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There is a part in the Song Get Up, Stand Up Live at the Rainbow Concert 1977..... At some point he sings something that is not in the original lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLYOOez ... rt_radio=1 (Minute 3:56 onwards)

I have been asking myself for years what is he singing here?

Bob is joining the backing vocals. If you ask me, they sing something like 'yah yah yah' or 'nah nah nah'.
Maybe someone else inhere can finetune the backings.

hans wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2026 2:48 pm Bob is joining the backing vocals. If you ask me, they sing something like 'yah yah yah' or 'nah nah nah'.
Maybe someone else inhere can finetune the backings.

It sounds like he is singing Ma Saleh... But I do not even know what it means or what could it mean

I had a discussion years ago about this. At the time I thought it was "I must try yeah" but it was suggested it could be " A Mass Charlie" the title of an old mento song.

I really don't know for sure.

my 'guess' is "I've got it, I've got it, I've got it" ???? although at first I thought it was ''I'm dying, I'm dying", but I can't imagine Bob singing those words at that time in his life?
Bit of a mystery.


Bass man Inyaki was very knowledgable on Ja artist lyrics having been backing many, on tours (he was especially helpful with Joseph Hills lyrics, some of which had puzzled me for years)
[urlhttps://www.discogs.com/artist/1252446-Inyaky-Yarritu][/url]

django1968 wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 3:59 pm I had a discussion years ago about this. At the time I thought it was "I must try yeah" but it was suggested it could be " A Mass Charlie" the title of an old mento song.

I really don't know for sure.

at first i thought it could be i'm ras marley....but that was when I was new to reggae and i was about 15.....I wish someone could have asked someone knowledgable like neville garrick when he was alive.

just had a listen, at first i thought he was saying "My Collie" or "My Calling" but after 2-3 listens im pretty sure it's "Mus call HIM"