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'Boom Bye Bye'

Buju Banton’s smash hit is only one of many Jamaican tracks that target gays for extreme verbal violence. Here are the complete lyrics of Banton’s "Boom Bye Bye," both in the original Jamaican patois and in English.

Buju Banton’s smash hit is only one of many Jamaican tracks that target homosexuals for extreme verbal violence. Although Banton at one point signed a pledge against inciting hatred or violence, he later denied having done so. Here are the complete lyrics of Banton’s "Boom Bye Bye," both in the original Jamaican patois and in English.

Boom bye bye
Inna batty bwoy head
ÌýÌýÌý Boom [the sound of a gunshot] bye-bye
ÌýÌýÌý In a f-----'s head

Rude bwoy no promote no nasty man
Dem haffi dead
ÌýÌýÌý The tough young guys don't accept f---
ÌýÌýÌý They have to die

Send fi di matic an
Di Uzi instead
ÌýÌýÌý Send for the automatic [gun] and
ÌýÌýÌý The Uzi instead

Shoot dem no come if we shot dem
ÌýÌýÌý Shoot them, don't come [to help] if we shoot them

Guy come near we
Then his skin must peel
ÌýÌýÌý If a man comes near me
ÌýÌýÌý Then his skin must peel [as with acid poured over him]

Burn him up bad like an old tyre wheel
ÌýÌýÌý Burn him badly, like an old tire