Ragga Ragga
Red Plastic Bag Lyrics

Come... Come...
The artist is inviting the listener to pay attention to his story.

Ah don't understand one ting when ah try to listen to a dub song
The artist has difficulty understanding dub music.

Ah tried and ah tried and ah tried and ah tried and ah know that something wrong
Despite his repeated attempts, the artist cannot grasp the concept of dub music.

Anytime the DJ decide to play one hand go up in the air
When the DJ plays a dub song, people react and dance.

Everybody chanting, doing de Bogle, oh what an atmosphere
The atmosphere is lively, with people chanting and dancing the Bogle.

Ah hearing, yuh singing ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga ragga
The artist can hear people singing the repetitive phrase 'ragga ragga.'

Yuh chanting, yuh shouting
People are chanting and shouting.

(Ragga ragga) Even when ah move a little closer
Even when the artist gets closer to the source of the music, he still cannot understand the lyrics.

(Ragga ragga) Put me ear close to de speaker
The artist tries to get closer to the artist to hear the lyrics better.

(Ragga ragga) Turn up the radio louder
The artist turns up the radio volume in an attempt to understand the lyrics.

(Ragga ragga) You know I just can't decipher
Despite his efforts, the artist cannot decipher the lyrics of the dub song.

(Ragga chant by Macfingall)
A chant by Macfingall that is most likely unintelligible to the artist.

Ah went to a fete by After Dark, man yuh know dat fete was de best
The artist attended a party by After Dark, which was a great experience.

From de time ah reach by de door ah felt a bassline pounding in me chest
The artist felt the strong bass from the music as soon as he arrived at the party.

Dis dub music is really sweet, you know I just can't deny
Despite not understanding the lyrics, the artist enjoys the sound of dub music.

De young and de old they singing it, though not me, (don't) care how much ah try
Despite everyone else singing along, the artist cannot understand the lyrics.

Hear what ah tell yuh
The artist wants the listener to pay attention.

Ah told myself not to be left out ah must get hip on dis ting
The artist wants to keep up with the popular trend of dub music.

All these popular dub songs yuh know dat ah would like to sing
The artist wishes he could sing along to popular dub songs but cannot understand them.

How de hell they sing like dat and don't bite a hole in dey tongue
The artist wonders how people can sing gibberish without biting their tongues.

Like Arabic or Hebrew language, to me dat is how it sound(s)
To the artist, dub music sounds like a foreign language he cannot understand.

(Ragga chant)
A repeating chant that the artist cannot understand.