Schönes aus unserer Kindheit

Everyone’s feelin‘ prettyIt’s hotter than JulyThough the world’s full of problemsThey couldn’t touch us even if they triedFrom the park I hear rhythmsMarley’s hot on the boxTonight there will be a partyOn the corner at the end of the blockDidn’t know you would be jammin‘ until the break of dawnSee, nobody ever told youThat you would be jammin‘ until the break of dawnYou would be jammin‘ and jammin‘ and jammin‘ jam ohHa, ha, ohThey want us to join their fightingBut our answer todayIs to let all our worriesLike the breeze through our fingers slip awayPeace has come to ZimbabweThird World’s right on the oneNow’s the time for celebration’Cause we’ve only just begunDidn’t know youWould be jammin‘ until the break of dawnSee, nobody ever told youThat you would be jammin‘ until the break of dawnSee, nobody ever told you that you(We’re in the middle of the making’s of the master blaster jammin‘)Would be jammin‘ until the break of dawnI know nobody told you that youWould be jammin‘ until the break of dawnBut we’re jammin‘, jammin‘, jammin‘, jam onHa, haYou ask me am I happyWell as matter of factI can say that I’m ecstatic’Cause we all just made a pactWe’ve agreed to get togetherJoined as children in JahWhen you’re moving in the positiveYour destination is the brightest starYou didn’t know that you(We’re in the middle of the makings of the master blaster jammin‘)Would be jammin‘ until the break of dawnBet you nobody ever told you that you(We’re in the middle of the makings of the master blaster jammin‘)Would be jammin‘ until the break of dawnOh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh you(We’re in the middle of the makings of the master blaster jammin‘)Would be jammin‘ until the break of dawnDon’t you stop the music, oh no, no, no, no(We’re in the middle of the making’s of the master blaster jammin‘)Nah, nah, nah, nah, no(We’re in the middle of the makings of the master blaster jammin‘)Don’t know lovin‘, ain’t nobody told youOh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh you(We’re in the middle of the makings of the master blaster jammin‘)Would be jammin‘ until the break of dawnI bet you if someone approaches youYesterday to tell you that you would be jammin’You would not believe itBecause you never thought that you would be jammin’Oh, oh, oh, oh(We’re in the middle of the making’s of the master blaster jammin‘)Jammin‘ ‚til the break of dawnOh, oh, you may as well believe what you are feelin’Because you feel your body jammin‘

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Master Blaster (Jammin’) ist ein Reggae-Song von Stevie Wonder aus dem Jahr 1980, das von ihm geschrieben, gesungen und produziert wurde. Er erschien auf dem Album Hotter than July sowie als Single.

Der Song beschreibt ein friedliches Miteinander aller Völker in Frieden die sich zur gemeinsamen Party bis zum Sonnenaufgang einfinden.

Das Stück stellt eine Hommage an Bob Marley dar, den Wonder 1975 in Kingston traf. Der Song wurde am 12. September 1980 als Vorabsingle aus dem Album Hotter than July ausgekoppelt, das am 29. September veröffentlicht wurde.