This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
And then we gonna say kinky reggae!
Ooh, yeah I went downtown (said I went downtown)
I saw Miss Brown (said, I saw Miss Brown)
She had brown sugar (had brown sugar)
All over her booga-wooga (over her booga-wooga)
I think I might join the fun (think I might join the fun)
But I had to hit and run (had to hit and run)
See, I just can't settle down (just can't settle down)
In a kinky part of town
Ride on
Don't you know I've got to ride on
Ride on, see I just can't settle down (ride on)
Kinky reggae
Oh, kinky reggae now
Kinky reggae
Oh, kinky reggae now
Kinky reggae, all I've got to say
Kinky reggae now
Kinky reggae, do it up
Kinky reggae, now, ride on, now
Ride on
Ride on
Ride on, kinky reggae, ride on
Ey, I went down to Piccadilly Circus
Down there I saw Marcus
He had a candy tar
All over his chocolate bar
I think I might join the fun (I might join the fun)
But I had to hit and run (had to hit and run)
See I just can't settle down (just can't settle down)
In a kinky part of town
Nice one, that's what they say, nice one
But I'm leavin' you today (nice one)
Oh, darlin', please don't play (nice one) mama say, mama say
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
Eh, I want you to meet my brother Carlton over here
And I want you to meet Aston Barret
I said I want you to meet Aston Barret over here
And I want you to meet brother Al over there, on guitar
And I want you to meet brother Seeco
And I want you to meet brother Tyrone
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now, nice one
Nice one
Nice one
Nice one, kinky reggae
You're such a nice, nice, nice, nice one, kinky (reggae)
I want you to meet my sisters (kinky reggae, now)
I want you to meet my sisters! (kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
Now, you see that one over there?
Her name is sister Rita
And you see this sister here nearest to me?
Her name is sister Judy
And we get together and say
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Ride on
Ride on
Ride on, kinky reggae
Ride on
Kinky reggae (my name is brought on back)
Kinky reggae now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Ooh, yeah I went downtown (said I went downtown)
I saw Miss Brown (said, I saw Miss Brown)
She had brown sugar (had brown sugar)
All over her booga-wooga (over her booga-wooga)
I think I might join the fun (think I might join the fun)
But I had to hit and run (had to hit and run)
See, I just can't settle down (just can't settle down)
In a kinky part of town
Ride on
Don't you know I've got to ride on
Ride on, see I just can't settle down (ride on)
Kinky reggae
Oh, kinky reggae now
Kinky reggae
Oh, kinky reggae now
Kinky reggae, all I've got to say
Kinky reggae now
Kinky reggae, do it up
Kinky reggae, now, ride on, now
Ride on
Ride on
Ride on, kinky reggae, ride on
Ey, I went down to Piccadilly Circus
Down there I saw Marcus
He had a candy tar
All over his chocolate bar
I think I might join the fun (I might join the fun)
But I had to hit and run (had to hit and run)
See I just can't settle down (just can't settle down)
In a kinky part of town
Nice one, that's what they say, nice one
But I'm leavin' you today (nice one)
Oh, darlin', please don't play (nice one) mama say, mama say
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
Eh, I want you to meet my brother Carlton over here
And I want you to meet Aston Barret
I said I want you to meet Aston Barret over here
And I want you to meet brother Al over there, on guitar
And I want you to meet brother Seeco
And I want you to meet brother Tyrone
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now, nice one
Nice one
Nice one
Nice one, kinky reggae
You're such a nice, nice, nice, nice one, kinky (reggae)
I want you to meet my sisters (kinky reggae, now)
I want you to meet my sisters! (kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
(Kinky reggae)
(Kinky reggae, now)
Now, you see that one over there?
Her name is sister Rita
And you see this sister here nearest to me?
Her name is sister Judy
And we get together and say
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Ride on
Ride on
Ride on, kinky reggae
Ride on
Kinky reggae (my name is brought on back)
Kinky reggae now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Kinky reggae
Kinky reggae, now
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Kinky Reggae Lyrics as written by Bob Marley
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is certainly about sex and (in)fidelity. One of the only chinks in Bob's "armor of righteousness" is that he was an unapologetic philanderer, and did so right in the face of his wife, Rita. I read in a biography book (So Much Things to Say by Roger Steffens) how Rita once served Bob and former Miss World beauty Cindy Breakspeare breakfast in bed shortly after Bob's cancer diagnosis (!!) and the Marley documentary movie focuses a bit of time on his relationships with women and the obvious pain it caused Rita Marley.
Now, one part of the lyric really confuses me. Second verse...
"I went down to Picadilly Circus, Down there I saw Marcus, He had a candy tar, All over his chocolate bar"
What's all this mean, I wonder? Is the "chocolate bar" Marcus' girlfriend, or Marcus' (you-know-what-I-mean)? Are we talking about a possible three-some, or something else here?
I'm sure Bob and probably Rasta in general aren't very pro-homosexual/bi-sexual, as evidenced by some of the lyrics in Midnight Ravers (can't tell my women from the men, she is dressed in the same pollution), I wonder aloud how Bob could even have been so out front with this lyric. Or at least, unambiguous.
What do you all think?