have you heard
Bring all the lovers to the fold
No one is gonna lose their soul

Love is my religion
Love is my religion
Love is my religion
Hey, you can take it or leave it
And you don't have to believe it

Love is my religion
Love is my religion
Love is my religion
Hey, you can take it or leave it
Now that you believe


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Love Is My Religion Lyrics as written by David Nesta Marley

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    this song is extremely positive...

    All my days, I've been searching To find out what this life is worth, Through the books and bibles of time. I've made up my mind.

    GrungyBeatleon January 26, 2007   Link
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    Definitely. It's all about not having to be part of an organized religion [like christianity or catholicism], and it's just about being the best you can be and giving all the love you can give, to all the people you can.

    iforgoton March 20, 2007   Link
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    Ziggy Marley man. What else can you say? Kid's bad ass. Sounds more and more like Bob all the time. And this song, unbelievable. So upbeat and positive, a million times better than most of the garbage that gets turned out today.

    zmanzeppelinon April 10, 2007   Link
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    This song puts me in a good mood no matter what. It's so true, too. All you really need is love. "Free spirits have to soar..."

    SailingSidewayson April 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    Hey, love is MY religion too!

    "I don't condemn, I don't convert..."

    curiouspondaon June 30, 2007   Link
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    The lyrics "I don't want o fight. Hey, let's go fly a kite."

    Those right there get me everytime.

    mordechaion June 06, 2008   Link
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    This song has the unique ability to send chills down my spine. The only other song I can think of that can do that is Imagine by John Lennon. If everyone could just understand the wisdom of this song and Imagine the world would be such an amazing place.

    I Am Drugson July 23, 2008   Link
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    im exactly opposite. i've never herd SG's original. i got to listen to it

    yosemityon May 31, 2009   Link
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    One of my absolute favorite songs. "I don't condemn; I don't convert". If only we had more love and less condemnation - the world would be a much better place.

    LOVE.

    HELENzon October 19, 2010   Link
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    This is a perfect, upbeat counterpart to Ziggy's "In the Name of God" (which I also love).

    dean111133on February 19, 2017   Link

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