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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?"
galang by j3r July 25, 2008
Related Words
galang gal galang galant galan Galong Alex Galan galand galanga Galanh galank
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.
Galang by applerouge January 5, 2007
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 passa passa
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)
galang by peace of mind September 16, 2005
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.
galang by M-I-A September 30, 2005
A new slang that means that something is hot!
galang by biatch_4_ever August 11, 2005
1) A refugee camp
2) An island in Vietnam
3) A crazy tite 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.
Galang by Frizziky May 15, 2005