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It's just a euphemism for marijuana. "Unda mi sleng teng" is being under the influence of marijuana.
by wzy 5y ago
It's just a euphemism for marijuana. "Unda mi sleng teng" is being under the influence of marijuana.
- Cockbrand 5y agoSee also Barrington Levy's "Under mi Sensi", with the same riddim played on actual drums and bass: https://youtu.be/yFEvdWHK7GA https://youtu.be/yFEvdWHK7GA
- hutzlibu 5y agoLots of reggae/ragga is slang for ganja. But not all. So quite offtopic, but it reminds me of a related topic, but not as funny or peaceful. In my youth, this song was popular in the clubs we went TOK - chi chi man https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xCrhfXjIEvY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xCrhfXjIEvY We loved it. Very energetic. (my body still wants to dance hearing that riddim) It was much later, that I learned, what "chi chi man" and "bun them" means. Burn the homosexuals. To which the artists say, it is only meant in a metaphorical, spiritual fire. Burn the filthy, gay thoughts. But since gay people get murdered and burned for real in jamaica, I cannot really enjoy it anymore. (but I did enjoy the dark humor a bit, witnessing real homosexuals sing and dance to that song, while still being ignorant of its meaning)
- npteljes 5y agoVery good story, thanks for sharing. There's dissonance in every culture and we must take a good look at things like this, if we want to understand our human nature.
- tinco 5y agoOh no way.. we danced so much to that song. Thanks for teaching me that even though it makes me sad. I would totally randomly put it on to liven up a party.