What was the last song Bob Marley performed on stage? Here’s a hint, the main melody line was inspired by War’s song "Slipping Into Darkness". The answer is “Get Up Stand Up”. While on tour in Haiti, the extreme poverty Marley witnessed provided the spark that created the song. Marley and Peter Tosh wrote the song using the horn hook from "Slipping Into Darkness" as the basis of the melody. Marley has stated in interviews his admiration for the band War and the inspiration their music gave him created the song Rolling Stone magazine declared as the most important song of Bob Marley’s career. It is one of many human rights anthems by The Wailers and it was a concert closer for Bob Marley and the Wailers for years. On the 23rd of September 1980, Marley‘s last performance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ended with this anthem.