My Cup Lyrics
[Intro]
My cup is running over, I don't know what to do
My cup is running over, I don't know what to do
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
[Chorus]
Yes, I've got to cry, cry, cry
People let me cry, cry, cry
Said I feel a little bit better (Cry, cry, cry)
If only I got to cry, cry, cry
[Verse 1: Bob Marley]
Now that I, lost you
I've lost the best friend that I ever knew
Now that I, realize (Realize)
It makes me (Makes me)
It makes me (Makes me)
So mad
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell you
My cup is running over, I don't know what to do
My cup is running over, I don't know what to do
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
My cup is running over, I don't know what to do
My cup is running over, I don't know what to do
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
[Chorus]
Yes, I've got to cry, cry, cry
People let me cry, cry, cry
Said I feel a little bit better (Cry, cry, cry)
If only I got to cry, cry, cry
[Verse 1: Bob Marley]
Now that I, lost you
I've lost the best friend that I ever knew
Now that I, realize (Realize)
It makes me (Makes me)
It makes me (Makes me)
So mad
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell you
My cup is running over, I don't know what to do
My cup is running over, I don't know what to do
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
[Chorus]
Yes, I've got to cry, cry, cry (Cry, cry, cry)
People let me cry, cry, cry (Cry, cry, cry)
(Cry, cry, cry)
(Cry, cry, cry)
[Verse 2: Bob Marley]
Now that I, lost you
I've lost the best friend that I ever knew
Now that I, realize (Realize)
It makes me (Makes me)
It makes me (Makes me)
So mad
[Outro]
Tell you my cup, cup is running over baby
And I don't know what to, don't know what to do yea
Tell you my cup, running over
And I don't know, don't know, don't know, what to do
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
Yes I've got to cry, cry, cry
People let me (Cry, cry, cry)
I would feel a little bit better (Cry, cry, cry)
Bah dun dun dun (Cry, cry, cry)
Oh yeah (Cry, cry, cry)
Oh yea (Cry, cry, cry)
Cry, cry, cry
Yes, I've got to cry, cry, cry (Cry, cry, cry)
People let me cry, cry, cry (Cry, cry, cry)
(Cry, cry, cry)
(Cry, cry, cry)
[Verse 2: Bob Marley]
Now that I, lost you
I've lost the best friend that I ever knew
Now that I, realize (Realize)
It makes me (Makes me)
It makes me (Makes me)
So mad
[Outro]
Tell you my cup, cup is running over baby
And I don't know what to, don't know what to do yea
Tell you my cup, running over
And I don't know, don't know, don't know, what to do
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
No I don't know (No, I don't know)
Yes I've got to cry, cry, cry
People let me (Cry, cry, cry)
I would feel a little bit better (Cry, cry, cry)
Bah dun dun dun (Cry, cry, cry)
Oh yeah (Cry, cry, cry)
Oh yea (Cry, cry, cry)
Cry, cry, cry
About
Genius Annotation
Track #5 on Soul Rebels.
This is the first album released outside of Jamaica.
Released December 1970.
Written and sampled by James Brown-“I Guess I’ll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry”.
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- 1.Soul Rebel
- 2.Try Me
- 3.It’s Alright
- 4.No Sympathy
- 5.My Cup
- 7.Rebel’s Hop
- 8.Corner Stone
- 10.No Water
- 11.Reaction
- 12.My Sympathy
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December 1, 1970
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