Who is Topper Norris?

[RichD]

I am not sure when the song was done. I am not putting weight on personal experience....unlike others here ...I have consulted with older Jamaicans who are 70+. One has a sister who is 60+ when I have time I will check with her too.

I guess I can also check with some 20 something cousins now that I am in touch with them.

so so far you have 2 relative who sey dem nuh know ... you have at least 6 other jamaicans here who have chimed in saying they know

[Tropicana]

So what's the problem? Why are your knickers in a knot? Did I say it didn't exist? Clearly it exists or it wouldn't be in the Bob Marley song now would it?

[RichD]

So what's the problem? Why are your knickers in a knot? Did I say it didn't exist? Clearly it exists or it wouldn't be in the Bob Marley song now would it?

only you have your knickers in a knot... the ressa us jus a laff and laff ...seem one of the issues you have is not being able to recognize that

[Peasie]

Free di knotted up boxers!

[Tropicana]

only you have your knickers in a knot... the ressa us jus a laff and laff ...seem one of the issues you have is not being able to recognize that

My knickers are perfectly fine thank you very much.

[Tropicana]

You still haven't answered the question.

So what's the problem?

Did I say it didn't exist? Clearly it exists or it wouldn't be in the Bob Marley song now would it?

[RichD]

You still haven't answered the question.

hold on the answer soon come....

[Tropicana]

hold on the answer soon come....

When you realize your point is off the mark you never have an answer.....

[kia027]

Look like this thread gwine end up as the sample of the week

[Wahalla]

so so far you have 2 relative who sey dem nuh know ... you have at least 6 other jamaicans here who have chimed in saying they know

U know she only at family adds validity to things Jamaican... Den res af us fi with evidence is anecdotal.....even Wendy use den term in at sus report ...such did miss Lou....but shi need cousin who speakispokey.....memba den gallis ? When shi set is nat patwa....an at cousin pet pekanese tell ar shi Neva hear hit????

Or how shi laugh at deh h ting...and try change us into at himage....den cultural dynamic.....is nat static in Jamaica like inna Canada....

[Wahalla]

Free di knotted up boxers!

And Africans ah liberate y frontyeh.....

[Tropicana]

You're welcome. People who transcribe lyrics often get them wrong especially when it's a vernacular not widely known to white people, i.e. patois, ebonics, etc.

I don't know if the person who transcribed it was Black or White but clearly they got it wrong.

I never really paid attention and figured he was just making up words that rhymed with other words. Realizing that in Jamaican reggae, relatively few words are made up.

Well except maybe for the words at the beginning of this which are pure gibberish:


Fawad and fiyaka monacle and den go sahka.

...and just about anything by eek-a-mouse.

and tigah

[Tropicana]

[RichD]

Fawad and fiyaka monacle and den go sahka.

yuh bring up sumtin yu nuh really want to know tha ansa to...yuh a go haffi stop play the song now

In the “youth man slang” of the time, “payaaka” was a verb, meaning “to take away another man’s woman/girlfriend.” In this “slang,” “saaka” meant “to f**k.” So the song’s intro meant, “go and take away a next man’s girl, grab her and then go have sex with her.”

so it was go forward an tek wey the man girl then manhandle her and sex her ...

[Tropicana]

Really. I was always told it was pure gibberish. Are you sure you aren't just messing with me.

What about the other songs?