Aidonia - Bad Pickney (Lyrics & Insights)

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*LYRICS*
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INTRO:
Big Ship* ah sail out
Weh them hear ‘bout?
See that now?
Some boy fi* know this (pick out them there)
Lord Evil (mmmm mmmm)
Yes Papa
From me ah likkle* youth….

HOOK
Man ah bad pickney*
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t have no tough chat fi give me
Say man ah bad pickney
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t say them have no box fi give me
So take your eye off of me, take your eye off of me
When you see me you know say man ah bad pickney (BAD PEOPLE!)
Bad pickney, say man ah bad pickney
And no bleach-out boy* there ah no don fi Didi*

VERSE:
Yo! Anytime you see me yeah me have it with me
You see me, bad, anything me haffi* have nobody with me
You see me ‘pon the bike ah flash it, ah no dally-dilly
No go make nobody inna black ah say them sorry fi me
You see me, me make a step, me no fi carry belly*
Ah me alone ah prowl with the Zaggy-Ziggy*
You see me, feed boy corn like hominy-ny*
Daddy Didi, me ah the baddest inna the family-ly

HOOK:
Say man ah bad pickney
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t have no tough chat fi give me
Say man ah bad pickney
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t say them have no box fi give me
So take your eye off of me, take your eye off of me
When you see me you know say man ah bad pickney (BAD PEOPLE!)
Bad pickney, say man ah bad pickney
And no bleach-out boy there ah no don fi Didi

VERSE:
Yo! Bad pickney we no take no drape up*
We no run from boy jump fence and scrape up
Anytime you see me Fifty dollar wave up
Plus me go fi dollar-coin then weh me did ah saved up
We no trace like when you see a girl ah rail up
Sinting* knock! knock! like when a hammer nail up
No love how sinting them deh make me hand ah pain
Man ah drop jail, we no frail like gabba quail up

HOOK:
Say man ah bad pickney
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t have no tough chat fi give me
Say man ah bad pickney
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t say them have no box fi give me
So take your eye off of me, take your eye off of me
When you see me you know say man ah bad pickney (BAD PEOPLE!)
Bad pickney, say man ah bad pickney
And no bleach-out boy there ah no don fi Didi

OUTRO:
See that now?
Some boy fi know this (pick out them there)
Lord Evil (mmmm mmmm)
Yes Papa
From me ah likkle youth….

HOOK:
Man ah bad pickney
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t have no tough chat fi give me
Say man ah bad pickney
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t say them have no box fi give me
So take your eye off of me, take your eye off of me
When you see me you know say man ah bad pickney (BAD PEOPLE!)
Bad pickney, say man ah bad pickney
And no bleach-out boy there ah no don fi Didi
Man ah bad pickney
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t have no tough chat fi give me
Say man ah bad pickney
Say man ah bad pickney
Ah no boy can’t say them have no box fi give me
So take your eye off of me, take your eye off of me
When you see me you know say man ah bad pickney (BAD PEOPLE!)
Bad pickney, say man ah bad pickney
And no bleach-out boy there ah no don fi Didi




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Big Ship = Big Ship Records
Ah = This word is present in almost all sentences of the Jamaican Patois. Generic term for nearly everything and can mean am/is/of/to/are/in etc depending on context.

Fi = For/To, depending on context
Likkle = Little
Pickney = Child

Bleach-out boy = Referring to Dancehall Artiste Vybz Kartel who bleached himself
Didi = His (Aidonia’s) nickname
Haffi = Have to

Carry belly = To be grudgeful
Zaggy-ziggy = Zig zag revolver gun
Hominy-ny* = Hominy corn
Drape up = To treat someone roughly, with holding them by their clothes

Sinting, also spelled Si'ting = Something.
A term used when you don't want to refer to something by its name or don't feel like calling the proper name. Mi ah go get dat sinting. (I am going to get that thing).