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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Performer
Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley
Remixer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Producer
Aston Barrett
Aston Barrett
Mixing Engineer
Chris Blackwell
Chris Blackwell
Mixing Engineer
Karl Pitterson
Karl Pitterson
Mixing Engineer
Guy Bidmead
Guy Bidmead
Assistant Recording Engineer
Terry Barham
Terry Barham
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley
Studio Personnel

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Exodus
Movement of Jah people
Oh yeah, open up your eyes and let em tell you this
[Verse 2]
Men and people will fight ya down
Tell me why
When ya see Jah light
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Let me tell you if you're not wrong
Then, why?
Everything is all right
So we gonna walk, all right
Through de roads of creation
We the generation
Tell me why
Trod through great tribulation
Trod through great tribulation
[Verse 3]
Exodus, all right
Movement of Jah people
Oh yeah, oh yeah, all right
Exodus
Movement of Jah people
Oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, well
[Verse 4]
Uh! Open your eyes and look within
Are you satisfied?
With the life you're living?
Huh!
We know where we're going, uh!
We know where we're from
We're leaving Babylon
We're going to our fatherland
2, 3, 4
[Verse 5]
Exodus
Movement of Jah people
Oh yeah
Movement of Jah people
Send us another brother Moses
Movement of Jah people
From across the Red Sea
Movement of Jah people
Send us another brother Moses
Movement of Jah people
Gonna across the Red Sea
Movement of Jah people
[Verse 6]
Open your eyes and look within
Are you satisfied?
With the life you're living?
We know where we're going
We know where we're from
We're leaving Babylon, y'all
We're going to our Father's land
[Verse 7]
Exodus, all right
Movement of Jah people
Exodus
Exodus, all right
Exodus, now, now, now, now
Exodus, one, two, three, four
Move
Move
Move
Movement of Jah people
Move, movement of Jah people
Move, movement of Jah people
Move, movement of Jah people
Move, movement of Jah people
[Verse 8]
Jah come to break down 'pression
Rule equality
Wipe away transgression
Set the captives free
[Verse 9]
Exodus, all right, all right
Movement of Jah people
Oh yeah
Exodus
Movement of Jah people
Movement of Jah people
Movement of Jah people
Movement of Jah people
Movement of Jah people
Movement of Jah people
Movement of Jah people
Move
Written by: Bob Marley

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