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Toots & the Maytals

The Maytals, known from 1972 to 2020 as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group, one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert, who died in 2020, was considered a reggae pioneer on par with Bob Marley. His soulful vocal style was compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Singers. After Hibbert's death, the Maytals indicated that they would continue as a working group.Their 1968 single "Do the Reggay" was the first song to use the word "reggae", coining the name of the genre and introducing it to a global audience. The Oxford English Dictionary credits Toots and the Maytals… more »

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Listen what I say (listen what I say)
I said hear me now (I said, yeah)
Listen what I say (listen what I say)

I said, "Stick it up, mister"
Hear what I say, sir
Get your hands in the air, sir
Then you will get no hurt mister
Ah, do what I say, sir
Ah, just what I mean sir
Get your hands in the air, sir
Then you will get no hurt, no

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Listen what I say (listen what I say)
I said hear me now (I said, yeah)
Listen what I say (listen what I say)

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He say, "What's your number, man?", I don't answer
He say, "What's your number now?"
He say "What's your number now?" 
I said, "Fifty-four, forty-six, that's my number", whoa
Fifty-four, forty-six, that's my number, one more time
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Fifty-four, forty-six, that's my number

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Listen what I say (listen what I say)
I said hear me now (I said, yeah)
Listen what I say (listen what I say)

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Listen what I say (listen what I say)
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Listen what I say (listen what I say)

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Hear what I say, sir
Get your hands in the air, sir
You will get no hurt, sir, me say

Turn out your left pocket
Ah, give me a clean shirt, sir
Take off your shirt, sir
I not want no racket now

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Stick it up, mister now (I said, yeah)
Hear what I say, sir

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