'Boom Bye Bye'

Buju Banton’s smash hit is only one of many Jamaican tracks that target homosexuals for extreme verbal violence. Although Banton at one point signed a pledge against inciting hatred or violence, he later denied having done so. Here are the complete lyrics of Banton’s "Boom Bye Bye," both in the original Jamaican patois and in English.

Boom bye bye
Inna batty bwoy head
    Boom [the sound of a gunshot] bye-bye
    In a f-----'s head

Rude bwoy no promote no nasty man
Dem haffi dead
    The tough young guys don't accept f---
    They have to die

Send fi di matic an
Di Uzi instead
    Send for the automatic [gun] and
    The Uzi instead

Shoot dem no come if we shot dem
    Shoot them, don't come [to help] if we shoot them

Guy come near we
Then his skin must peel
    If a man comes near me
    Then his skin must peel [as with acid poured over him]

Burn him up bad like an old tyre wheel
    Burn him badly, like an old tire