54-46 Was My Number

Stick it up, mister!

Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah

Get your hands in the air, sir!

And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no

I said yeah (I said yeah)

Listen what they say (listen what they say)

Can you hear me 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, oh no (ooh, ooh)

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 (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 were wrong (ooh, ooh), oh yeah

They were wrong (ooh, ooh)

You give it to me one time (huh)

You give it to me two times (huh-huh)

You give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh)

You give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)

54-46 was my number, was my number, man

Right now, someone else has that number

54-46 was my number, well

Right now, someone else has that number

And I said yeah (I said yeah)

Listen what they say (listen what they say)

Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah)

Listen what they say (listen what they say)

Oh, work could not control me now

Oh, no bars could not hold me now

They hold I down and they lock-a you way

They try to keep I for a year and a day

But through the powers of the Most High God

Got to turn me lose, I say

54-46 was my number, was my number, man

Right now, someone else has that number, well

54-46 was my number, was my number, man

Right now, someone else has that number, hey