

Stick it up, mister! Hear what I say, sir, yeah... Get your hands in the air, sir! And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no I said yeah What did I say? Don't you hear? I said yeah (yeah yeah) Listen to what I say (what I say) Do you believe I would take something with me And give it to the police man? I wouldn't do that, now listen to me one more time I wouldn't do that And if I do that, I would say "sir, put the charge on me" I wouldn't do that No, I wouldn't do that I'm not a fool to hurt myself So I was innocent of what they done to me They was wrong Listen to me, they were wrong Give it to me one time Give it to me two time Give it to me three time Give it to me four time 54 46 was my number Right now, someone else has that number
Stick it up, mister! Hear what I say, sir, yeah... Get your hands in the air, sir! And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no I said yeah What did I say? Don't you hear? I said yeah (yeah yeah) Listen to what I say (what I say) Do you believe I would take something with me And give it to the police man? I wouldn't do that, now listen to me one more time I wouldn't do that And if I do that, I would say "sir, put the charge on me" I wouldn't do that No, I wouldn't do that I'm not a fool to hurt myself So I was innocent of what they done to me They was wrong Listen to me, they were wrong Give it to me one time Give it to me two time Give it to me three time Give it to me four time 54 46 was my number Right now, someone else has that number
A canção “54‑46 (That’s My Number)” foi gravada por Toots & The Maytals e lançada originalmente nos selos Beverley, na Jamaica, e Pyramid, no Reino Unido.
Um ano após o lançamento, a versão “54‑46 Was My Number” tornou‑se uma das primeiras músicas de reggae a alcançar ampla popularidade fora da Jamaica, sendo considerada um marco definidor do gênero.
A faixa tem sido incluída em múltiplas antologias de reggae, a ponto de vários títulos de compilações adotarem “54‑46” como parte de seu nome.
A letra relata a experiência de Fred “Toots” Hibbert na prisão, após sua detenção por posse de maconha.
O ritmo da música apresenta semelhanças com o riddim de “Train to Skaville”, hit da banda contemporânea The Ethiopians.
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