Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> M -> Bob Marley
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There are 106 misheard song lyrics for Bob Marley on amIright currently.
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"Alright"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh bear, he stinks of 12
Original Lyrics:
Oh yeah, this Kingston crowd
"Buffalo Soldier"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buffalo soldier, treads on pasta.
Original Lyrics:
Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta.
"Buffalo Soldier"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gridlocked rascal
or
Gridlocked rock star
or Dreadlocked rascal
or
Gridlocked rock star
or Dreadlocked rascal
Original Lyrics:
Dreadlocked rasta
"Buffalo Soldier"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gridlocked rock star
or
Gridlocked rascal
or
Gridlocked rascal
Original Lyrics:
Dreadlocled Rasta
"Buffalo Soldier"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stolen hermaphrodite brought to America
Original Lyrics:
Stolen from Africa, brough to America
"Could You Be Loved?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Could you be loved, and be loved?
Original Lyrics:
Could you be loved? Then be loved.
"Crazy Baldheads"
Misheard Lyrics:
Myanmar build a cabin
Myanmar plant the corn
Myanmar plant the corn
Original Lyrics:
I 'n' I build a cabin
I 'n' I plant the corn
I 'n' I plant the corn
"Exodus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Exit us
Moonmen of Japipo.
Moonmen of Japipo.
Original Lyrics:
Exodus
Movement of Ja people.
Movement of Ja people.
"Exodus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Exodus
Ooh them Yorkshire people.
Ooh them Yorkshire people.
Original Lyrics:
Exodus
Movement of Ja people.
Movement of Ja people.
"Exodus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Exodus move the orgy people
Original Lyrics:
Exodus movement of Jah people
"Exodus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Exodus, movement of da koshier people.
Original Lyrics:
Exodus, movement of Jah people.
"Exodus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Set the cactus free
Original Lyrics:
Set the captives free
"Exodus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Taxi Bus, move that bunch of people
Original Lyrics:
Exodus, movement of jah people
"Get Up, Stand Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get up stand up
Stand up for your rice.
Stand up for your rice.
Original Lyrics:
Get up stand up
Stand up for your rights.
Stand up for your rights.
"Get Up, Stand Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get up, Stanley
Original Lyrics:
Get up, stand up
"Get Up, Stand Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your eye.
Stand up for your eye.
Original Lyrics:
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights.
Stand up for your rights.
"Heathen"
Misheard Lyrics:
The heathen back there, on the wall.
Original Lyrics:
De heathen back, yeah, 'pon de wall!
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eyes like cherries.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff.
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eyes, shocks and cherries
But I do not show no doubt guilty.
But I do not show no doubt guilty.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the deputy.
But I did not shoot the deputy.
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hi, Tom and Jerry!
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff.
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I eat chocolate cheddar.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff.
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got a Chevy.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff.
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got the sherry.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff.
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I shock the sherry.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff.
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff,
And I beat up the deputy
And I beat up the deputy
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot the deputy
But I didn't shoot the deputy
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff
But I sware it wasn't salty fresh.
But I sware it wasn't salty fresh.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self-defense.
But I swear it was in self-defense.
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I touched a tiger.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff.
"I Shot The Sherriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I shop for Sherry.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff.
"I Shot The Sherriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
One day, the bottom of a shovel
Original Lyrics:
One day, the bottom will drop out.
"I Shot the Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I popped the cherry
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff
"I Shot the Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
I shot the sherry
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am filling the table
But I put a curse on Aunty Mable.
But I put a curse on Aunty Mable.
Original Lyrics:
I am willing and able
So I throw my cards on your table.
So I throw my cards on your table.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want a lawyer that treats me right.
Original Lyrics:
I wanna love you and treat you right.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm wearing an apron.
Original Lyrics:
I'm willing and able.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jump rope on the bed
Original Lyrics:
Jah provide the bread.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll be together with a roof rack over our heads
Original Lyrics:
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll be together, with a roof-rack over our heads.
Original Lyrics:
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll be together
With a roof-rack over our head.
With a roof-rack over our head.
Original Lyrics:
We'll be be together
With a roof right over our head.
With a roof right over our head.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll share each other, like love mice in the bed
Original Lyrics:
We'll share the shelter of my single bed
I'm not the only one to get it wrong, I've also seen "We'll share each other, on my single bed" on a karaoke display.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, while Jethro fries the bread.
Original Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, while Ja provides the bread.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, yeah
While Jethro fries the bread.
While Jethro fries the bread.
Original Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, yeah
For Jah provide the bread.
For Jah provide the bread.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, yeah
And my single bed.
And my single bed.
Original Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, yeah
For Jah provide the bread.
For Jah provide the bread.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, yeah
And sacrifice the bread
It's this love, it's this love, it's this love.
And sacrifice the bread
It's this love, it's this love, it's this love.
Original Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, yeah
For Jah provide the bread
Is this love, is this love, is this love?
For Jah provide the bread
Is this love, is this love, is this love?
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll share the shelter
Of my single bed.
Of my single bed.
Original Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, yeah
For Jah provide the bread.
For Jah provide the bread.
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a roof rack over our heads
Original Lyrics:
With a roof right over our heads
"Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
With the roof rack over our heads
Original Lyrics:
With the roof right over our heads
"Is This Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jump rope past the bridge
or
Jethro pass the bread
or
Jethro pass the bread
Original Lyrics:
Jah provide the bread
"Is This Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, yeah
We'll jump rope by the bridge
We'll jump rope by the bridge
Original Lyrics:
We'll share the same room, yeah
For Jah provide the bread
For Jah provide the bread
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jah seated in mount zion, and rules all creation AIR WEAR
Original Lyrics:
Jah sittith in mount zion, and rules all creation yeah we're
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
No bully can stop us now
We need to beg, nor we won't bow
Neither can we lose our sole.
We need to beg, nor we won't bow
Neither can we lose our sole.
Original Lyrics:
No bullet can stop us now
We neither beg, nor we won't bow
Neither can be bought nor sold.
We neither beg, nor we won't bow
Neither can be bought nor sold.
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pajamas, Pajamas, Don't you like Pajamas too
Original Lyrics:
We're Jammin', We're Jammin', Don't you like Jammin' too
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pajamas
or
V*****s
or
V*****s
Original Lyrics:
We're jammin'!
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pyjamas, boop sha wallawalla
I'll wear my jammies with you.
I'll wear my jammies with you.
Original Lyrics:
Jammin', boop sha wallawalla
I wanna jam it with you.
I wanna jam it with you.
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pyjamas, pyjamas
Original Lyrics:
Jammin', jammin'
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're German, German, And I hope you like Germans, too
Original Lyrics:
We're jammin', jammin', And I hope you like jammin', too
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're German, German
And I hope you like German too.
And I hope you like German too.
Original Lyrics:
We're jammin', jammin'
And I hope you like jammin' too.
And I hope you like jammin' too.
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
What chihuahua?
Original Lyrics:
Watcha-wa
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a roof rack over our heads
Original Lyrics:
With a roof right over our heads
"Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah, we're - we're jammin' (what a whore)
Thought you was a whore, we're jammin' (what a whore).
Thought you was a whore, we're jammin' (what a whore).
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, we're - we're jammin' (wotcha-wa)
Wotcha-wa-wa-wa, we're jammin' (wotcha-wa).
Wotcha-wa-wa-wa, we're jammin' (wotcha-wa).
"Jamming"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we're jamming in the name of the law
Original Lyrics:
And we're jamming in the name of the lord
"Jammin"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I hope you like pajamas, too.
Original Lyrics:
And I hope you like jammin', too.
"Mr. Brown"
Misheard Lyrics:
From Mandeville to Slide-A-Ville
Original Lyrics:
From Mandeville to Sligoville
This lyric is actually in the book 'Catch a Fire'. This lyric is frequently misquoted on lyric web boards. Most people think it is Slide-A-Ville but that makes no sense. There is no town named Slide-A-Ville in Jamaica. The true lyric is Sligoville, a town in Jamaica, that Mr. Brown travelled to from Mandeville, another town in Jamaica.
"Mr. Brown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mr. Brown is a clown
Who rides to town in a golf cart.
Who rides to town in a golf cart.
Original Lyrics:
Mr. Brown is a clown
Who rides to town in a coffin.
Who rides to town in a coffin.
"No More Trouble"
Misheard Lyrics:
We don't need no more Java.
Original Lyrics:
We don't need no more trouble.
"No Woman No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the government, you're entrenched now.
Original Lyrics:
In the government yard in Trenchtown
"No Woman No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
My fear is my only courage.
Original Lyrics:
My feet is my only carriage.
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ah lick'a toilet, don' shed no tears.
Original Lyrics:
Oh little darlin', don't shed no tears.
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we would cook some Neosporin
Of which I'll share with you.
Of which I'll share with you.
Original Lyrics:
And we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I'll share with you.
Of which I'll share with you.
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we would cook some Neosporin
Of which I'll share with you
Of which I'll share with you
Original Lyrics:
And we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I'll share with you.
Of which I'll share with you.
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we would cook some neosporin,
of which I'll share with you
of which I'll share with you
Original Lyrics:
And we would cook cornmeal porridge,
of which I'll share with you
of which I'll share with you
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
I remember when we used to sit
In the government you're entrenched in.
In the government you're entrenched in.
Original Lyrics:
I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown.
In the government yard in Trenchtown.
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the government fjord in Trtenchtown
Original Lyrics:
In the government yard in Trenchtown
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
My fear is my only courage.
Original Lyrics:
My feet is my only carriage.
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
No old man don't cry.
Original Lyrics:
No woman, no cry
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
No woman, no child
Original Lyrics:
No woman, no cry
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
No woman, no crack
or
No woman, no crime
or
No woman, no crime
Original Lyrics:
No woman no cry
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
No woman, no pride
Original Lyrics:
No woman, no cry
"No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
No worms in the pies
No burgers, no fries
No burgers, no fries
Original Lyrics:
No woman, no cry
No woman, no cry
No woman, no cry
"One Love (People Get Ready)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's get together to fight this
Holy 'I'm a Gideon'
Holy 'I'm a Gideon'
Original Lyrics:
Let's get together to fight this
Holy Armageddon
Holy Armageddon
"One Love/People Get Ready"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's get together
Do it like this only on my diddy-dong.
Do it like this only on my diddy-dong.
Original Lyrics:
Let's get together
To fight this holy Armagiddyon.
To fight this holy Armagiddyon.
"Rastaman Chant"
Misheard Lyrics:
Said I hear the angel with the seven seas,
saying, saying, oh yeah
Babylon, your control gone down, gone down,
Babylon, your control gone down
saying, saying, oh yeah
Babylon, your control gone down, gone down,
Babylon, your control gone down
Original Lyrics:
And I hear the angel with the seventh seal,
saying, saying, oh yeah.
Babylon your throne gone down, gone down,
Babylon your throne gone down
saying, saying, oh yeah.
Babylon your throne gone down, gone down,
Babylon your throne gone down
"Redemption Songs"
Misheard Lyrics:
Old Pirate is just a Rabbi
Sold out to a merchant ship.
Sold out to a merchant ship.
Original Lyrics:
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships.
Sold I to the merchant ships.
"Redemption Songs"
Misheard Lyrics:
Old pirate says the rabbi sold I to the merchant ship
Minutes before they took I into captivity.
Minutes before they took I into captivity.
Original Lyrics:
Old pirates yes they rob I sold I to the merchant ship
Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
"Redemption Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you make me sing
Of these taco people
'Cause they're all that make me mad
Detention song.
Of these taco people
'Cause they're all that make me mad
Detention song.
Original Lyrics:
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs.
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs.
"So Much Trouble In The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone's travellin' in the world
Original Lyrics:
So much trouble in the world
"Stir It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Serious
or
Cereal
or
Cereal
Original Lyrics:
Stir it up
"Stir It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little darlin', cereal.
Original Lyrics:
Little darlin', stir it up.
"Stir It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little town in Syria
Original Lyrics:
Little darlin', stir it up.
"Stir It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Serious, little darlin'.
Original Lyrics:
Stir it up, little darlin'.
"Stir It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Syria
or
Serious
or
Serious
Original Lyrics:
Stir it up
"Stir it Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little town in Syria
Original Lyrics:
Little darlin', stir it up.
"Sun Is Shingin"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a rainbow Jew.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a rainbow, too.
"Sun Is Shining"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a lesbian.
Original Lyrics:
To the rescue.
"Wait In Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to wait a day for you love.
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to wait in vain for your love.
"Wait In Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Using my sperm, using my sperm
Original Lyrics:
Tears in my eyes burn, tears in my eyes burn.
"Waiting In Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ew girl, ew girl
Is this the way we go?
I wanna know now
So I can rock your boat.
Is this the way we go?
I wanna know now
So I can rock your boat.
Original Lyrics:
Ooh girl, ooh girl
Is it feasible?
I wanna know now
For I to knock some more.
Is it feasible?
I wanna know now
For I to knock some more.
"Waiting In Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want a wedding dress for your love.
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to wait in vain for your love.
"Waiting In Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tears in my sperm, tears in my sperm
While I'm waiting, while I'm waiting for my turn.
While I'm waiting, while I'm waiting for my turn.
Original Lyrics:
Tears in my eyes burn, tears in my eyes burn
While I'm waiting, while I'm waiting for my turn.
While I'm waiting, while I'm waiting for my turn.
"Waiting In Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tears in my sperm
Tears in my sperm.
Tears in my sperm.
Original Lyrics:
Tears in my eyes burn
Tears in my eyes burn.
Tears in my eyes burn.
"Waiting in Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tears in my iceberg, while I'm waiting
While I'm waiting for my girl.
While I'm waiting for my girl.
Original Lyrics:
Tears in my eyes burn, while I'm waiting
While I'm waiting for my turn.
While I'm waiting for my turn.
"Want More"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down, black diver, down black diver.
Original Lyrics:
Go down, back-biter, down, back-biter!
"Who The Cap Fit"
Misheard Lyrics:
Who The Gap fit, let them wear it.
Original Lyrics:
Who the cap fit, let them wear it.
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