Gun shots and sirens
Blood staining pavements
Yellow tape and white chalk
Souls fleeing bullet holes
Drive bys and break ins
Tears falling upon cadavers
Gimme dis and gimme dat
Corruption in our House of Assembly
‘Man das the govament tings’
Corruption in our Cabinet
Selling islands and teefing sand
The seas don’t have enough water to cry
Lace dresses and coloured weave
Jugalis marching this way
Sweethearts and roaches
Too much on ya bread
Bamboo Shack and mistic
Long live the cuttah
Beads, feathers and swimsuits
Carnival sweethearting Junaknoo
Brass, pasting, uniform procession
Dancers, drummers, cowbell shakers
The best is still on Bay
Layoffs and downsizing
Closing down bank branches
Hotels and developments
Too many eggs in one basket
Math, English, education, common sense
D + D = F
VAT and NHI
Bank accounts in waist trainers
Every fee on the rise
Income fleeing on hoverboards
Loans, mortgages and defaults
No pennies for a rainy day
Children having children
Mama dancing way past midnight
Children killing children
Mama crying why oh why
Daddy’s letting songs cry
Mama’s wishing it was her that died
Sea weed and sparkling waters
The seas know how to purify
Sun rises and sun sets
God still shines on us
Gold, aquamarine and black
May we never forget the people
Are just as important as the sand, sea and
sun
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| Surfer's Beach, Eleuthera |
