Hibbert began to be active in Jamaican music in the mid-1970s, working as a keyboard player as part of The Professionals, The Aggrovators and The Revolutionaries, and playing on dozens of albums by artists such as Johnny Clarke, Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy London, Delroy Wilson, and Linval Thompson.
It has since been covered by several artists, among others Buju Banton, Andrew Tosh, Greensky Bluegrass, The Aggrovators, U Roy, UB40 and Peps Persson who made a Swedish version called "Liden såg" (Small saw).