Sean Paul, Get Busy | Bangerz N Bopz

In the 30th edition of Bangerz N Bopz (2025), we highlight “Get Busy” performed by Jamaican dancehall singer and rapper Sean Paul.  

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 30^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz (2025), we break down “Get Busy” performed by Sean Paul.

“Shake dat ting, miss Cana, Cana / Shake dat ting, miss Annabella / Shake dat ting, yo, Donna Donna / Jodi and Rebecca.” Woo! Jamaican dancehall singer and rapper, Sean Paul scored a huge crossover hit with “Get Busy”. “Get Busy” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, a rarity for a reggae song. “Busy” is the fifth track from Paul’s multiplatinum album, Dutty Rock. Speaking of certifications, “Get Busy” was certified platinum in 2017 by the RIAA. Paul wrote this irresistible banger alongside producer Steve Marsden.

“Get Busy” does not require extensive analysis.  If you take one listen to it, you will understand why the song was a big deal.  From a musical perspective, the beat is infectious – hypnotic to the nth degree.  Even had Sean Paul said nothing on the track the instrumental kicks ass and takes names.  Of course, Paul brings ample personality to the tuneful melodies in the verses and the chorus. As the intro (excerpted above) shows, he embraces Jamaican patois in all of its glory.  In the first verse, he sings, “Woman, get busy, just shake dat booty nonstop / When di beat drop, jus keep swingin’ it.” No explanation is necessary.  The same can be said in the second verse when he asserts, “Gyal, don’t sweat it, don’t get agitate, just gwaan rotate.” It should come as no secret what she is rotating… The centerpiece, of course, is the chorus:

“Yo, sexy ladies waan par wid us

Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us

Inna di club, dem waan flex wid us

To get next to us, dem cyaan vex wid us

From di day mi born, Jah ignite mi flame

Gyal ah call mi name and it is mi fame

It’s all good, girl, turn me on

‘Til a early morn’, let’s get it on.”

More than two decades after being released “Get Busy” remains the bomb diggity.  This is one of the great bops from the aughts, no cap!

Sean Paul // Dutty Rock // VP // 2002

Sean Paul, Get Busy: Bangerz N Bopz No. 30 (2025) [: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; VP; Bigshow Lamar Campton, Daniel Duarte, Eduardo López from Pexels; AcatXIo, djexpectations, OpenClipart-Vectors, Thai Zeo from Pixabay]