Chapter 1
Where does Buju fit into the whole scheme of things?
Buju Banton:
I see myself as a spoke in this wheel which has many spokes. But, I am the spoke who continue to turn, never bent, never break, never bow, and take a solemn vow to deliver the people no matter how long.
Jamaica is a very culture rich and righteous island and as they say where there is good there is also evil in equal amounts to balance it off, correct?
Buju Banton:
Well, in every scenario there will be good and there will be evil. There will be rich and there will be poor. There will be justice and injustice. But one must find common ground in all of this, finally. A way where we can communicate and get rid of the negativity that is holding us back.
There are those who say music is from the Devil.
Buju Banton:
I don’t want to talk about that because I don’t want nothing to do with the Devil.
Chapter 2
Elephant Man won entertainer of the year for the last two years. He’s tight with you and a member of Scare Dem, who you put on. What if he comes for the number one position?
Bounty Killer:
No problem. The number one position is for everybody. Everybody has to be number one. The number one position was not made for one person. So, whatever the people wish or whatever the almighty permits we have to just work with it. It’s not my ply or my cry to say I’m number one or to be number one. It’s just nature. So, I bring Elephant and he’s a talented kid. I hope him the best and I know he has it, so if he’s to be number one he’s bound for that.
How have you been able to hold on to number one for so long?
Bounty Killer:
I don’t even know because tell you what. I don’t intentionally strive to hold number one. I just become number one. I guess what I do is so rated or it’s so appreciated people say it’s number one but I never intentionally try to be number one. I just try to be the best of my ability and artistically, and it happens to be number one. So, I think it’s me being true to my skills and myself because what I do from early stages of my career I continue to do. I keep my fan base from the early stage. I’m not one who keeps lost in time. I’m one who builds most times. My fan base kept growing. So, I guess that’s what has kept me as number one because the root is there with the branch.
Chapter 3
Were you chosen?
Sizzla:
Based upon the knowledge of the people. The people decide whatsoever they want to say, and whatsoever they want to do, you know? Speaking for myself, I must be chosen to be speaking the words of God unto the people.
Yes, of course, we are chosen because it’s life, and praise the living God I’m living.
You’ve put out many messages over the years. I’ll leave it at that.
Sizzla:
No, no, no, man. Finish it, man.
Some of it is positive. Some of it is construed by others as negative but you say you’re always about positivity.
Sizzla:
Okay. It’s all good. Words get its meaning according to how it is being used. If you have something good to say, say it, and if you’re going to bash against something that’s bad, you got to say it. You got to speak the word.
Man born ruler. Man is literally ruler. The woman she follow and take the orders of the man. So they tell you we are King. We’re from Church and State, from Africa. That’s our prophecies, that’s our life, our philosophies, our culture, our tradition. Principles from Solomon lines go straight up. Me a man! Me have fi rule over my house. I have a Church, Kolada. My family is the last of the Kolada. The world I see I say that’s how the world is gonna be around I. So I always try to maintain it on a clean level, and you still got to be in judgment where your own family know they mustn’t really cross over the bounds, because crossing over my bounds is not just only my bounds you are crossing. You’re crossing over a family’s bounds with principles and you might not know, so you’ve got to maintain a humility.
