Skeng (the bug) lyrics

cogi · Post by **cogi** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:08 am

Could someone who understands thick Jamaican patois please transcribe them for me.

I get the general idea but there are some holes. cheers

optimum · Post by **optimum** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:29 am

Basically it's 'knife, knife, knife knife knife'

powerpill · Post by **powerpill** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:30 am

i think its best that you dont know what the lyrics are in fear that you may feel the need to go out and start shanking man - see thread from last week

pete_bubonic · Post by **pete_bubonic** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:08 pm

bath bath jump in the bath.

T_macabre · Post by **T_macabre** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:13 pm

doctarrr cant fix you send for de hearseeeeeeee

lukesnarl · Post by **lukesnarl** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:43 pm

yeah that's some brutal lyrics on that tune

dubout · Post by **dubout** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:08 pm

Brutal lyrics? Now i wanna know too! A friend of mine is quite good at understanding patois, he doesn't get a single line

wascal · Post by **wascal** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:15 pm

pupa in a suit and muma in a frock

djdowee · Post by **djdowee** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:17 pm

see me pon the roadside rollllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenggggg

contakt · Post by **contakt** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:32 pm

I think the gist of it is as follows:

"I've got a knife don't you know,
I like strolling about town with said knife showing it to people,
I also drive about with the knife on me,
On occasion you might accuse me of being a bad man,
I am quite a bad man,
Because I occasionally stab people with said knife,
But it's all fun and games really!
Knife Knife Knife Knife Knife"

Or something.

Love this tune. Flo Dan is the one.

powerpill · Post by **powerpill** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:46 pm

'white middle class gunfinger' vocal remix needed perhaps?

__________ · Post by **__________** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:51 pm

something something something, a would i kick ya in ya face a would i rob ya?
blah blah blah
phenaminmaminan ONE!
this one dedicated to all badman
something about manchester, all i done
blah blah blah
4/4, you na wanna see the 4/4
five! something something something, na stay alive
blah blah blah
we na really care if its early or late, badman really wanna fake
strip!
phenaminaminan six, blah blah blah
phenaminaminan seven, blah blah blah
phenaminaminan eight, blah gunshot blah blah
papa in a suit and mama in a frock

SKENG! SKENG! SKENG! MI KILL A MAN RELOAD THE BIG SKENG! SKENG! SKENG!

EVIL, EVIL, EVIL etc
NURSE, NURSE, NURSE etc
doctor can't fix you send fi di hearse
HEARSE, HEARSE, HEARSE etc

blah blah blah

and so on. it took me a few plays to understand what i do.
i don't really care though, i love the tune.
there's so much reggae i love that i don't understand, i couldn't care less really!

oddfellow · Post by **oddfellow** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:52 pm

powerpill · Post by **powerpill** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:06 pm

£10 Bag wrote:we na really care if its early or late, badman really wanna fake
strip!

qualitty

djake · Post by **djake** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:22 pm

Contakt wrote:Flo Dan is the one.

duck · Post by **duck** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:40 pm

something like;

phenomenon 1
this one dedicated to all bad man
whether they from manchester or london
whether they from north london or brixton
put up (all your hand)?
phenomenon 2
??? flow kill a man, roll through
??? with my roll deep crew
you don't wanna brush we or step pon we shoe,
you know say a true
phenomenon 3(?)
put in the ganja take out the seed
you know all intelligent people pon roadside we a smoke weed
yes indeed that's what we need
4
one time ?
psych(?) dem boy and mi kick off dem door
kick off dem door and run up with the four four
you don't wanna see the four four
five
bust my gun and dem nah stay alive
take way ?? and take way your wife (life?)
and you dun know, say
mi a go still a go stab with knife
phenomenon six
mi walk with knife and me walk with sticks
kill a man, mi a down some pricks
down some pricks with an M One Six
???
phenomenon seven
how much gun bust
??
(some stuff about running out of ammunition I think)
phenomenon eight
bust my gunshot bwoy at the gate
mi no really care if it's early or late
badman really (would not fake?)
straight
phenomenon 9
take with the nine SW9,
Tek 9 will take 9 (?)
bwoy dem can't ??
a bwoy fcuk with mine
then you get ten
tell them mi ready,
nah tell them again
no problem
skeng
skeng
mi a kill a man ??

djprojekts · Post by **djprojekts** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:57 pm

All you need to know is SKENG

stanton · Post by **stanton** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:08 pm

duck wrote: tech for your sodomite, tech for your wife

It's that isn't it?

duck · Post by **duck** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:31 pm

o rlly? charming. Great, another record I can't play out.

Skeng (the bug) lyrics

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