Touch a Button
Vybz Kartel's Unyielding Anthem: Touch a Button
Lyrics
Yow, Shawn Storm, before you corn dem, just warn dem
Addressing Shawn Storm, advising to warn before confrontation.
Hear mi a seh, nuh, (you cyaan bad me up)
Asserting that one cannot intimidate or threaten the speaker.
Hear mi a ah seh, nuh, (you cyaan rough me up)
Reiterating resilience against rough treatment.
Hear mi a seh, nuh, (you cyaan drape me up)
Emphasizing resistance against being coerced or trapped.
A dat ma seh, oh!
Expression of conviction in the stated principles.
Me nuh fraid a nuh bull buck, nuh duppy conquer,
Not afraid of challenges, ghosts, or conquerors.
Go fi yuh army, go fi yuh tanker,
Encouraging the opposition to bring their forces.
Go fi yuh, ahoe, go fi yuh, ahoe
Listing various items to suggest going all out in defense.
Go fi yuh huggies go fi yuh pamper
Extending the defense metaphor, referencing baby products humorously.
Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
Repeated emphasis on the speaker's fearlessness and origin indifference.
Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Annuh weh yuh come from a weh yuh going go
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Mi nuh care weh yuh come from inuh, ahoe!
-Seh sum mek u spit ketch me
Describing consequences for those challenging the speaker, referencing brands and signs.
Mi wet up yuh shirt like Zesti, oh!
-Man haffi run like track star
-Woman haffi stop look sexy, ahoe!
-When yuh walk pass Gaza oh!,
-Yuh see di sign mark don't test wi, oh!,
-Play hero, yuh play Coke Zero, oh!
-Nine night with rum and Pepsi, ahoe, ahoe!
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
Reiteration of the speaker's invulnerability and indifference to origin.
Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Annuh weh yuh come from a weh yuh going go
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Mi nuh care weh yuh come from inuh, ahoe!
-Me skull hot till it boil up, oh!
Expression of confidence, resilience, and dismissing potential threats.
A couldn't me them a style up, oh!
-Me alone script, mi nuh join up, oh!
-Mek everybody haffi line up
-Beef wid Notnice annuh sum fi yuh start up, oh!
-White Toyota car park up, oh!
-Two likkle hot foot walk up, oh!
-Gyal a scream an a look shortcut, ahoe!
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
Continued assertion of fearlessness and indifference to origin.
Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Annuh weh yuh come from a weh yuh going go
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Come touch me nuh, touch a button nuh
-Mi nuh care weh yuh come from inuh, ahoe!
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