Burnin’ and Lootin’

Bob Marley & The Wailers * Track #4 On Burnin’

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Album Burnin’

ALBUM

Bob Marley & The Wailers

1973

Burnin' and Lootin' by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Release Date

Sun Apr 01 1973

Performed by

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Produced by

Bob Marley & The Wailers & Chris Blackwell

Writed by

Bob Marley

About

The song was written, recorded, and released in the year of 1973 with The Wailers, which was the late legend’s band at the time. The song is the fourth track on Burnin', the sixth album by the band, which was released in October 1973.

In a similar vein to the majority of the late Mr. Marley’s songs...

Burnin’ and Lootin’ Lyrics

[Verse 1]
This morning I woke up in a curfew
O God, I was a prisoner, too - yeah!
Could not recognize the faces standing over me
They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality. (Ay!)

How many rivers do we have to cross
Before we can talk to the boss? (Yeah!)
All that we got, it seems we have lost
We must have really paid the cost

(That's why we going to be)
Burning and a-looting tonight
(Say we going to burn and loot)
Burning and a-looting tonight
(One more thing)
Burning all pollution tonight
(Oh, yeah, yeah)
Burning all illusion tonight

Oh, stop them!

[Chorus]
Give me the food and let me grow
Let the Roots Man take a blow
All them drugs going to make you slow now
It's not the music of the ghetto. (Ay!)

[Verse 2]
Weeping and a-wailing tonight
(Who can stop the tears?)
Weeping and a-wailing tonight
(We've been suffering these long, long-a years!)
Weeping and a-wailing tonight
(Will you say cheer?)
Weeping and a-wailing tonight
(But where?)

[Chorus]
Give me the food and let me grow
Let the Roots Man take a blow
All them drugs going to make you slow now
It's not the music of the ghetto. (Ay!)

[Verse 3]
We going to be burning and a-looting tonight
(To survive, yeah!)
Burning and a-looting tonight
(Save your baby lives)
Burning all pollution tonight
(Pollution, yeah, yeah!)
Burning all illusion tonight
(Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord!)

[Outro]
Burning and a-looting tonight
Burning and a-looting tonight

Burnin’ and Lootin’ Q&A

Who wrote Burnin’ and Lootin’'s ?

Burnin’ and Lootin’ was written by Bob Marley.

Who produced Burnin’ and Lootin’'s ?

Burnin’ and Lootin’ was produced by Bob Marley & The Wailers & Chris Blackwell.