Busy Signal - Seen It Before | Short Film | Stay So Prequel

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The launch of the mini movie "Seen It Before" produced and directed by Dameon Gayle for Warrior Musick Productions in association with VP Records began with a Director's talk back, with members of the cast and key media outlets from around the world. Not the usual set up for a new song and music video but, this is not an average music video. The story line for Seen It Before connects the characters and conflicts from the 2018 mega-video Stay So with the latest Busy Signal release. The experience is like a short film with extensive dialog, peppered by the music from both songs to accentuate this all-too-common ghetto reality -violence begets violence. The lyrics of the song illustrate Busy Signal's understanding and lament, "Two fren a par, shot fire, skull bore, I’ve seen it all before, prison an’ morgue cyah hol’ nuttin’ more I’ve seen it all before." The video was shot in Kingston, Jamaica between February, and September 2020, by Dameon Gayle, who produced and directed music videos for recent Busy Signal hits “One Way”, “Dolla Van” and"100% (featuring Afro B )."

Born Reanno Gordon, Busy Signal burst onto the dancehall scene as part of iconic deejay Bounty Killer’s Alliance crew over a decade ago, establishing himself as a major factor in the genre with his breakthrough hit “Step Out” and an album by the same name. Successive projects like Loaded and further showcased Busy’s outside-the-box lyrical displays and eclectic ear for rhythms and, in 2012, he went back to basics with Reggae Music Again, an all-reggae set selected as one of the Top 10 albums of the year by the BBC. In addition to solo work, Busy has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Major Lazer, who featured him on their 2013 international smash “Watch Out For This (Bumaye)” and “Jump” off 2017’s Know No Better EP, as well as on the title track from No Doubt’s Major Lazer-produced album Push and Shove. A remixed version of “Jump” can be heard in Bacardi’s “Dance Floor” commercial campaign currently airing on TVs across North America. A pioneer in the fusion of dancehall and Afro sounds, Busy Signal has also cultivated deep ties with Africa, frequently visiting countries such as Zimbabwe and Gambia to perform. -Some words by Jesse Serwer of Large Up

Busy Signal - Seen It Before - Short Film

Produced & Directed by Dameon Gayle for Warrior Musick Productions

Distributed By: VP Records

Seen It Before | Lyrics

Some say dem a run place,
Nuff get erase cyah replace,
My dawgs watch di road, yeah yeah, alrite

Some say dem hardcore, I’ve seen it all before,
One more body drop dung pon floor, I’ve seen it all before
Two fren a par shot fire skull bore, I’ve seen it all before
Prison an’ morgue cyah hol’ nuttin’ more I’ve seen it all before.

Some a tek up badness pon street eh, man been dere done dat
Screw face cyah frighten we yeah, man been dere done dat
An’ bare lip service when yuh see dem, badness nuh mek outa tuff chat
An all di hype dem a hype dem nuh frighten we because
Man been dere done dat

Some likkle jus come jus born, see dem a trace so dem gwan
Time dem a waste betta dem jus calm
An’ mi nuh work affa people fi function, alrite
Dawg mi see dis every day, nuff pretend to be something dat their not,
One likkle piece a cheese ketch di rat so dem run inna death trap, alrite

Some say dem hardcore, I’ve seen it all before,
One more body drop dung pon floor, I’ve seen it all before
Two fren a par shot fire skull bore, I’ve seen it all before
Prison an’ morgue cyah hol’ nuttin’ more I’ve seen it all before.

Some a tek up badness pon street eh, man been dere done dat
Screw face cyah frighten we yeah, man been dere done dat
An’ bare lip service when yuh see dem, badness nuh mek outa tuff chat
An all di hype dem a hype dem nuh frighten we because
Man been dere done dat

Nowadays tings aint di same same
Nuff a dem sick in dem brain brain
Man a tek life everyday fi claim fame
Some a di don dem a switch an’ change lane
Alrite, mi neva know
Say mi woulda born an’ grow fi see tings like dis
Now mi know, say di smaller yuh keep yuh circle
Dat a less risk
Yute gwan aim fi yuh goal and strive ina life
Fi di tings yuh achieve
Keep it straight an’ positive some a dem, nah practice wah dem preach
One day change mus come haffi learn how fi stan’ firm pon yuh feet
A nuh everybody yuh fi watch nor folla cah some n’have no weh a reach

Some say dem hardcore, I’ve seen it all before,
One more body drop dung pon floor, I’ve seen it all before
Two fren a par shot fire skull bore, I’ve seen it all before
Prison an’ morgue cyah hol’ nuttin’ more I’ve seen it all before.

Some a tek up badness pon street eh, man been dere done dat
Screw face cyah frighten we yeah, man been dere done dat
An’ bare lip service when yuh see dem, badness nuh mek outa tuff chat
An all di hype dem a hype dem nuh frighten we because
Man been dere done dat


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