Bail 4 Me
Bail 4 Me: Defying Babylon's Chains with Vybz Kartel
Lyrics
Dutty Babylon go down dutty Babylon
Dutty Babylon refers to corrupt authority, and the speaker wishes for its downfall.
Dutty Babylon go down dutty Babylon
Reiteration of the desire for the downfall of corrupt authority (Babylon).
Big up every prisoner big up every warder
Acknowledgment and respect for both prisoners and prison wardens.
A outta road me say!
Expression of being outside or free.
Bayblon say, jail for me
Desire to avoid imprisonment, confidence in receiving bail, trust in divine control over destiny.
Bet the judge set bail for me
-Somebody tell the jury
-Jah control me destiny
-Bayblon say, jail for me
-Bet the judge set bail for me
-Somebody tell the jury
-Jah control me destiny
-Yo, a cell block me hold me straight (mhmm)
Description of the speaker's current incarceration, frustration with delays in court proceedings, and confidence in exposing weaknesses in the legal system.
Pree, me a pree mi case (mhmm)
-Next court date
-A next year February, that a fuckery!
-Me deh pon two months remand (mhmm)
-30 years me a face (mhmm)
-And the police bwoy know inna him heart
-A the court time him a waste
-'Cause, Jah know
-Him nuh have nothing fi present the judge
-Pure arts and craft
-Him ago feel like the biggest bumbohole when
-Me buss it off and laugh!
-Bayblon say, jail for me
Reiteration of the desire to avoid jail, confidence in receiving bail, and reliance on divine control over destiny.
Bet the judge set bail for me
-Somebody tell the jury
-Jah control me destiny
-Bayblon say, jail for me
-Bet the judge set bail for me
-Somebody tell the jury
-Jah control me destiny
-Me haffi big every prisoner, all of dem
Acknowledgment and appreciation for fellow prisoners and prison wardens, critique of the prison system, and a plea for blessings for condemned prisoners.
(mhmm) me haffi big up the warder dem
-When time me drop at jail house
-Dem response fi me 'til me
-Gone a me yard again
-Prison never make fi dog, mi friend
-Dem make it fi sufferer, me nah pretend
-So me cyan say, "me nah go a jail again"
-"Wha' you say?", Me nuh waan go a jail again
-Nah build no school fi we full dem
-Bere man pack up inna bull pen
-Jah, bless the prisoners weh condemned
-Weh the jury sentence fi hang
-Bayblon say, jail for me
Continued expression of the desire to avoid jail, confidence in receiving bail, and reliance on divine control over destiny.
Bet the judge set bail for me
-Somebody tell the jury
-Jah control me destiny
-Bayblon say, jail for me
-Bet the judge set bail for me
-Somebody tell the jury
-Jah control me destiny
-Youth, gwan live
Encouragement to live despite facing imprisonment, advice to avoid unwanted responsibilities, and trust in divine protection.
A three year you dem a remand, hold it
-Set speed
-If your gyal call, ask you wha' she fi do?
-Say, "Fuck gyal, but no breed!"
-Flesh cyan mad me
-Me nuh put mi faith inna man a must Jah
-And one day when the warden check the muster
-Him ago hear say
-Bayblon say, jail for me
Final repetition of the desire to avoid jail, confidence in receiving bail, and reliance on divine control over destiny.
Bet the judge set bail for me
-Somebody tell the jury
-Jah control me destiny
-Bayblon say, jail for me
-Bet the judge set bail for me
-Somebody tell the jury
-Jah control me destiny
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