Neither the cricket variation nor sex interpretation is convincing. First, cricket is played during the day and not at night. Few, if any, cricket fields have lights. For example, the main cricket stadium in Jamaica, Kensington Oval, does not have lights. So how can you play a game similar to baseball without lights all night long? Second, since cricket is the Jamaican national sport, and second most popular sport in the world (after soccer), why would mama and papa not like it?
The lyrics suggest "ketchy shuby" is not a term or words intended to be construed together but two separate words each with their own meaning. It also suggests cause and effect, that is, when one person becomes shuby and the other feels ketchy. The lyrics primarily are about the person who feels ketchy and not the person who has become shuby.
The lyrics indicate the shuby person is advising the ketchy feeling person not to let "it" drop. What does sex or taking a woman's virginity have anything to do with dropping? The effect of dropping "it" causes a popping sound, suggesting that "it" is something fragile.
To me, the lyrics are unclear. The lyrics proclaims that if "it" pops, "it" cannot be mended. The next verse, however, suggests "it" can be mended but that such mending would cause it to be easily bent. A plausible conclusion is that "it" is a solid object that is difficult to bend but one that becomes malleable if it is dropped and a popping sound occurs.
So we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Your mama don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Your papa don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Long time I'm waiting, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Get you right where your ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Me and you a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Tell me if you like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
All night long, all night long, shuby-shuby tonight
Shuby-shuby tonight...
So we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Your mama don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Your papa don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Long time I'm waiting, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Get you right where your ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Me and you a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Tell me if you like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
All night long, all night long, shuby-shuby tonight
Shuby-shuby tonight...
If you don't realize this song is about sex, you are quite frankly an idiot.
If you don't realize this song is about sex, you are quite frankly an idiot.
It's not only about sex, but about a guy getting a presumably young virgin girl to go to bed with him
Oh, and @ Plato: while CRICKET may be the national Jamaican sport, Catchy Shubby is a faster version played by kids who can't stand the slow-moving nature of regular cricket, so it would actually make sense that the older folk wouldn't like the game.
"Ketchy Shuby" is obviously being used as a euphemism for sex, but he didn't just get the words out of his head, he instead modified the name of a popular game.
I'm still not sure what "if it drop it will pop" exactly means, but the best explanation is the "popped" hymen - losing your virginity. I'm not sure how the "easily bend" fits in.
Neither the cricket variation nor sex interpretation is convincing. First, cricket is played during the day and not at night. Few, if any, cricket fields have lights. For example, the main cricket stadium in Jamaica, Kensington Oval, does not have lights. So how can you play a game similar to baseball without lights all night long? Second, since cricket is the Jamaican national sport, and second most popular sport in the world (after soccer), why would mama and papa not like it?
The lyrics suggest "ketchy shuby" is not a term or words intended to be construed together but two separate words each with their own meaning. It also suggests cause and effect, that is, when one person becomes shuby and the other feels ketchy. The lyrics primarily are about the person who feels ketchy and not the person who has become shuby.
The lyrics indicate the shuby person is advising the ketchy feeling person not to let "it" drop. What does sex or taking a woman's virginity have anything to do with dropping? The effect of dropping "it" causes a popping sound, suggesting that "it" is something fragile.
To me, the lyrics are unclear. The lyrics proclaims that if "it" pops, "it" cannot be mended. The next verse, however, suggests "it" can be mended but that such mending would cause it to be easily bent. A plausible conclusion is that "it" is a solid object that is difficult to bend but one that becomes malleable if it is dropped and a popping sound occurs.
So we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Your mama don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Your papa don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Long time I'm waiting, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Get you right where your ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Me and you a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Tell me if you like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long, all night long, shuby-shuby tonight Shuby-shuby tonight...
So we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Your mama don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Your papa don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Long time I'm waiting, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Get you right where your ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Me and you a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Tell me if you like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long, all night long, shuby-shuby tonight Shuby-shuby tonight...
If you don't realize this song is about sex, you are quite frankly an idiot.
If you don't realize this song is about sex, you are quite frankly an idiot.
It's not only about sex, but about a guy getting a presumably young virgin girl to go to bed with him
Oh, and @ Plato: while CRICKET may be the national Jamaican sport, Catchy Shubby is a faster version played by kids who can't stand the slow-moving nature of regular cricket, so it would actually make sense that the older folk wouldn't like the game.
"Ketchy Shuby" is obviously being used as a euphemism for sex, but he didn't just get the words out of his head, he instead modified the name of a popular game.
I'm still not sure what "if it drop it will pop" exactly means, but the best explanation is the "popped" hymen - losing your virginity. I'm not sure how the "easily bend" fits in.