Re srkikid's comment: "I don't get it: if this is a song about an average Englishman on his holiday in Jamaica, how come that he speaks such a broken English?"
obviously this commenter hasn't talked to a lot of poms - many non-upperclass English people say "me" instead of "my" (as do Australians). Many white guys also do refer to black guys as 'brothers" perhaps in an effort either to be cool or to be 'one world inclusive".
Also, I always thought the words were "If you walk thru my world, You got to show some respect", which makes more sense to me than "Don't you walk thru my words You got to show some respect"
They play this song a lot here in Australia during cricket season. But, I haven't seen the video yet! Must find it. (In general I agree with tallica and IntravenusDeMilo above, about its overall meaning.)
Re srkikid's comment: "I don't get it: if this is a song about an average Englishman on his holiday in Jamaica, how come that he speaks such a broken English?" obviously this commenter hasn't talked to a lot of poms - many non-upperclass English people say "me" instead of "my" (as do Australians). Many white guys also do refer to black guys as 'brothers" perhaps in an effort either to be cool or to be 'one world inclusive".
Also, I always thought the words were "If you walk thru my world, You got to show some respect", which makes more sense to me than "Don't you walk thru my words You got to show some respect"
They play this song a lot here in Australia during cricket season. But, I haven't seen the video yet! Must find it. (In general I agree with tallica and IntravenusDeMilo above, about its overall meaning.)