So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Shake dat ting Miss Cana, Cana
Shake dat ting Miss Annabella
Shake dat ting, yo, Donna, Donna
Jodi and Rebecca
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Just keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live 'pon di riddim when me ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' do you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem cyaan' vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Gyal, don't sweat it
Don't get agitate, gyal, gwan rotate
Cah anyting you want you know you must get it
From yuh name ah mention, don't ease di tension
Gyal, run di program, just gwan pet it
Yo, have a good time, gyal, free up unnuh mind
Cah nobody cyaan' diss, yuh man won't let it
Cah you ah di number one, gyal, wave yuh hand
Make dem see di weddin' band
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Jus keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live when di riddim it ah ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' tell you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Donna, Donna
Yo, Miss Jodi and di one name Rebecca, yo
Shake dat ting, yo, Joanna
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Dutty (yo), yeah, yo
Well, me go suh then
Sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
Fi get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name, yo, it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good, just turn me on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good just turn me on
Shake dat ting Miss Annabella
Shake dat ting, yo, Donna, Donna
Jodi and Rebecca
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Just keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live 'pon di riddim when me ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' do you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem cyaan' vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Gyal, don't sweat it
Don't get agitate, gyal, gwan rotate
Cah anyting you want you know you must get it
From yuh name ah mention, don't ease di tension
Gyal, run di program, just gwan pet it
Yo, have a good time, gyal, free up unnuh mind
Cah nobody cyaan' diss, yuh man won't let it
Cah you ah di number one, gyal, wave yuh hand
Make dem see di weddin' band
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Jus keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live when di riddim it ah ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' tell you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Donna, Donna
Yo, Miss Jodi and di one name Rebecca, yo
Shake dat ting, yo, Joanna
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Dutty (yo), yeah, yo
Well, me go suh then
Sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
Fi get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name, yo, it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good, just turn me on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good just turn me on
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I love this song... but why did he have to stick "Jah" in there? "Jah" is a sacred Hebrew word that shouldn't be misused.