The lyrics describe Toots' time in prison after being arrested for possession of marijuana.
The song features a similar riddim to "Train to Skaville"[4] by Toots and the Maytals' contemporaries, the Ethiopians.
[5] The song appears in the sci-fi film Repo Men and in the series Narcos: Mexico.
Pitchfork describes the song as "a genre-defining classic from legendary ska/reggae group Toots and the Maytals.
"[8] This release contains newly recorded vocals from frontman Toots Hibbert specifically designed for Major Lazer, changing the original lyrics to incorporate the group into the song while keeping the original melody.