{"id":451,"date":"2009-01-12T12:17:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T21:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/?p=451"},"modified":"2009-01-12T12:17:31","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T21:17:31","slug":"busy-signal-these-are-the-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/busy-signal-these-are-the-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy Signal – These Are The Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Busy Signal<\/a> released this song a while back but I am just now hearing it. Found a Daddy and Hypa Remix<\/a> and a raw version video on YouTube and it made a big impression on me. Below are the lyrics (with translation). Enjoy.<\/p>\n

—-<\/embed>
\nBusy Signal – These Are The Days [Daddy and Hypa Remix]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aaaahhh..Yea gotta stay conscious
\nGotta get ma bread gotta keep ma head up… <\/p>\n

These are the f***ing days
\nWhen the gal dem in dem teens hav the f***ing aids
\n[When the the girls are in their teens and have AIDS]<\/em>
\nNuff yute nuh have degrees but dem have the grades
\n[A lot of youth donot have degrees be have the smarts]<\/em>
\nPicture dis and try fi see it wid yu f***ing ears
\n[Picture this and try to see with your ears]<\/em><\/p>\n

These are the f***ing times
\nWhen yu sneakers ain’t yu only nines
\n[When your sneakers ain’t your only nines (ie: 9mm = guns)]<\/em>
\nSome weh call pon Jesus a dem commit the crimes
\n[Some will call upon Jesus while they commit their crimes]<\/em>
\nNuff illiterate and still a read between the lines
\n[A lot of people are illiterate but can still read between the lines]<\/em><\/p>\n

Those are the f***ing dudes claim!! dem a yu fren n want yu f***ing food
\n[Those are the dudes who claim they are your friend but steal your food]<\/em>
\nThen some a dem a rob while some a dem rape while some a dem kill while some a dem shoot is like we need a
\n[Some of them rob while some of them rape while some of them kill while some of them shoot]<\/em>
\nrated R pon the f***ing news <\/p>\n

These are the f***ing days when yu caan trust police wid dem dutty ways
\n[You can’t trust the police with their dirty ways]<\/em>
\nJuvenile a run the streets wid the f***ing Kssssssss
\n[Juviniles run the streeds with their AK-47’s (ie: guns)]<\/em>
\nYow Yuh caan even rest in peace in yu f***ing grave aaaahhh
\n[You can’t even rest in peace in your grave]<\/em><\/p>\n

Everyday the same shit different gal, same dick
\nDifferent flow, same spit, different drugs, same ship
\n[Meter of the song is different but the message is the same, different drugs but they come into Jamaica on the same ship]<\/em>
\nSame Busy, different hits
\nWith different messages reaching out to everyone in ALL different communities <\/p>\n

Yea These are the f***ing things that make a f***ing DJ wanna f***ing sing
\nMi caah belive the baby madda dash the pickney in the thing we pissing in,
\n[I can’t believe a mother will wash her child in the same bowl we piss in]<\/em>
\nBaby fadda beat her wid the thing a glistening aaaahhh
\n[And her child’s father beats her with the bowl glistening]<\/em><\/p>\n

These are the f***ing days yu affi hustle in the street like a f***ing slave
\n[You have to hustle in the streets like a slave]<\/em>
\nThen the boss a work the least get the f***ing raise
\n[The the boss, who works the least, gets a raise]<\/em>
\nYuh nuh see say di leaders need fi step up the pace aaaahhh
\n[We have to tell our leaders to pick up the pace (ie: we want change)]<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen to these f***ing facts
\nWho nuh hav a Smith n Wesson hav a f***ing Glock
\n[The person who does not have a Smith&Wesson (gun) has a Glock (gun)]<\/em>
\nCoppa whistle somebody missin when you here it stop
\n[The guns whistle when they fire and someone is dead when the sound stops]<\/em>
\nAnotha madda bawl while she suffer the lost
\n[Another mother cries while she suffers at her loss]<\/em><\/p>\n

Welcome to the f***ing streets
\nChalk line, white sheet regular we see it
\n[Chalk line, white sheet (of a murder scene) is a regular sight]<\/em>
\nLess fortunate get treated like sum refugees
\nBut don’t get fed up keep yu head up stay on yu feet aaaahhh <\/p>\n

Right now we are at a f***ing stage
\nThis day and age is like we locked up inna f***ing cage
\nA me a tell yu they say di system need fi rearrange
\n[I’m telling you we need to rearrange the system
\nIts kinda strange mi waan fi buy a range but the price outta range aaaahhh
\n[It’s kind of funny that I want to buy a stove but the price is too high]<\/em><\/p>\n

Watch how yu f***ing move
\nKillers in the street always got sumn to prove
\n[Killers in the streets always have something to prove]<\/em>
\nWatch yu step yuh betta watch the f***ing way yu choose
\nBe careful how yu live yuh life cah dem will out yuh fuse aaaahhh
\n[Be careful how you live your life because the killers will put out your fuse]<\/em><\/p>\n

These days at the airport dem waan yu tek off belt kick off airforce
\nTek weh cologne, Roll on, toothpaste weh dem hear bout
\n[They take away your cologne, roll out your toothpaste]<\/em>
\nMi feel woulda pull mi f***ing hair out! aaaahhh
\n[It makes me want to pull my hair out]<\/em><\/p>\n

These are the f***ing days when yu affi sing say these are the f***ing days
\nYo mi caan believe these are the f***ing days
\nWhile mi sing daseca please play the f**ing phrase aaahhh <\/p>\n

Gotta get ma bread gotta keep ma head up
\nStay focus gotta keep your head up
\nGotta keep ma head up stay strong
\nYea saviour
\nBUSSSSSSSSSSSYYYYYYY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Busy Signal released this song a while back but I am just now hearing it. Found a Daddy and Hypa Remix and a raw version video on YouTube and it made a big impression on me. Below are the lyrics (with translation). Enjoy. —- Busy Signal – These Are The Days [Daddy and Hypa Remix] … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-podcast","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}