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.
Ah me seh one thing Nancy cyaan' understand
One thing Nancy cyaan' understand
Wah mek dem ah talk 'bout mi ambition?
Seh, wah mek dem ah talk 'bout mi ambition?
Cah me seh some ah dem ah ask me where me get it from
Seh some ah dem ah ask me where me get it from
Ah true dem nuh know it's from creation
Ah true dem nuh know it's-a from creation
Bam bam, ay, what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Ay, what a bam bam
To what a bam bam
This woman never trouble no one
I'm a lady, I'm not a man
MC is my ambition
I come fi nice up Jamaican
So bam bam, to what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Ay ah me seh what a bam bam
Tell 'em, tell me seh what a bam bam
Ay, tell 'em, tell 'em
Me born and me grow inna Princeton 6
I Nancy write mi crissest lyrics
When you hear dem it sound like Christie's biscuit
You come inna di place and me seh well well slick
Bam bam, ay seh what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Ay seh what a bam bam, ay seh what a bam bam
Ah some ah dem ah seh me one come mash up dem plan
Ah true dem nuh know me ah one business woman
Sister Nancy she ah one inna three million
Sister Nancy she ah one inna three million
So bam bam, seh what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam, ay
Seh go, Sister Nancy, beg you go
I tell you seh fi go, Sister Nancy, beg you go
I know it from mi head straight down to my toe
Ah tee-ta-toe, Sister Nancy on di go
Ah some ah dem ah ask, "Ah Sister Nancy mek you bad so?"
Slang-dung-diddly, Sister Nancy mek you bad so?
E bam bam, what a bam bam
E bam bam dilla, bam bam
E bam bam dilla, bam bam
What a bam bam, ay
Tell me seh what a bam bam
This woman, I never trouble no one
I'm a lady, I'm not a man
MC is my ambition
I come fi nice up Jamaican
So bam bam, seh what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam, ay
Ah me seh one ting Nancy cyaan' understand
Ah one ting Nancy
One thing Nancy cyaan' understand
Wah mek dem ah talk 'bout mi ambition?
Seh, wah mek dem ah talk 'bout mi ambition?
Cah me seh some ah dem ah ask me where me get it from
Seh some ah dem ah ask me where me get it from
Ah true dem nuh know it's from creation
Ah true dem nuh know it's-a from creation
Bam bam, ay, what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Ay, what a bam bam
To what a bam bam
This woman never trouble no one
I'm a lady, I'm not a man
MC is my ambition
I come fi nice up Jamaican
So bam bam, to what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Ay ah me seh what a bam bam
Tell 'em, tell me seh what a bam bam
Ay, tell 'em, tell 'em
Me born and me grow inna Princeton 6
I Nancy write mi crissest lyrics
When you hear dem it sound like Christie's biscuit
You come inna di place and me seh well well slick
Bam bam, ay seh what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Ay seh what a bam bam, ay seh what a bam bam
Ah some ah dem ah seh me one come mash up dem plan
Ah true dem nuh know me ah one business woman
Sister Nancy she ah one inna three million
Sister Nancy she ah one inna three million
So bam bam, seh what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam, ay
Seh go, Sister Nancy, beg you go
I tell you seh fi go, Sister Nancy, beg you go
I know it from mi head straight down to my toe
Ah tee-ta-toe, Sister Nancy on di go
Ah some ah dem ah ask, "Ah Sister Nancy mek you bad so?"
Slang-dung-diddly, Sister Nancy mek you bad so?
E bam bam, what a bam bam
E bam bam dilla, bam bam
E bam bam dilla, bam bam
What a bam bam, ay
Tell me seh what a bam bam
This woman, I never trouble no one
I'm a lady, I'm not a man
MC is my ambition
I come fi nice up Jamaican
So bam bam, seh what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam, ay
Ah me seh one ting Nancy cyaan' understand
Ah one ting Nancy
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