Eva Simons featuring Konshens - Policeman (information, video, & lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information about Eva Simons and information about Konshens.

This pancocojams post also showcases the 2015 Dancehall song "Policeman" by Eva Simons and Konshen.

The official video of that Dancehall song is showcased in this post along with the 2020 Just Dance version of that song.

The lyrics for that song are also included in this post.

The Addendum to this post provides my comments about the similarity of the lyrics "Hey, Mr. Policeman, I don't want no trouble" to the very old African American lyrics "massa don't whip me" which have been changed to "Policeman, policeman, don't beat me".

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All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Eva Simons and thanks to Konshen for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this song on YouTube.
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Although Eva Simon's song "Policeman" was released in 2015, the "policeman, policeman, I don't want no trouble" lyrics to that song are quite timely given the videos and articles documenting police brutality individuals and protesters in June 2020.

Click https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-unveil-broad-police-reform-bill-pledge-to-transform-law-enforcement/2020/06/08/1ed07d7a-a992-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.html for an article about the legislative efforts by the Democratic Representatives of the United States Congress to pass police reform bills.

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INFORMATION ABOUT EVA SIMMONS
Eva Simons (born April 27, 1984) is a Surinamese Dutch singer-songwriter from Amsterdam. She is best known for her song "Policeman" and collaborations with artists such as Afrojack and will.i.am. In 2012, Simons broke through on the international stage when she featured on the will.i.am single "This Is Love" which reached the top of several charts.[1] In the same year Simons received a BMI songwriting award for her songwriting on "Take Over Control".[2] During her solo career she has released 12 singles, including "Bludfire" which appeared in November 2015.

Early life
Raised in Amsterdam, Simons grew up in a family of musicians. Her mother is Ingrid Simons, a Dutch backing-singer and vocalist of Surinamese origin,[3] who worked with DJ Paul Elstak and T-Spoon. Her grandfather was the well-known Dutch accordionist Johnny Meijer. Her father was a pianist who inspired her to take up the instrument.

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On April 10, 2015, Simons released the single titled 'Policeman' through Powerhouse Music, a dancehall song produced by Sidney Samson. It was supported by a video directed by Rigel Kilston.[17] On November 23, 2015 Simons released the single titled Bludfire (feat. Sidney Samson) that received airplay on the Dutch radio stations Radio 538 and SLAM! (radio station).[18]"....

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INFORMATION ABOUT KONSHEN
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konshens
"Garfield Spence also known as Konshens (born 11 January 1985) is a Jamaican dancehall recording artist.

Biography
Garfield Delano Spence, stage name Konshens, was born on 11 January 1985. Prior to his solo career, he was a member of the duo SoJah with his brother Delus.[1] His hits have included "Winner", "Rasta Impostor", "This Means Money", "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Gal Dem A Talk", "Realest Song", "Represent", "Do Sumn" and "Forward", "Gal a bubble".[2]

His 2005 single "Pon Di Corner" was a major hit in Japan, and led to a month-long tour of the country and a Japan-only album release.[3]

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In 2012, he released his second album, Mental Maintenance.

In March 2014, he became an official brand ambassador for Pepsi.[8]

In July 2018, he was featured on I Don't Dance (Without You) with Matoma and Enrique Iglesias."...

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS

Video #1: Eva Simons - Policeman ( feat. Konshens )



evasimons, May 12, 2015
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Statistics as of June 10, 2020 as of 12:11 P.M EDT
Total # of views- 116,292,696
Total # of likes-754K
Total # of dislikes-35K
Total # of comments-36,604

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Video #2- Just Dance 2020 - Policeman by Eva Simons, Konshens (FULL MONTAGE)



DixferJD, Jun 12, 2019
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Statistics as of June 10, 2020 as of 12:19 P.M EDT
Total # of views- 38,163
Total # of likes-232
Total # of dislikes-11
Total # of comments-8

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LYRICS:
(Written By Eva Simons & Konshens
Release Date: May 12, 2015)

[Pre-Chorus: Eva Simons]
Hey, mister policeman
I don't want no trouble
I just wanna drop my jiggelin' down to the floor
Hey, mister policeman
Why you wanna holla at me?
I just wanna drop my jiggelin' down to the floor

[Chorus: Eva Simons]
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arresta baddaman mind ya business
Down to the floor

Bring 'em down

No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arresta baddaman mind ya business

[Pre-Chorus: Eva Simons]
Hey, mister policeman
I don't want no trouble
I just wanna drop my jiggelin' down to the floor
Hey, mister policeman
Why you wanna holla at me?
I just wanna drop my jiggelin' down to the floor

[Chorus: Eva Simons]
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arresta baddaman mind ya business
Down to the floor

Bring 'em down

[Chorus: Eva Simons]
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arresta baddaman mind ya business

Down to the floor

[Verse 1: Konshens]
Hey, mister policeman
Leave her alone
Mek she whine mash up the town
Look how she sexy, look how she round
Give her the whining crown
Her body illegal, her whining illegal
Her style is so lethal, yeaaa
She ain't a regular kind a gyal
Ya! Yea! Yea!

[Pre-Chorus: Eva Simons]
Hey, mister policeman
I don't want no trouble
I just wanna drop my jiggelin' down to the floor
Hey, mister policeman
Why you wanna holla at me?
I just wanna drop my jiggelin' down to the floor

[Chorus: Eva Simons]
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arresta baddaman mind ya business
Down to the floor

Bring 'em down

[Chorus: Eva Simons]
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arresta baddaman mind ya business
Down to the floor

[Verse 2: Eva Simons & Konshens]
So I hit the road and end up in a yardy party
Baby was moving like like a naughty shorty
Need discipline, I need discipline
Need to put me on a lockdown no visiting
Bring 'em down yea
Handcuffs maintain the connection
This baton is a rod of correction
Discipline, I need discipline
Need to put her on a lockdown no visiting

[Chorus (2X): Eva Simons]
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arrest badman mind ya bizz
No arresta baddaman mind ya business
Down to the floor

Source: https://genius.com/Eva-simons-policeman-lyrics
I believe that the line "I just wanna drop my jiggelin' down to the floor" means that she wants to drop the jiggling (shaking/wining) motion that she is doing down near the floor.

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ADDENDUM: PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
I believe that the words "Hey Mr. Policeman, I don't want no trouble" in Eva Simon's song "Policeman" remind me of the lines "massa massa don't whip me" (whip that [n word] behind the tree". A 1922 example of those lines, with the words "Mistah Washington" substituted for "massa" (master") are found in the following example from the 1922 book Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise And Otherwise, edited by the African American collector Thomas W. Talley:

T-U-TURKEY
T-u, tucky, T-u, ti.
T-u, tucky, buzzard's eye.
T-u, tucky, T-u, ting.
T-u, tucky, buzzard's wing.
Oh, Mistah Washin'ton! Don't whoop me,
Whoop dat N___r* Back 'hind dat tree.
He stole tucky, I didn' steal none.
Go wuk him in de co'n field jes fer fun
- Thomas W, Talley, Negro Folk Rhymes, Wise & Othewise, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27195/27195-h/27195-h.htm, p. 7
*The n word is fully spelled out in this example.
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Talley wrote that some of examples in his book were remembered from [United State] slavery times. It's likely that "T-U-Turkey" song with its "don't whip me/whip that [n word] back behind that tree" is one of those old rhymes or is a later variant form of an old rhyme. "Teacher don't beat me", "Policeman don't beat me", and "Policeman Don't Blame Me" are some of the variant forms of this rhyme.

Talley wrote that some of examples in his book were remembered from [United State] slavery times. It's likely this is one of those old rhymes or is a later variant form of an old rhyme. "Teacher don't beat me", "Policeman don't beat me", and "Policeman Don't Blame Me" are some of the variant forms of this rhyme.

The core meaning of these verses is that having been caught doing something wrong, the person speaking redirects the authority figure's attention to another person who the speaker claims was engaged in wrongdoing.

Here's an example of the policeman version of this rhyme from Jump-Rope Rhyme: A Dictionary edited by Roger D. Abrahams (Publications of the American Folklore Society, 1970 [p. 161]

Policeman, policeman don’t whip (blame) me,
Whip that [n word] behind that tree;
he stole peaches I stole none;
Put him in the calaboose* just for fun.


Usually collected as a taunt
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*calaboose - jail [from Spanish word "calabozo" dungeon] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calaboose

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/06/policeman-dont-beat-me-and-other.html for a pancocojams post entitled Policeman Don't Beat Me" And Other Examples Of Policemen Mentioned In Children's Recreational Rhymes". This is a 2020 reprint of a August 2014 pancocojams post.

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