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Toots & The Maytals - The Roots of Reggae - 54-46 Was My Number
The Roots of Reggae
01. Soul Shakedown Party
02. Everything I Own
03. You Can Get It If You Really Want It
04. Black and White
05. Hurt So Good
06. Man in the Street
07. Barber Saloon
08. Let Me Down Easy
09. I Am a Madman
10. Israelites
11. Help Me Make It Through the Night
12. 54-46 Was My Number
13. Kaya
14. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
15. To Be Young, Gifted and Black
16. Rock Me in Dub
17. Java
18. What You Gonna Do on Judgement Day
Stick it up, mister!
Hear what I say sir, yeah yeah
Get your hands in the air, sir!
Then you will get no hurt, mister, no no no

I said yeah (I said yeah)
What they say (listen what they say)
Don't you hear? I say, yeah (yeah yeah)
Listen what they say (listen what they say)

Do you believe I would take such a thing with me
And give it to a police man?
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
And if I do that, I would say "Sir
Come on and put the charge on me"
I wouldn't do that, no (ooh, ooh)
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)

I'm not a fool to hurt myself
So I was innocent of what they done to me
They was wrong
They were wrong (ooh, ooh)

Give it to me one time (huh)
Give it to me two times (huh-huh)
Give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh)
Give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)

54-46 was my number
Right now, someone else has that number
54-46 was my number, was my number
Right now, someone else has that number

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

Give it to me one time (huh)
Give it to me two times (huh-huh)
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
No, no, no, no