In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Yeah mon, yuh dun know a Kardinal Offishall
AKA celebrity face bad bwoy inna di place yuh know
Tell dem fool deh fi watch wah dem a talk
Tell dem watch when a badman a walk
Tell dem bwoy deh fi keep it pon cock
Yo Kardinal watch out
[Chorus]
Badman nah lay lay, badman nah move slow
Don't bring no guy, close to my home
For if you do, my glock will spray
'Cause mi nuh watch another man, dollars inna we hand
That's what we say
Aiyyo!! Check fi di top sign, dapper rapper time
Oonu fi stop di talkin and grab a gal and go wine
Press up oonu nine, mek up oonu mind
Bun a ticky tick or smell di carbine
Fassy pay di fine, stick wid oonu kind
Yuh seh bring it back but all a di man dem seh rewind
Nigga seh nyam when yuh classy a dine
Badman beat it up cho!!!!!
[Chorus]
Badman nah lay lay, badman nah move slow
Don't bring no guy, close to my home
For if you do, my glock will spray
Cause mi nuh watch another man, dollars inna we hand
That's what we say
Yo! Whether di rain or fall or whether di yellow sun a shine
Di gal dem inna di jungle waan swing off a mi vine
All a di gal dem waan a peak from mi porcupine
Yo call har mi ting mi call har mi concubine
Check out di lesson wah di Kardinal a sign
Dem might buss everybody bussin after mine
Mind weh yuh rhyme many buck up inna di mastermind
Kardinal Bad Boy like Shyne
[Chorus]
Badman nah lay lay, badman nah move slow
Don't bring no guy, close to my home
For if you do, my glock will spray
Cause mi nuh watch another man, dollars inna we hand
That's what we say
From J.A. to di Hollywood sign
Badman yardman pon di frontline
Big man Kardinal first generation
First man to mash it up and represent di nation
B.K. J.A. Kardi combination
Fire automatic and turn up di station
Don't watch neither mix up inna boderation
F all di frustration
[Chorus]
Badman nah lay lay, badman nah move slow
Don't bring no guy, close to my home
For if you do, my glock will spray
Cause mi nuh watch another man, dollars inna we hand
That's what we say
Yeah mon, yuh dun know a Kardinal Offishall
AKA celebrity face bad bwoy inna di place yuh know
Tell dem fool deh fi watch wah dem a talk
Tell dem watch when a badman a walk
Tell dem bwoy deh fi keep it pon cock
Yo Kardinal watch out
[Chorus]
[Chorus: x2]
AKA celebrity face bad bwoy inna di place yuh know
Tell dem fool deh fi watch wah dem a talk
Tell dem watch when a badman a walk
Tell dem bwoy deh fi keep it pon cock
Yo Kardinal watch out
[Chorus]
Badman nah lay lay, badman nah move slow
Don't bring no guy, close to my home
For if you do, my glock will spray
'Cause mi nuh watch another man, dollars inna we hand
That's what we say
Aiyyo!! Check fi di top sign, dapper rapper time
Oonu fi stop di talkin and grab a gal and go wine
Press up oonu nine, mek up oonu mind
Bun a ticky tick or smell di carbine
Fassy pay di fine, stick wid oonu kind
Yuh seh bring it back but all a di man dem seh rewind
Nigga seh nyam when yuh classy a dine
Badman beat it up cho!!!!!
[Chorus]
Badman nah lay lay, badman nah move slow
Don't bring no guy, close to my home
For if you do, my glock will spray
Cause mi nuh watch another man, dollars inna we hand
That's what we say
Yo! Whether di rain or fall or whether di yellow sun a shine
Di gal dem inna di jungle waan swing off a mi vine
All a di gal dem waan a peak from mi porcupine
Yo call har mi ting mi call har mi concubine
Check out di lesson wah di Kardinal a sign
Dem might buss everybody bussin after mine
Mind weh yuh rhyme many buck up inna di mastermind
Kardinal Bad Boy like Shyne
[Chorus]
Badman nah lay lay, badman nah move slow
Don't bring no guy, close to my home
For if you do, my glock will spray
Cause mi nuh watch another man, dollars inna we hand
That's what we say
From J.A. to di Hollywood sign
Badman yardman pon di frontline
Big man Kardinal first generation
First man to mash it up and represent di nation
B.K. J.A. Kardi combination
Fire automatic and turn up di station
Don't watch neither mix up inna boderation
F all di frustration
[Chorus]
Badman nah lay lay, badman nah move slow
Don't bring no guy, close to my home
For if you do, my glock will spray
Cause mi nuh watch another man, dollars inna we hand
That's what we say
Yeah mon, yuh dun know a Kardinal Offishall
AKA celebrity face bad bwoy inna di place yuh know
Tell dem fool deh fi watch wah dem a talk
Tell dem watch when a badman a walk
Tell dem bwoy deh fi keep it pon cock
Yo Kardinal watch out
[Chorus]
[Chorus: x2]
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