No Woman, No Cry Lyrics
A dedication to all the refugees worldwide
One time say, say, say
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Brooklyn.
Observing the crookedness as it mingled with the good people we meet.
Good friends we had,
Good friends we've lost along the way.
In this great future you can't forget your past, So dry your tears
I say And to my peeps who passed away,
No woman, no cry, no woman no cry, say say say.
Hey little sister don't shed no tears
No woman no cry say say say.
I remember when we used to rock in a project yard in Jersey,
And little Georgie would make the firelight,
As stolen cars passed through the night
And then we'd hit the corner store for Roots, paper, and brew.
My drink's my only remedy
For pain of losing family, but while I'm gone Shorty,
Everything's gonna be alright, everything's gonna be alright,
Fugees come to the dance tonight, everything's gonna be alright,
O everything's gonna be alright,
The gun man's in the house tonight,
But everything's gonna be alright.
[CHORUS]
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
[CLEF]
No woman no cry, no woman no cry.
Hey, little sister, don't shed no tears
No woman no cry say say say.
I remember when we used to sit in a government yard in Trenchtown.
The hypocrites as they mingled with the good people we meet.
Good friends we had Oh good friends we've lost
Along the way hey.
In this great future,
You can't forget your past so dry your tears I say
And no woman no cry. No woman no cry say say say.
Hey, little sistser, don't shed no tears
No woman no cry and to my peeps who passed away
[CHORUS]
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah

just a quick note - on the third last "oh ah oh ah" he says "im high"
trivial i know.. just its funny when people dont notice it, then think that theyre hearing things.

this is a great song too...tha fugees are great..especially how they can expess their thoughts in music liek they do...i can listen to just one of their cd's for hours on end

I hope you guys know this is a Bob Marley song.

and then the fugees created their own play off of it
i think it's common knowledge this is a bob marley song, it's one of his most famous

First of all, it is a Bob Marley song. But the lyrics are changed slightly for the Fugees version. What is funny is how they mention both "Jersey" and "Trenchtown," inadvertently leading some to believe that Trenchtown (really the name of a ghetto in Kingston, Jamaica, where Marley was from) was the nickname for Trenton, NJ. (lol) Especially since the Fugees used to live in Newark, NJ.
Good cover song, though. I actually heard this version before I ever heard the original.