IS THIS LOVE
I wanna love you
And treat you right
I wanna love you
Every day and every night
We’ll be together
With a roof right over our heads
We’ll share the shelter
Of my single bed
We’ll share the same room, yeah
For Jah provide the bread
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love?
Is this love that I’m feeling?
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love?
Is this love that I’m feeling?
I wanna know, wanna know, wanna know now
I got to know, got to know, got to know now
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I, I’m willing and able
So I throw my cards on your table
I wanna love you, I wanna love and treat
Love and treat you right
I wanna love you
Every day and every night
We’ll be together, yeah
With a roof right over our heads
We’ll share the shelter, yeah, oh-yeah
Of my single bed
We’ll share the same room, yeah
For Jah provides the bread
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love?
Is this love that I’m feeling?
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love?
Is this love that I’m feeling?
Wo-o-o-oah
Oh, yes, I know; yes, I know, yes, I know now
Oh, yes, I know; yes, I know, yes, I know now
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I, I’m willing and able
So I throw my cards on your table
See, I wanna love you, I wanna love and treat you
Love and treat you right
I wanna love you
Every day and every night
We’ll be together
With a roof right over our heads
We’ll share the shelter
Of my single bed
We’ll share the same room, yeah
Jah provides the bread
We’ll share the shelter
Of my single bed
We’ll share the same room
.
One love! One heart!
Let’s get together and feel alright
Hear the children crying (One love!)
Hear the children crying (One heart!)
…I’m pleading to mankind! (One love!)…
As it was in the beginning (One love!)
Comment by Heidi Stephenson on 10 March, 2026 at 4:15 pmSo shall it be in the end (One heart!)
Some of Bob’s songs inspired by biblical quotations
Song // Lyric Excerpt // Biblical Reference
“Small Axe” “The goodness of Jah-Jah I-dureth for I-ver” Psalm 52:1: “…the goodness of God endureth continually.”
“Small Axe” “Whosoever diggeth a pit shall fall in it” Proverbs 26:27: “Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein…”
“Zion Train” “Don’t gain the world and lose your soul / Wisdom is better than silver and gold” Proverbs 16:16: “How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!” and Matthew 16:26.
“Forever Loving Jah” “Just like a tree planted by the rivers of water…” Psalm 1:3: “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water…”
“Forever Loving Jah” “Only a fool lean upon his own misunderstanding” Proverbs 3:5: “…lean not unto thine own understanding.”
“Survival” “We’re the survivors, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego” Daniel 3: The story of three men thrown into a fiery furnace and surviving.
“Jah Live” “Fools sayin’ in their heart Rasta your God is dead” Psalm 14:1: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”
“Johnny Was” “The wages of sin is death… gift of Jah is life” Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life…”
Comment by Claire on 12 March, 2026 at 7:10 pm