Bob Marley — Lyric Analysis

LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 29 songs across 3 albums by Bob Marley. They use 739 unique words out of 3,163 (lexical richness MATTR 0.54), with an average of 109 content words per song. Emotional tone: 83% of songs positive, 0% neutral, 17% negative.

Most used words by Bob Marley

1. know (78)
2. love (71)
3. jah (54)
4. right (50)
5. lord (49)
6. people (47)
7. try (47)
8. stand (46)
9. good (44)
10. cry (44)
11. stir (38)
12. feel (36)
13. want (36)
14. give (33)
15. keep (32)
16. yes (32)
17. move (30)
18. one (30)
19. movement (28)
20. say (27)

Signature phrases

• “movement jah people” (28)
• “jah people movement” (15)
• “people movement jah” (15)
• “fussing fighting” (13)
• “little darlin stir” (11)
• “new second hand” (11)
• “brand new second” (11)
• “stir little darlin” (10)
• “shot sheriff” (10)
• “soul satisfy soul” (9)

Colors in the lyrics

• red (3)
• blue (3)
• gold (2)
• brown (2)
• black (2)
• rose (1)
• silver (1)

Albums analyzed

• Mr Brown (2010)
• Bob Marley & The Chineke! Orchestra (2022)
• Archive Series