Badder Than Dem – English Lyrics

• By: Burro Banton

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the rhythmic and expressive world of Jamaican Patois through 'Badder Than Dem.' This song is an excellent tool for learners to understand the cadence, slang, and aggressive storytelling style of 90s dancehall, providing a direct window into the street culture of Kingston.

[English]

The point of clean for my gunnah for sure

My shot out the face to my gunnah for sure

She love I with ice and she love I with floor mount

I could run on my dough

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

But

Boss up your baby with her

If you are bad, then take her with me, boss up your headache

Bad bitch, I bubble pon your head, neither

Send me pan and tell her, you are bad and feel her

Look around and roll, ready to rock and roll

Chip Glock, I take the back play off of the pole

Couple murderers, I say the weed ready to go

I could run on me dough

The match I say I want you, my baby will do that

Built in chip, don't feel like chat in a belly, yeah

Rapid, automatic

Boss up your every Glock, I make them no crack, any Glock

Ready for any ops, for them up a couple of hot

Some sensitive too, help before they penny drop

Boss up your baby with her

Boss up your baby with her

See you with her, come with her if your bad

Come with your pant, if your bad, when you come out your pant

Rock in the yard, come out your pant

Simple, pull out your blunt

Pull out your black

Pull out your can, pull out your key, no

Wrap it up, the magnet tape on the mirror

Two shooting in the same car, no same clothes

Link the global man and tell him, I need the case closed

All of them are thugs, they are badder than them

They just bought a cigar, bought another one, then

Say they are bad, they never shot a man, yet in the median

Boss up your baby with her

Tell your mother, we are madder than them

They can make your push

You are the one and ten

Brooch beach, they are badder than a girl and man

You be deadly, yeah, boss up your baby with her

They don't like me in the industry

Because we're in these streets, look at how we're in these streets

We left

None of them, man, six feet deep

Make the post up picture, saying rest in peace

Boss up your chief, you are big, please

You pick up a three piece, no KFC, big deal, you priest

He told me, push your big beast, you bitch out, pain-free

Because we are fucking me, you see it

All of them are thugs, they are badder than them

They just bought a cigar, bought another one, then

Say they are bad, they never shot a man, yet in the median

Boss up your baby with her

Tell your mother, we are madder than them

They can make your push

You are the one and ten

Brooch beach, they are badder than a girl and man

You be deadly, yeah, boss up your baby with her

She bought in a bat, in a man

Oh no

God man

They own her soon, now

They are trapped, they own her day

They own her day, luck in

I'm coming out, man

Get up

6 o'clock

Oh

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gunnah /ˈɡʌnə/ B2	noun - gunman, shooter, or criminal associated with violence
ice /aɪs/ A2	noun - diamonds or jewelry adorned with gemstones
dough /doʊ/ B2	noun - money or cash
boss /bɔːs/ A2	verb - to empower, elevate, or take charge
headache /ˈhɛdˌeɪk/ B1	noun - a problem, annoyance, or source of trouble
bubble /ˈbʌbəl/ B1	verb - to move, dance, or flow energetically
chip /tʃɪp/ B1	noun - a small piece or a firearm component/weapon
murderer /ˈmɜːrdərər/ B2	noun - someone who commits homicide or kills people
rapid /ˈræpɪd/ B1	adjective - fast or quick
automatic /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/ B1	adjective - operating by itself or referring to an automatic firearm
sensitive /ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/ B1	adjective - quick to detect or respond to slight changes, easily offended or alert
blunt /blʌnt/ B2	noun - a cigar hollowed out and filled with cannabis
magnet /ˈmæɡnɪt/ B1	noun - a piece of iron that attracts metal or metaphorical pull
thug /θʌɡ/ B2	noun - a violent criminal or gangster
deadly /ˈdɛdli/ B1	adjective - causing or able to cause death; extremely dangerous
industry /ˈɪndəstri/ B1	noun - economic sector or the music business