Capleton, booked at House of Blues LA for October 4, is one of 8 Jamaican "kill gays" Reggae singers touring the US and other nations. Take action to make "murder music" unprofitable.
The Essential Guide To Reggae Murder-Music
Eight singers named: Dossier of "kill gays" lyrics published
LONDON - September 2004
With the help of Jamaican activists, OutRage! has compiled and published a dossier of extracts from key lyrics by eight reggae singers who incite the murder of lesbians and gay men (see below).
"This guide is an indispensable tool for journalists and campaigners," said Brett Lock of OutRage!
"We urge activists and reporters to use this information to lobby venues, promoters, sponsors, city councillors, and police to cancel concerts by these artists", said Mr Lock.
The campaign against eight Jamaican reggae singers who incite the murder of lesbians and gay men is spreading internationally, with simultaneous campaigns in the UK, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Canada and the United States.
Coordinated by the British gay human rights group OutRage!, gay organisations in these countries have won major successes.
These include the cancellation of more than 25 Beenie Man concerts in the United States. Buju Banton's tour of Europe has been hit hard by concert cancellations.
Further information:
MURDER MUSIC LYRICS
Jamaican reggae singers and lyrics inciting the murder of lesbians and gay men
The eight singers are, with real names in brackets:
Beenie Man (Anthony Moses Davis)
Bounty Killer (Rodney Price)
Buju Banton (Mark Myrie)
Capleton (Clifton George)
Elephant Man (O'Neil Bryan)
Sizzla (Miguel Orlando Collins)
T.O.K. (Alistaire McCalla, Roshaun Clarke, Craig Patrick, Anthony Thompson, Xavier Davidson)
Vybz Kartel (Adidja Palmer)
Below are key excerpts from their songs which encourage and glorify the murder of lesbians and gay men.
The Jamaican patios lyric is followed by the translation into Standard English in bold. Explanations are in brackets and italics.
BEENIE MAN
Beenie Man - Han Up Deh
Hang chi chi gal wid a long piece of rope
Hang lesbians with a long piece of rope
Beenie Man - Damn
I'm dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays
I'm dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays
Beenie Man - Batty Man Fi Dead (Queers Must Be killed)
All batty man fi dead!
All faggots must be killed!
From you fuck batty den a coppa and lead
If you fuck arse, then you get copper and lead [bullets]
Nuh man nuh fi have a another man in a him bed.
No man must have another man in his bed
Beenie Man - Roll Deep
Roll deep motherfucka, kill pussy-sucker
Roll deep motherfucker, kill pussy-sucker
Pussy-sucker:a lesbian, or anyone who performs cunnilingus.
Tek a Bazooka and kill batty-fucker
Take a bazooka and kill bum-fuckers [gay men]
BOUNTY KILLER
Bounty Killer (with Babycham) - Another Level
Bun a fire pon a puff and mister fagoty (Uh huh)
Burn a fire [could be literal or metaphoric] on puffs and faggots (Uh huh)
Poop man fi drown an dat a yawd man philosophy (Uh huh)
Shit men [queer men] must be drowned and that's a yardy man [Jamaican]
philosophy
BUJU BANTON
Buju Banton - Boom Bye Bye
Boom bye bye
Boom [as in gun sound] goodbye, goodbye [as in we won't be seeing you again, you're dead]
Inna batty bwoy head
In a queer's head
Rude bwoy no promote no nasty man
Rude boys don't promote no queer men
Dem haffi dead
They have to die
Send fi di matic an
Send for the automatic [gun] and
Di Uzi instead
The Uzi instead
Shoot dem no come if we shot dem
Shoot them, don't come if we shoot them [as in don't come to help them]
Guy come near we
If a man comes near me
Then his skin must peel
Then his skin must peel [as in pour acid over him]
Burn him up bad like an old tire wheel
Burn him up badly, like you would burn an old tire wheel
CAPLETON
Capleton - Bun Out Di Chi Chi
Bun out ah chi chi, Blood out ah chi chi
Burn out a queer, Blood out a queer
Blood out: as in chop, cut, stab, shoot… is a particularly violent, graphic expression
Batty dem ah fuck and ah suck too much pussy
Queers are fucking and sucking too much pussy
In Jamaica, pussy can refer to oral sex in general, which is also considered sodomy
Blood out ah chi chi, Blood out ah shitty
Blood out a queer, Blood out a shit (fucker)
Capleton - Whoa!
Sadomite and batty man mi shot up....Whoa
Sodomite and queer man, I shoot up… Whoa
Capleton - Give Har
Shoulda know seh Capleton bun battyman
You should know that Capleton burns queers
Dem same fire apply to di lesbian
The same fire applies to lesbians
Seh mi bun everything from mi know seh dem gay
Say, I burn everything as long as I know that they're gay
All boogaman and sodemites fi get killed
All queers and sodomites should be killed
Capleton - Hang Dem Up
Yow....String dem up and hang dem up alive
Yow, string them up and hang them up alive
Bare batty man come round yah …
All queers who come around here
Dis mamma earth sey none cyann survive
This mama earth says none can survive.
ELEPHANT MAN
Elephant Man - A Nuh Fi Wi Fault
Battyman fi dead!
Queers must be killed!
Please mark we word
Please mark my words
Gimme tha tec-nine
Give me the Tec-9
Tec-9: semi-automatic assault pistol
Shoot dem like bird
Shoot them [queers] like birds
Elephant Man - We Nuh Like Gay
Battyman fi dead! Tek dem by surprise
Queers must be killed! Take them by surprise
Get a shot inna yu head, inna mi big gun collide.
I am going to shoot you in the head, you are going to meet up with my big gun
Gimme me Tec-9 General B, wid de chrome wah a shine
Give me the Tec-9 General B, the one with the chrome that shines
Tec-9: semi-automatic assault pistol
General B: a music colleague of Elephant Man's
Harry Toddler shot out ah bugger-man
Harry Toddler: shoot all queer men
Harry Toddler: a music colleague of Elephant Man's
Elephant Man - Log On
Log on and step pon chi chi man
Log on and step on a queer man
Log on is a type of dance using the right foot in a stepping motion as if
to squash a cockroach - the lyrics boast about crushing queers.
Dance wi a dance and a bun out a freaky man.
Join our dance and let's burn out the queer man
Step pon him like a old cloth
Step on him like an old cloth
A dance wi a dance and a crush out a bingi man .
Join our dance and let's crush queer men
Do di walk, mek mi see the light and di torch dem fast
Do the walk, quickly let me see the lighter and torch
lighter and torch: makeshift aerosol flame thrower weapon
SIZZLA
Sizzla - Pump Up
Step up inna front line
Step up to the front line
fire fi di man dem weh go ride man behind
burn the men who have sex with men from behind
Shot battybwoy, my big gun boom
Shoot queers, my big gun goes boom
Sizzla - Boom Boom
Boom boom! Batty boy them fi dead
Boom boom! [as in gunshots] Queers must be killed
T.O.K.
T.O.K. - Chi Chi Man
From dem a par inna chi chi man car
Those who get together in a queer's car
Blaze di fire mek we bun dem! (Bun dem!!)
Blaze the fire, let's burn them! (Burn them!!)
From dem a drink inna chi chi man bar
Those who drink in a queer bar
Blaze di fire mek we dun dem! (Dun dem!!)
Blaze the fire, let's kill them! (Kill them!!)
So mi go so, do yuh see weh I see?
I'm checking it out, do you see what I see?
Niggas when your doin that
Niggas when you are doing that
Nuff a dem a freak dem a carry all dem dutty act
Lots of them are freaks, they bring all their dirty acts
Thug nigga wanna bees nuff a dem a lick it back
Thug nigga wannabees - lots of them take it (in the arse)
It dem bring it to we, hold on nuff coppa a shot
If they bring it to us, hold on, lots of bullets are going to fly
Coppa shot rise up every calico go rat tat tat
Bullets fly, take up every calico [gun] and [shoot] rat-tat-tat
Rat tat tat every chi chi man dem haffi get flat
Rat-tat-tat, every queer has to die
Get flat! Mi and my niggas ago mek a pack
Die! Me and my niggas will make a pact
Chi chi man fi dead and dat's a fact
Queers must die and that's a fact
VYBZ KARTEL
Vybz Kartel - Bedroom Slaughteration
Bow cat, sodomite, batty man fi gat assassination (Yeah)
Oral sexer, lesbian and queer must be assassinated (Yeah)
Vybz Kartel - Guns Like Mine
Kartel buss one inna batty bwoy spine
Kartel puts one in a queer's spine
one: a bullet
Vybz Kartel - Pussy Jaw
Faggot fi get copper to di heart
Faggot must get copper to the heart
Copper: bullet
A wet yuh up wid di Maggy
I shoot you with the Magnum
Magnum: a brand of gun
From yuh funny, yuh a guh bury
If you are funny (queer), you get buried
buried: as in killed
ENDS