"To get next to us" = to get close to usĢ1. "chill out"= relax "having a time" = "having a good (in this case) relaxing timeĢ0. "In a the club them want flex with us" = In the club they want to hang with us (be all close to us)įrom "Flex="to chill and hang out having a time, to plan an activity" "Them nah war with us" = They aren't making war with us (They don't pick fights. "In a the car with us" = (When women are in the car with us (alone with us)ġ8. "Yo sexy ladies want par with us" = Hey, sexy ladies want to partner with us (become our woman)ġ7. These are Patois comments about women's relationship with/attitudes towards him and his friends (and by extension, about female/male relationships in general)ġ6. "Can you done know your destiny" = (like you can already know what your life will be like in the future) = She dances with such self-assuredness as though she knows her destiny (what her life will be) and she's secure in that future (happy about that future).ġ6. "Nobody can tell you nuttin (nothing) means that she dances so well (as though she's an expert) and she dances with such confidence that she doesn't want to or need to learn anything from anyone else.ġ5. "Gal nobody can tell you nuttin’ = The girl is given a compliment for dancing so well. "And me lyrics a provide electricity" = The lyrics of my song provides electricity (raises the energy in the room)ġ4. When me ride = while I dance holding on to youġ3. 'upon the riddim = dancing to the beat (the music) "Me want fi see you get live ‘pon the riddim when me ride" = Jamaican PatoisĪmerican English "translations" = I want to see you get live (get really pumped up/get really into the dance dance really well) oscillate your hip = swing your hips back and forth (wine)ġ2. percolate - get ready to get hot (even more sexy) using the "prepare, heat up coffee" meaning of the word "percolate"ġ1. Information about the word "jiggy" is found in this pancocojams post: "What "Jiggy" Means & Where That Word REALLY Came From"Ĭlick for more about the African American slang term "crunked"ġ0. Get jiggy = dance frenetically (in seductive ways) "keep swinging it" = "it" means your buttĨ. It's usually louder or more pronounced than the other components of the beat."ħ-11: are all different ways of saying the same thing = get busy and dance sexy/seductively, shake your hips and your butt.ħ. lolĪnonymous, 2010: "It starts after the buildup to it. (another way of saying 'when the beat kicks in)įrom "What does When The Beat Drops mean?"īest Answer: Derek, 2010: " when the beat drops. refers to one woman but probably references all women dancers at that party Shake that thing = (telling a female to) shake your butt seductively ĥ. I'll note below when the word/phrase is from Jamaican Patois.ġ-4: Calling out specific names of female dancers who are dancing very well at a nightclub.(club) telling them to continue to "get busy" ("get busy" = do "hot", sexy dance movies dance seductively) Note: Some words and phrases in Sean Paul's "Get Busy" song are from African American Vernacular English and some are from Jamaican Patois. Citations are given for other explanations. Most of these explanations are my interpretations. LYRICS EXPLANATIONS (using the above line numbers) The lines for these lyrics are slightly reformatted for this pancocojams post. From the day me born jah ignite me flameġ01. Yo Miss Jodi yu’r di one and Rebecca shake that thingĩ4. From the day me born jah ignite me flameĨ3. Percolate anything you want to call itĦ0. Woman Get busy, Just shake that booty non-stopĥ9. From the day me born jah ignite me flameĥ4. caw nobody can dis you man won‘t let it canĤ7. Can anything you want you know you must get itģ7. From the day me born jah ignite me flameģ1. Me want fi see you get live ‘pon the riddim when me rideĢ2. Percolate anything you want to call itġ1. Woman get busy, Just shake that booty non-stopġ0. This video was filmed in Toronto, Canada. Sean Paul performing Get Busy - Official Music Video Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post, and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.Ĭlick for another pancocojams post on this record which includes selected comments from this video's discussion thread. Thanks to Sean Paul for his musical legacy. The content of this post is presented for cultural, historical, and aesthetic purposes. This post also includes my interpretation of the song's lyrics. This pancocojams post showcases a video and song lyrics for Sean Paul's hit 2002 Dancehall record "Get Busy", also known as "Shake That Thing Miss Annabella".