"Funnyman", a rough Jamaican equivalent of "faggot" in America, is on the original pressings of the album, and is removed on subsequent releases. Live, he often replaces it with Babylonian. I feel that when he originally wrote it, he was using the term to bring awareness to the situation in Jamaica. I know he didn't have a lot of time with his father, but I am certain that his older brothers passed on Bob's idea of loving everyone to Junior Gong. I'd guess that the reason it was removed was because recently, a lot of Jamaican dancehall singers started getting a lot of heat for their hateful lyrics (Bounty Killer, Elephant Man, Sizzla, among others). He probably realized the magnitude of what could happen if he, the son of Bob Marley, was thought to hate gay people. I mean, he even has Bounty Killer as a guest on this album (Khaki Suit). Regardless, this song is brilliant. It helps to show the true Jamaica. It's like Bob's earlier works, albeit in much more direct terms, even though most people don't listen hard enough to understand the lyrics.
"Funnyman", a rough Jamaican equivalent of "faggot" in America, is on the original pressings of the album, and is removed on subsequent releases. Live, he often replaces it with Babylonian. I feel that when he originally wrote it, he was using the term to bring awareness to the situation in Jamaica. I know he didn't have a lot of time with his father, but I am certain that his older brothers passed on Bob's idea of loving everyone to Junior Gong. I'd guess that the reason it was removed was because recently, a lot of Jamaican dancehall singers started getting a lot of heat for their hateful lyrics (Bounty Killer, Elephant Man, Sizzla, among others). He probably realized the magnitude of what could happen if he, the son of Bob Marley, was thought to hate gay people. I mean, he even has Bounty Killer as a guest on this album (Khaki Suit). Regardless, this song is brilliant. It helps to show the true Jamaica. It's like Bob's earlier works, albeit in much more direct terms, even though most people don't listen hard enough to understand the lyrics.