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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Musician
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Marley
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Marley
Producer
Chris Blackwell
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Root natty roots
Dread bringing dread
I and I are the roots
Some are leaves, some are branches
I and I are the roots
Some are dry wood
For the fire
Would you look at that
They need a dry wood
To cook their raw food
Would you look at that
Got to survive in this man maniac down pression
Got to survive
In irration
[Verse 2]
It's a root, not the root
Dread bringing dread
I and I are the roots
Some are wolf
In sheep clothing
Would you look at that
Many are gone
And few are called
Would you look at that
[Verse 3]
Nothing they can do
To separate I and I
From the law of our father
You see blood, is thicker than water
Would you look at that
Got to survive in the gale
Got to survive, people don't fret, no
We got the root, not the root
Dread bringing dread
I and I are the roots
Root not dead
Dread bringing
I and I are the root
[Verse 4]
Root not the root
Dread bringing dread
Written by: Bob Marley