Galang

jamaican/rasta slang for “go along,” meaning behave. popularized by the incomparable m.i.a.
ref: http:// niceup.com /patois.txt, http:// www.speakjamaican.com /glossary.html
“galang bout yuh business” : “go along about you business”
“why yu fe galang so”? : “why must you behave in such a manner?”
commonly inverted as “lang-ga” or rhythmicized as “lang-ga-langa.”

1. marijuana; either a specific strain or cannabis in general. or being under the influence of said marijuana.

2. cool, laid back. a jamaican version of the common (african-)americanism “cool,” with a more nuanced meaning.

3. far superior, but cool about it.

4. antagonized without reciprocating or retaliating.
1. blazin’ that galang.

2. she’s pure galang under stress.

3. she hit those rhythms like mad, but she’s pure galang ’bout it.

4. they keep hatin’, but she’s still lang-ga.
1) weed
2) a vietnamese refugee camp
3) a vietnam island
1)blaze a blaze galang galang galang, purple haze, galang
2)the refugees were held in galang.
translated as go along: too blessed to be stressed especially on people hating on you.
you a real top a toppa
no careless lappa
no gyal can’t step in a you shoes
let go a p-ssa p-ssa
let them a chatta
no gyal can’t hotta than you (galang gyal)
whop dem one by one. (galang gyal)
top dem two by two. (galang gyal)
drop dem three by three. (galang gyal)
from you know seh you (galang gyal)
spin your roll gyal big up unnu chest. (galang gyal)
when you touch the road ah pure stress. (galang gyal)
you always wear (galang gyal)
and you no care if a gyal wan vex. (galang gyal)
1) a refugee camp
2) an island in vietnam
3) a crazy t-te song by m.i.a
i grew up in a galang during the war.

blaze a blaze, in galang galang galang, purple haze, in galang galang galang.
adj. something ill, dope, hot, awesome, phat, off the hizook!
“d-mn son, you’re new whip is mad galang!”
to -j-c-l-t- like a naval cannon when seeing something pleasant.
jim galanged and knocked tina into next week!

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