Reggae songs with odd lyrical themes

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Jesco77

Re: Reggae songs with odd lyrical themes

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Don't forget Errol Scorcher and his weird fixation with cockroaches, frogs and animals in general (didn't he take his girlfriend round the zoo in one of his songs?)...
Nefta
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Love this thread.Johnny Osbourne Kiss Somebody.This song is about the flu.
Eek A Mouse have a song of how he got the name.Also Dice Cup from Don Carlos but songs about gamblin are also common
jahganja7
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i like brigadier jerry's jamaica jamaica where he is talking about going to market to get potatoes, tomatoes, cassavas, and other produce (more pounds than i could handle for sure)
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picaraza
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"Kentucky Stank" any one?

And then there is the entire genre of kung fu-themed reggae.
sean
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fire down below
by burning spear, he describes a fire , people being rescued by fire brigade and so on, and intersperses it all with
"im a little teapot
short n stout
heres my handle
heres my spout
...
n so you tip
you tip it over
and den you pour
you pour it out"
wicked!!!!
Nefta
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Haha.I remember George Nooks have a song about McDonald
sean
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macka b
BIG MAC..
A very fine explanation of why mcdonalds burgers are garbage on a plate..wild...
Jah Titus
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Yeah man!
As Macka says: "Wi nuh waan nuh big mack"

Also by Macka B "Food Scandal" warning bout consequences of babylon food shitstem like salmonella


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ivan

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does anyone know the lyrics for "nancy reagan"? thanks!
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there was one in 2000 called "foot & mouth" about the cattle getting foot & mouth disease.cant remember the artist. it was on a yellow label 7 inch pre ja.
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