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Toots & the Maytals

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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 »


Year:
1996
6:16
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Get Up, Stand Up (x2)
I was going...to see my love
And I was going
Get ready, brother 

Get ready, sister
I was going...to see my love
I was flowing 
Get on board the train

For the evening train would be too late
Get on board the train
For the evening train will be too late
But I don't hear it

Where is the evening train?
Sitting in the brightened sun
Waiting for the day to come
Wishing for the night to come

That won't help
Sitting in the brightened sun
That won't help
Each the night and day will come

That won't help
Get up now
Get up, stand up now
Sitting inside a soul

Crying every day for more [Repeat: x 2]
That won't help
Crying every day for more 
Fly a bird in the evening sun

Burning out of control [Repeat: x 2]
That won't help
see'mon, see'mon...
Get Up, Stand Up

Time is going down now
My summer love is fading

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Written by: Frederick Hibbert

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