Thursday 6 May 2010

Buju Banton's Gold Spoon in Standard English (or thereabouts)


Intro
How is that you are so stunning?!
You must be a contraption that manufactures beauty itself!
Youthful, untainted and verdant I say!

Buju Banton is attending to this issue. Pay attention to this!

Chorus
Woman, based on your stunning appearance I am behoved to shout loudly 'You appear to have been born into wealth and privilege!'. X2

I will declare, 'You are beautiful' loudly to all four points of the compass! I will travel by foot and spread the news everywhere that you are without doubt the best among women.

Tell the World, say I, that Buju B is in charge of all main thoroughfares! What I am declaring is not hear-say!

Chorus X2

You are gorgeous in the dress which you have purchased for yourself!
As a result, let it be known to your lessers that they have not attained your lofty status. And under no circumstance is your couture on loan to you.

Verse 1
Let your peers and adversaries continue with their gossiping, the entire brood is a blight on society.
You, on the other hand, are self-sufficient and upwardly mobile.
If a woman looks on in envy, let her be. If she wishes to gossip about you, so be it.
Their slander is of no consequence to you. It is a mere fact of nature that your status in life only continues to improve by leaps and bounds.

Chorus X2

Verse 2
I give thanks to you, her Mother, for giving birth to her! Her destiny and mine are entwined!

How is it that your beauty is so great? Are you the very source of greatness?
The perfection of your physiognomy suggests that you are the source of physical perfection!
Your ability to dance so well is proof you are a contraption that creates dance itself!
How is it that your very scent is so captivating?

Chorus X2

Bridge
It is a fact that the ladies from Whitehouse have unceasing beauty, and those from the Southern regions are voluptuous without end. The ladies from Dunkirk demonstrate attractiveness that defies description. The women of the upper classes also betray perpetual beauty.

Chorus X2

Woman, the mentally imbalanced behaviour of your peers is a result of your stunning appearance. With this in mind, give full expression to your feelings! You are both untainted and superior!

This translation is dedicated to all woman of character and substance. But most of all to my Empress, 'Di bes widout doubt'.

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