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08-02-2012, 04:39 PM
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| I Come In Peace  Member Since: Feb 2007 Location: Suthin' Merlin
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| Ub40 lyric What the H*ll does THIS mean: "Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line" Can ya guess the song?
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| I know nothing  Member Since: Jun 2006 Location: Stalag 13
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08-02-2012, 05:34 PM
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| Registered User  Member Since: Feb 2008 Location: Cal. Co. Huntingtown
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'Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line' This is a play on the lyrics of the "The clapping song" a 60s R&B song by Shirley Ellis: "The monkey chew tobacco on the streetcar line". This version is in Jamaican patois (this is a reggae song). Dep is the name of the band's (UB40) record label, Rizla is a brand of cigarette papers, used to roll marijuana (ganga) cigarettes. It's really just a play on the rhyme, with no real significance. I agree with lian's interpretation of the other line. "Mek" is Jamaican patois for "make". These lyrics are "toasted" (Jamaican-style rap) by the band's toaster and trumpet player, in the song "Red, Red Wine". As this is a light, good-time song, the lyrics are really just improvised rhyming; playing with words.
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