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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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Everybody, give it to me, uh
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, yeah (uh)
Alright, oh, yeah, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, yeah, alright now
Come give it to me

I want you to believe every word I say
Want you to believe everything I do
I said music is what I've got, baby
And I've got to find some way to make it
Music is what I've got, baby
I want you to come on and shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, baby
Oh, yeah, yeah

Na, na, na (na)
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na
Oh, yeah
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Come on

Funky, funky, funky
Funky Kingston
Is what I've got for you now, oh, yeah
Funky Kingston
Yeah, is what I've got for you
Funky Kingston, oh, yeah
Oh
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Lemme hear your funky guitar
Eh, eh, eh
Eh, eh, eh
Eh, eh, eh, yo, reggae
Uh, yeah, play that
Lick it to me, yeah, lick it to me
(Oh)

Na-na-na-na-na, ah
Oh, yeah, alright, oh, yeah
Na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-di-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da
Watch me now
You watch me now, oh, God

Playing from east to west now
I just play from north to south, yeah
All over America
People keep on asking me for 

Funky Kingston
But I ain't got none
Someone take it away from me
You gotta go and fetch one
Funky Kingston
They keep on asking me
But I ain't got none
Somebody take it from me
You gotta go and fetch one
Funky Kingston
Funky Kingston
Funky Kingston, oh, Lord

(Na-na-na-na)
(Na-na-na-na)

East to west no-now
From north to south now
Over America

People keep on asking me for 
Funky Kingston
But I ain't got none
Somebody take it away from me
You gotta go and get you one
I ain't got none
Funky Kingston
Somebody take it away from me
You gotta go and buy yourself one
Funky Kingston 

(Na-na-na-na)
(Na-na-na-na)
(Na-na-na-na)
(Na-na-na-na)
(Na-na-na-na)

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