Batty boy
In Jamaican English and creole, a batty boy (also spelled batty bwoy; other terms include batty man and chi chi bwoy/man) is a man considered to be gay, bisexual, or effeminate. The term is considered pejorative. In 2007 Time Magazine noted that Jamaica was likely to be the worst place in the Americas for LGBT people and one of the most homophobic places in the world. Sex between men is punishable with up to ten years in jail.
Certain Jamaican music, which features hostility to homosexuals, such as in a T.O.K. song "Chi Chi Man" which threatens to burn fire on gays and those in their company, employs the term 'batty boy' to disparage LGBT people. One notorious song, "Boom Bye Bye" written by dancehall musician Buju Banton, advocates violence against batty boys, including shooting them in the head and setting them on fire: "Boom bye bye, in a batty bwoy head/Rude boy nah promote no nasty man, dem hafi dead."
Post-World War II Jamaican immigrants brought the term 'batty boy' to the United Kingdom. Contemporary usage has been boosted partly by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, and his portrayal of the character Ali G. The term is also used in North America.
Podcasts:
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by Jay'dore
Batty Boy
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Batty Batty Batty Batty Boy Boy Boy Boy
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(Verse 1)
MTL kick at the tam tam
Sister Nancy go and Bam Bam
Both side light side call that yang yang
Put away your blackberry cause were going to jam jam
Break that bread like nan nan
Keep your crystals keep your mansion
Give me castle put it in the sand sand
Mon amis francais il dit miam miam
And there they go
Off to school like fashion show
Not designer but they rock them clothes
Put together from head to toe
My boy hood my boy bad
My boy live a life that makes you mad
You stare us down we stare you back
Batty Batty Boy werk like that
(Pre Chorus)
I was all alone on the playground
Afraid to make a sound
No one to hold it down
But I knew I had the opportunity to make my love come true
(Chorus)
Wuk Wuk Wuk to the floor
Batty Batty Boy
If they cross you let dem know
Batty Batty Boy
Wuk Wuk Wuk one more
Batty Batty Boy
If they stare you give dem show
Batty Batty Boy
Batty Batty Batty Batty Boy Boy Boy Boy
Batty Batty Batty Batty Boy Boy Boy Boy
Batty Batty Boy Boy Batty Batty Boy
Batty Batty Boy Boy Batty Batty Boy
(Verse 2)
Hot boy hot boy
Living for the people
Weapon is love and baby it's lethal
Real we stare down trouble
Kid is a B so what him go bumble
In the jungle we don't catch feelings
We break your glass ceiling
Garden of heathens put your hands up
Sinta sana squash da man deh
Wanna slice a that Jay'dore
To sip that syrup that pain dore
Now I play out the shade in the summer
Five years later and I never looked younger
(Pre Chorus)
I was all alone on the playground
Afraid to make a sound
No one to hold it down
But I knew I had the opportunity to make my love come true
(Chorus)
Wuk Wuk Wuk to the floor
Batty Batty Boy
If they cross you let dem know
Batty Batty Boy
Wuk Wuk Wuk one more
Batty Batty Boy
If they stare you give dem show
Batty Batty Boy
Limin at the fete wit Kim and Anneth
Just smoking a sesh just lookin our best
When there comes some real bad bitch from the west
From the weave to the chest and her body in check
Now everybody check that sodaliscous soda pop
Fruit sack fruit clap when she make that booty drop
Booty stop booty rock booty lock booty pop
I know an asian bitch she can make that booty chop
(Pre Chorus)
I was all alone on the playground
Afraid to make a sound
No one to hold it down
But I knew I had the opportunity to make my love come true
(Chorus x2)
Wuk Wuk Wuk to the floor
Batty Batty Boy
If they cross you let dem know
Batty Batty Boy
Wuk Wuk Wuk one more
Batty Batty Boy
If they stare you give dem show
Batty Batty Boy