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.
One day,
One day some of the kids from the neighbourhood
Carried my mother's groceries all the way home
You know why? It was outta respect.
New name, mon: the original nuttah
Take heed and take check
UK Apache along di Shy FX
And when we come it's murderation!
All original gangsta man,
Hear what mi tellin' now
Ya hear mi, come and nuh imitate
Originate, we come fi originate
Alright, mate?
Know what yer doing, mate
In here we get 'em comin' about kill
So now I'm 'unna stop talk
Watch mi tell dem, rude bwoy
Watch this!
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Ooh-yeah-eh, ooh-yeah-eh, ooh-noo-no-no-no-no-no
Bad boys inna London
Rude boys inna England
Bad boys inna Jericho
Rude boys inna Kingston
Watch ya
You never know di gangsta, mi seh dem inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know di hortical, mi seh dem inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know Shy FX, mon, big inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know UK Apache big inna jungle
Wha mi tell ya, rude bwoy
Watch it now, man
Mi are di nuttah
Original madmah madmah mad nuttah
Original madamadamadamadamadamadamadamadah nuttah
Original madmah madmah mad nuttah
Original madamadamadamadamadamah
Mi are di nuttah
Mi badder than di bad bwoy darth vader feared
Let off da jedi where you are, skywalker
Inna wan's school dem call mi troublemaker
Badder dan di predator and di terminator
Badder dan di gorgon and di don dada
Seh who try a ting?
You ain't gwain bother
I tell you Shy FX, man, a control di fad
Dibby, dibby
Wha mi tell dem, rude bwoy?
Mi ball
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Ooh-yeah-eh, ooh-yeah-eh, ooh-noo-no-no-no-no-no
Bad boys inna London
Rude boys inna England
Bad boys inna Jericho
Rude boys inna Kingston
Watch ya
You never know di gangsta, mi seh, dem inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know di hortical, mi seh, dem inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know Shy FX, man, big inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know uk apache rule the jungle
Well, well
Mi are di nuttah
Original madmah madmah mad nuttah
Original madamadamadamadamadamadamadamadah nuttah
Original madmah madmah mad nuttah
Original madamadamadamadamadamah
Mi are di nuttah
Mi badder than di bad bwoy darth vader feared
Let off da jedi where you are, skywalker
Inna wan's school dem call mi troublemaker
Badder than the predator and the terminator
Badder than di gorgon and di don dada
I tell you uk apache, man, a control di fad
Yes, Shy FX, man
Full up on your lighter
Wha mi tell them, rude bwoy
Hear mi now, rude bwoy man
I am a murderer
Kill up any dj by di gun
Yo, hear me
Shy FX him is a murderer
Kill up any dj by di gun
Wha mi tell ya?
Hear mi now, rude bwoy man
One day some of the kids from the neighbourhood
Carried my mother's groceries all the way home
You know why? It was outta respect.
New name, mon: the original nuttah
Take heed and take check
UK Apache along di Shy FX
And when we come it's murderation!
All original gangsta man,
Hear what mi tellin' now
Ya hear mi, come and nuh imitate
Originate, we come fi originate
Alright, mate?
Know what yer doing, mate
In here we get 'em comin' about kill
So now I'm 'unna stop talk
Watch mi tell dem, rude bwoy
Watch this!
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Ooh-yeah-eh, ooh-yeah-eh, ooh-noo-no-no-no-no-no
Bad boys inna London
Rude boys inna England
Bad boys inna Jericho
Rude boys inna Kingston
Watch ya
You never know di gangsta, mi seh dem inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know di hortical, mi seh dem inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know Shy FX, mon, big inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know UK Apache big inna jungle
Wha mi tell ya, rude bwoy
Watch it now, man
Mi are di nuttah
Original madmah madmah mad nuttah
Original madamadamadamadamadamadamadamadah nuttah
Original madmah madmah mad nuttah
Original madamadamadamadamadamah
Mi are di nuttah
Mi badder than di bad bwoy darth vader feared
Let off da jedi where you are, skywalker
Inna wan's school dem call mi troublemaker
Badder dan di predator and di terminator
Badder dan di gorgon and di don dada
Seh who try a ting?
You ain't gwain bother
I tell you Shy FX, man, a control di fad
Dibby, dibby
Wha mi tell dem, rude bwoy?
Mi ball
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
Ooh-yeah-eh, ooh-yeah-eh, ooh-noo-no-no-no-no-no
Bad boys inna London
Rude boys inna England
Bad boys inna Jericho
Rude boys inna Kingston
Watch ya
You never know di gangsta, mi seh, dem inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know di hortical, mi seh, dem inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know Shy FX, man, big inna jungle
Well, yeah
You never know uk apache rule the jungle
Well, well
Mi are di nuttah
Original madmah madmah mad nuttah
Original madamadamadamadamadamadamadamadah nuttah
Original madmah madmah mad nuttah
Original madamadamadamadamadamah
Mi are di nuttah
Mi badder than di bad bwoy darth vader feared
Let off da jedi where you are, skywalker
Inna wan's school dem call mi troublemaker
Badder than the predator and the terminator
Badder than di gorgon and di don dada
I tell you uk apache, man, a control di fad
Yes, Shy FX, man
Full up on your lighter
Wha mi tell them, rude bwoy
Hear mi now, rude bwoy man
I am a murderer
Kill up any dj by di gun
Yo, hear me
Shy FX him is a murderer
Kill up any dj by di gun
Wha mi tell ya?
Hear mi now, rude bwoy man
Lyrics submitted by Portilloizay
Original Nuttah Lyrics as written by Andre Keith Williams Abdul Wahab Lafta
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Mute Song Limited
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