It’s hard to believe that over 2 decades have passed since abominable Jamaican dancehall “artist” Buju Banton (whose real un-Jamaican name is Mark Anthony Myrie), then only fifteen years old, solidified his name in the Homophobe Hall Of Fame with his virulent and heinous ode to murdering gays, “Boom Bye Bye”. Today, this hatemonger was sentenced to ten years in a maximum security prison for drug trafficking.
In his honor, maybe we can change some of the lyrics to his most (in)famous song (which advocates skinning gay men, pouring acid over us then burning is alive). So, instead of:
(Its like) Boom bye bye
Inna batty bwoy head
Rude bwoy no promote no nasty man
Dem haffi dead
…we can sing:
(It’s like) Boom, Hi, Hi!
I give a batty bwoy head
If I no promote nasty man
Imma haffi be dead!
Just to put into perspective, here are the actual lyrics both in Jamaian patois and translated into English (underlined), courtesy of the Southern Poverty Law Center:
Boom bye bye
Inna batty bwoy head
Boom [the sound of a gunshot] bye-bye
In a faggot’s headRude bwoy no promote no nasty man
Dem haffi dead
The tough young guys don’t accept fags
They have to dieSend fi di matic an
Di Uzi instead
Send for the automatic [gun] and
The Uzi insteadShoot dem no come if we shot dem
Shoot them, don’t come [to help] if we shoot themGuy come near we
Then his skin must peel
If a man comes near me
Then his skin must peel [as with acid poured over him]Burn him up bad like an old tyre wheel
Burn him badly, like an old tire
Have fun on your knees in prison, you putrid piece of shit. I can’t wait until someone sings “Boom Bye Bye” while you’re slobbin’ on their knob.
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