One Love / People Get Ready – English Lyrics

• By: Bob Marley and The Wailers

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the harmonious world of Bob Marley's "One Love/People Get Ready" and discover a powerful message of unity and hope. This iconic song, blending reggae rhythms with a call for global togetherness, offers a unique opportunity to explore themes of peace, forgiveness, and social justice while enriching your understanding of English. Learn how music can transcend boundaries and inspire change through Marley's timeless lyrics.

[English]

(chill reggae music)

♪ One love, one heart ♪

♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪

♪ Hear the children crying ♪

♪ One love ♪

♪ Hear the children crying ♪

♪ One heart ♪

♪ Sayin, give thanks and praise to the Lord ♪

♪ And I will feel all right ♪

♪ Sayin, let's get together and feel all right ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ Let them all pass all their dirty remarks ♪

♪ One love ♪

♪ There is one question I'd really love to ask ♪

♪ One heart ♪

♪ Is there a place for the hopeless sinners ♪

♪ Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own ♪

♪ Believe me ♪

♪ One love ♪

♪ What about one heart ♪

♪ One heart ♪

♪ What about the love ♪

♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪

♪ As it was in the beginning ♪

♪ One love ♪

♪ So shall it be in the end ♪

♪ One heart ♪

♪ Alright, give thanks and praise to the Lord ♪

♪ And I will feel all right ♪

♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪

♪ One more thing ♪

♪ Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon ♪

♪ One love ♪

♪ So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom ♪

♪ One song ♪

♪ Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner ♪

♪ There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation ♪

♪ Sayin', one love ♪

♪ What about the one heart ♪

♪ One heart ♪

♪ What about the ♪

♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪

♪ I'm pleading to mankind ♪

♪ One love ♪

♪ One heart, One heart ♪

♪ Give thanks and praise to the Lord ♪

♪ And I will feel all right ♪

♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪

♪ Give thanks and praise to the Lord ♪

♪ And I will feel all right ♪

♪ I said, let's get together and feel all right ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - an organ that pumps blood noun - the center of emotion or feeling
children /ˈtʃɪldrən/ A1	noun - young human beings
crying /ˈkraɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - shedding tears in distress
thanks /θæŋks/ A1	noun - an expression of gratitude
praise /preɪz/ B1	noun - expression of approval or admiration verb - to express approval or admiration
Lord /lɔːrd/ A2	noun - a title for God or Jesus Christ
dirty /ˈdɜːrti/ A2	adjective - not clean
remarks /rɪˈmɑːrks/ B1	noun - comments or statements verb - to say something as a comment
question /ˈkwɛstʃən/ A2	noun - a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information verb - ask (someone) questions
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position or location verb - to put something in a particular location
hopeless /ˈhoʊpləs/ B2	adjective - feeling or causing despair about the possibility of finding a solution or improvement
sinners /ˈsɪnərz/ B2	noun - people who commit sins
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - cause pain or injury to
mankind /ˌmænˈkaɪnd/ B1	noun - human beings considered collectively; the human race
fight /faɪt/ A2	verb - take part in a violent struggle involving physical force or weapons. noun - a violent confrontation or struggle.
holy /ˈhoʊli/ B1	adjective - dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
pity /ˈpɪti/ B2	noun - the feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the suffering of others. verb - feel sorrow and compassion for the suffering of others.
creation /kriˈeɪʃən/ B2	noun - the act of bringing something into existence.

Key Grammar Structures

• Let's get together and feel all right

  ➔ Imperative mood/ Suggestion; 'Let's' + base form of the verb

  ➔ 'Let's' is a contraction of 'Let us', used to make suggestions. It is followed by the base form of the verb (e.g., 'get').

• Hear the children crying

  ➔ Verb of perception + object + present participle

  ➔ The verb "hear" is a verb of perception. The structure "hear" + "the children" (object) + "crying" (present participle) describes the action that is being perceived. The present participle indicates that the action is ongoing.

• Is there a place for the hopeless sinners

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with "there is/are"

  ➔ This is an interrogative sentence which asks whether a place exists for 'hopeless sinners'. The sentence structure is formed by inverting "there is" to "is there" to form a question.

• Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own

  ➔ Relative clause using "who"

  ➔ "Who" introduces a relative clause that provides more information about the preceding noun. In this case, it describes the kind of person being discussed ('the hopeless sinners').

• As it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end

  ➔ Inversion with "so"; parallel structure

  ➔ The phrase "so shall it be" is an example of inversion for emphasis. It mirrors the structure of "as it was in the beginning," creating a sense of parallelism and poetic balance.

• Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner

  ➔ Relative Clause with Possessive Pronoun "whose"

  ➔ The word "whose" is a possessive relative pronoun. It connects the relative clause "whose chances grow thinner" to the main clause and indicates possession or a relationship between 'those' and 'chances'.