Here we have lyrics to an old bajan dub song by the local comedian-music group Madd, I took the time and patience to decipher the 5 stanzas, err verses. Minus the chorus because it's pretty repetitive. It's comical lyrical tune with a very important underlying meaning. The thug-badboy-gangsta life does not end very well. Take a listen to some of the hardcore rhymes.
MADD - Last Saturday Night lyrics
down through de alley playing piece o romey
risking my coppers at a boy salary
cards hard, can't win a lil grantley
gamble out ma grandmother light bill money
brek like a bottle, mah pocket empty
wud like to check a fete but aint had nah currency
so I slide, glide home to granny old house
then rememba she did saying she sleeping by de men's house
gone in she apron first thing I see, sir grantley hundred dollar bill peepin at me
well I stash de cash, old girl ah sorry
you can't be borne, yuh can't miss this lil berry
beep beep beep-beep, outside car horn blow
my man Jon Bockey holla "come lewwe go"
so I rush in de yard, hold a cowboy quick
grab de keys and in de car hop in it
thick! was de smoke from de chronic
though he had a *carrot and i hit piece of rit
turn up de beenie man, run de rout'
"be careful ya hear" me old granny shout
relax old girl, "you know that i will"
[and I hope you rememba ta pay me light bill]
eerrrrrrrkx! we ease pon this set
to collect
a lil school girl friend of mine name Yvette
only 13, but she body correct. correct!
she come by de window in a bare brassiere
she mudda holler out "she ain't leffin in hay"
I say "woman shut ya face, somebody call you"
"Yvette run de rout' or wait, wah fah do"
["I figure u deaf or u play u can't hear
i say that Yvette aint leffin in hay"]
"wait Yvette uze a woman or a lil baby
you chilling wid you mudda or you touring wid me
cos I int no lil boy, don't play wid my brain
as you can't hang wit me, doan come round me again"
she ease from de window, put on she clothes quick
shove in she nose-ring, piece o lipstick
bore past she mudda in de verandah
sat on my lap and exchanged saliva
first *date crack, jack and we gone
lef she mudda cursing and carrying on
"ya lil school rat, ya aint got na shame
when de police got ya tail, doan call my name"
so we pull up by de fete, place correct
passed the gate man and we gon thru de door
one DJ Supa spinning hard tune galore pon de floor
women like sand, place ram
and Jon Bockey, got a little thing wukkin-up... pan
ort man
sudden so, a musty man wid he bad breath self
up in my face threatening my health
bout i mash he big toe
and dint tell he sorry, so he got 5 minds to chop up my anantomy
well you see dah talk, barely asking for trouble
I introduce he head to a sweet drink bottle
one lash in he mels' I know dat does hurt
and I draw my sword to give Two Son's some work
but lucky fuh he, George from de Baylan'
grabble me tight and hol' on pun my hand
cos George know that I sick
I does fight wid de best
I wuh make that boy mudda go and buy a black dress
he ease off de ground, hol' on pon he head
look in he hand, all he see was red
ease thru de door, look back and he say "you feel that it done, but it aint done dey"
fete done and I ready to go home
high, tired, drunk to de bone
gone behind de car to leh go lil wee wee
and a mind tell me look round and who shall I see
same bad breath man wid 3 otha men
dem wid shotguns and he wid a lens'
"dat dats daz de man dey, yuh feel ya cudda crack my head and get way"
BLAM BLAM shotgun shotty start to bark
I dive behind de car, no time to skylark
I reach in my hip for my nine milleme-ta
no retreat, no surren-da
BLAX! BLAX! and I start lick a shot
BADDAX BADDAX! and I dare not stop
till I see a boy fall and hol' he belly
well once there was 4 and now there are 3
same time Jon Bockey now step out de dance
see wha gine on and he each in he pants
for he mister tom feller wuh ya call magnum
but John Bockey aint get chance to use um
BUDDUNG BUDUUNG! shot gun in he chest
and Jon fell to his eternal rest
o Lord, my God he neva wudda live
they lef more holes in Jon that a sieve
Yvette holla "murda, call de police"
hear my de gun barking and just when it cease
she run cross de road to *memba ta hide
and I holla "no Yvette no go back inside"
but too late BLAM BLAM! shotgun in she head, and I watch my girlfriend how she fall down dead
and I panic and I get up and run to help she
BLAM BLAM! shotgun hit me right in me belly
and I look up and se de same bad breath man
smiling at me, wit a gun in he hand
so I rase up my weapon to get off a shot
but I felt so weak and fell pon de spot
and look round, see Jon Buckey bead, Yvette with a big hole in she head
BLAM BLAM! he pull de trigger again
and in my chest I felt a burning pain
in a split second it was over and done
I live by de sword and die by de gun
easy so my life out like a candle
in de darkness I saw de death angel
and cried "o Lord have mercy on ma soul"
I lost my life at fifteen years old.
* for some of the words I guessed.
I think the best part of this is the quick flow in the beginning of verse 3.
Thanks to BoyceVoice for the mp3!
For more of the old bajanisms + lyricists see > http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bajan+old+dub
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
club-JSF_the SURRENDER house mix
Yup, been blogcrastinating, but still made time to mash out a quick mix post. Done last night, Sept.8th.. a few European summer hits that were in heavy rotation on my system > listen to transitions from Club-House to Electro to Trance. x
DanceTrippin [Original Mix] - Apademic
Police In Helicopter [Dopefish 2010 Mix] - Dopefish
Tweak Your Nipple [Beltek Remix] - Faithless
Sax & House [Original Mix] - Ivan Project
Diamond Life [Daddy's Groove Magic Island Rework] - Louie Vega, Jay 'Sinister' Sealee, Julie McKnight
Freedom [Andy Harding Remix] - Alex Lamb, Christina Skaar
Surrender - J Nitti, Plavka
Sunbeam [Original Mix] - Spencer & Hill
Say Yeah [Romain Curtis Remix] - Crystal Waters, Fred Pellichero
Live Your Life [Nyx, Syrinx & Nelio Remix] - Erick Morillo & Eddie Thoneick, Shawnee Taylor
I Lose Control [Giorgio Sainz Remix] - Dr Kucho, Dembora, Monica Moss
Rain [Original Club Mix] - Jose Spinnin Cortes, Diana Alvort -
Leavin With Some Chords - Ricardo Drue & Patrice Roberts vs Deadmau5
Dynamite [Mixin Marc Club Remix] - Taio Cruz
Love You Forever [STFU Remix] - Whizzkids
Get Outta My Way [7th Heaven Club Mix] - Kylie Minogue
1 ч. 8 мин. 16 с. - 98.3mb
S U R R E N D E R!
the return of Club-JSF [Shannica]
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Gabby Hit It Lyrics by Peter 'Iron' Ram
story time, ya zseet
platter mek peter ram deal wid de matter
ya zseet
watch the video or get the IRON RAM - HIT IT GABBY.mp3
[chorus]
remember gabby tell wunna hit it - hit it - hit it - hit it - hit it - hit it - hit
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear hear
remember gabby tell wunna hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear
[v1]
wait lemme show how de thing start
it start wid a interview first
admiral like he had de whole thing rehearse
gabby come offa stage, get water quench he thirst
cos he up in de man face like a hospital nurse
something something something
gabby look at he worse
gi' he de karate chop lick he in reverse
admiral start to cry he mout' hadda burst
and start to sing a kartel verse
and ask
'gabby wuh i do to mek ya do me dat'
'gabby wuh i do to mek ya do me dat'
'gabby wuh i do to mek ya do me dat'
gabby say ya lucky 'me ain do ya nottin yet'
hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear hear
remember gabby tell wunna hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear
[v2]
hol on dey nuh man
somebody wudda beat he
it happen dah fast
nubody ain tell me, i aint hear na broadcast
i gine tell wunna something
fore wunna start to laff'
de drop kick he get, tear de tshirt in half
he wid a tear-up tshirt decide to run
LAW HAVE MERCY, i gine fuh my son
gabby say guh lon'
i gine wait hay till you come
in de meantime sing anudda kartel song
'EHH we nah fraid a no body we nah fraid a nobody, neva scared, neva scared, neva scared neva!'
hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear
remember gabby tell wunna hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear
x3
hear hear hear hear hear hear ...
Those'll be the lyrics I deciphered to the tune 'Gabby Hit It' by Peter de 'Iron' Ram sung on the XTREME Platter version of the recently revived Dem Bow riddim by Jamaican singjay Konshens with his tune 'Gal Dem Ah Talk'.
If you haven't heard of the incident that spawned this hilarious tune, head to Cops-probing-Gabby-Admiral-row or mighty-gabby-and-tony-admiral-nelson-backstage.
As interesting as the situation may be, one comment I've read rings true 'Admiral, you live in a democratic country and you are absolutely free to give your views and opinions on anything you want to'
The Nation newspaper also published a similar statement in their Friday.Aug.06 Weekend newsroll.
platter mek peter ram deal wid de matter
ya zseet
watch the video or get the IRON RAM - HIT IT GABBY.mp3
[chorus]
remember gabby tell wunna hit it - hit it - hit it - hit it - hit it - hit it - hit
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear hear
remember gabby tell wunna hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear
[v1]
wait lemme show how de thing start
it start wid a interview first
admiral like he had de whole thing rehearse
gabby come offa stage, get water quench he thirst
cos he up in de man face like a hospital nurse
something something something
gabby look at he worse
gi' he de karate chop lick he in reverse
admiral start to cry he mout' hadda burst
and start to sing a kartel verse
and ask
'gabby wuh i do to mek ya do me dat'
'gabby wuh i do to mek ya do me dat'
'gabby wuh i do to mek ya do me dat'
gabby say ya lucky 'me ain do ya nottin yet'
hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear hear
remember gabby tell wunna hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear
[v2]
hol on dey nuh man
somebody wudda beat he
it happen dah fast
nubody ain tell me, i aint hear na broadcast
i gine tell wunna something
fore wunna start to laff'
de drop kick he get, tear de tshirt in half
he wid a tear-up tshirt decide to run
LAW HAVE MERCY, i gine fuh my son
gabby say guh lon'
i gine wait hay till you come
in de meantime sing anudda kartel song
'EHH we nah fraid a no body we nah fraid a nobody, neva scared, neva scared, neva scared neva!'
hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear
remember gabby tell wunna hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it hit it
and nelson wont hear hear hear hear hear
x3
hear hear hear hear hear hear ...
Those'll be the lyrics I deciphered to the tune 'Gabby Hit It' by Peter de 'Iron' Ram sung on the XTREME Platter version of the recently revived Dem Bow riddim by Jamaican singjay Konshens with his tune 'Gal Dem Ah Talk'.
If you haven't heard of the incident that spawned this hilarious tune, head to Cops-probing-Gabby-Admiral-row or mighty-gabby-and-tony-admiral-nelson-backstage.
As interesting as the situation may be, one comment I've read rings true 'Admiral, you live in a democratic country and you are absolutely free to give your views and opinions on anything you want to'
The Nation newspaper also published a similar statement in their Friday.Aug.06 Weekend newsroll.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
crop over nonsense song
crop over nonsense song
next year, my soca tune is de nonsense song
lil sain to mek de girls wine up and guh down
jus sporty enough to win pun Spring Garden
i gine outdo de one Contone and de one name Pong
Lil Rick and Ram aint na competiton
people at radio stations wuh get frighten
two verses and a catchy chorus repeated from now till kingdom come
pon a beat with a fast-paced drum pattun'
wid maximum percussion
nothing moral, mostly dumb
proper arrangement = none
smart lyrics to make de drunks clown around
sneak in some sexual innuendo fah fun
might be bout a lil hump in de sun
or lift up ya leg and drink sum rum
let loose; spin ya bum bum bum
the respected cuh get indecent
grinding up wid a random person
wuk up pon a boxy, then guh lon'
girls wuh get juck up, some might get juck down
on kadooment day, i got de keys ta bridgetown
de cavalcades gine like um
highty tighties might frown
i wuh mek sure it get upload ta bajantube. com
no.1 pon dem countdown
so look fa me getting interveiw on HOTT, 98 or Slam 101
cos next year is time for MY nonsense song
www.cropoverbarbados.com
next year, my soca tune is de nonsense song
lil sain to mek de girls wine up and guh down
jus sporty enough to win pun Spring Garden
i gine outdo de one Contone and de one name Pong
Lil Rick and Ram aint na competiton
people at radio stations wuh get frighten
two verses and a catchy chorus repeated from now till kingdom come
pon a beat with a fast-paced drum pattun'
wid maximum percussion
nothing moral, mostly dumb
proper arrangement = none
smart lyrics to make de drunks clown around
sneak in some sexual innuendo fah fun
might be bout a lil hump in de sun
or lift up ya leg and drink sum rum
let loose; spin ya bum bum bum
the respected cuh get indecent
grinding up wid a random person
wuk up pon a boxy, then guh lon'
girls wuh get juck up, some might get juck down
on kadooment day, i got de keys ta bridgetown
de cavalcades gine like um
highty tighties might frown
i wuh mek sure it get upload ta bajantube. com
no.1 pon dem countdown
so look fa me getting interveiw on HOTT, 98 or Slam 101
cos next year is time for MY nonsense song
www.cropoverbarbados.com
Wukuptologist in training cropover t shirt concept
Came up with this idea after a certain miss Headley, brought to my attention the concept of wukuptology.
Seeing that I only have 1GB Ram and the only Adobe product on my system is Lightroom, for this project I've had to use MSPaint + mt.Paint believe it or not.
here begins the 'wukuptologist in training' cropover design tee walk-through
First, I had to come up with a witty phrase;
'wukuptologist in training, female wukup-ers, bring your bumpers for analysis and sample taking' seemed legit.
Following, a rough sample of the placement of letters
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Then to find a suitable image that portrays wukuptology.. there were 3 pictures in the running;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
This one from my cousin's website made the cut, for it shows the determination of the lady 'pooching back' with hands on the knees for maximum grinding and the skilled wukuptologist with a drink in one hand steadying said wukup-er with a hand on the shoulder..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Phase out the background painstakingly and leave the subject..
Try different image colour transformation till a suitable one is found..
and voila! easy sailing from there on..
The finished product!
click for high res.
http://barbadoscropoverfestival.com
HAPPY CROPOVER 2010!
Now, I've got to seek out my old t-shirt printing agency to see if I can make this a physical reality..
btw the wukuptologist anthem for 2010 is lil rick's 'guh down' on the Monstahpiece produced condem riddim.. 2ndly is the indrani, fyah wata tune on the King Bubba/Kubuyashi platter studio riddim 'hunny bunny'!!
Seeing that I only have 1GB Ram and the only Adobe product on my system is Lightroom, for this project I've had to use MSPaint + mt.Paint believe it or not.
here begins the 'wukuptologist in training' cropover design tee walk-through
First, I had to come up with a witty phrase;
'wukuptologist in training, female wukup-ers, bring your bumpers for analysis and sample taking' seemed legit.
Following, a rough sample of the placement of letters
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Then to find a suitable image that portrays wukuptology.. there were 3 pictures in the running;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
This one from my cousin's website made the cut, for it shows the determination of the lady 'pooching back' with hands on the knees for maximum grinding and the skilled wukuptologist with a drink in one hand steadying said wukup-er with a hand on the shoulder..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Phase out the background painstakingly and leave the subject..
Try different image colour transformation till a suitable one is found..
and voila! easy sailing from there on..
The finished product!
click for high res.
http://barbadoscropoverfestival.com
HAPPY CROPOVER 2010!
Now, I've got to seek out my old t-shirt printing agency to see if I can make this a physical reality..
btw the wukuptologist anthem for 2010 is lil rick's 'guh down' on the Monstahpiece produced condem riddim.. 2ndly is the indrani, fyah wata tune on the King Bubba/Kubuyashi platter studio riddim 'hunny bunny'!!
Monday, July 12, 2010
the standby [poem of sorts]
the standby
equal fairytale affections
shared us, it seemed
for a bit, everything was beyond infatuation
yeh stuff was great; the perfect dream
amazing and awesome, brilliant really
one side of me questioned, is this an illusion?
but my conscience said, you're in love... actually
that lovely thought settled any confusion
tis' a good feeling to have when shared mutually
but
was it to be?
admittedly, there was a lingering indecisiveness
she let it show, or perhaps it creeped out
whenever our togetherness was not at it's best
forgotten devotion and stirred up emotions
or maybe it was me, who was still in doubt
the guy before, boy he knew just how to play
he had cards I didn't know existed
threw them on the table, made me and my so-called love seem frail
situation became twisted,
from a full 100 to 10% interested
cherishing his game, she left me for dead
it came across hurtful that way... in my head
begin the stage of salvage... something said
but
instead
indifferent grew I
for now I saw how I was mislead
my heart had become hers;
she'd gotten too close
she did'nt quite return what I'd felt
I vowed never to let this happen again
to be the standby while she and her ex were on the mend
--------------------------------
songs i played while writing
by myself - linkin park
better off alone - alice deejay
you don't mean anything - simple plan
i hate everything about you - three days grace
love hurts - incubus
love is gonna save us - benny benassi
is it love [starkillers 3rd street made club remix] - ilo
bring it on - lenny kravitz
love is a losing game - amy winehouse
never love another [tropical + instanbul riddim] - vybz kartel
hang on to your love - sade
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