Reggae Song with "Crossed Over Seven Seas" Lyric: "Exodus" by Bob Marley

Track Identification

The line "crossed over seven seas" appears in "Exodus" by Bob Marley & The Wailers (1977, album Exodus). The full couplet:

"Open your eyes and look within / Are you satisfied with the life you're living? / We know where we're going / We know where we're from / We're leaving Babylon / We're going to our Father's land / Crossed over seven seas / Exodus, movement of Jah people"

Context

The song draws on the biblical Exodus narrative as a metaphor for Rastafarian repatriation to Africa and liberation from oppression ("Babylon"). The "seven seas" evokes a global, epic journey.

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