Jamaican Till I Die!

Music is the rod and we are Moses Leading God's children to the Promised Land Music is the voice of his brother Aaron, yes Preaching and comforting at the Father's command We have the power to turn things around It's for us to stand up when we fall to the ground I say this with a smile, pause for a while, Lord Listen my son, the prophets have come Disgusting, Dysfunctional, Violent and Immoral Dirty-Dancehall must die. We must do all that is in our power to exterminate this vile and evil sub-culture from our society. A person on Facebook posted a dance hall video and in that video a young woman was thrown on a table. She spread her legs and then the man took out a bottle of hot pepper sauce and began to pour it between her legs to cheers, excitement and merriment of a crowd of on-lookers, including children. This is the type of behavior that we are now reduced to, where hot sauce poured between a woman’s legs is entertainment. I responded that this was the most disgusti...

The Question of Class? What is Class? Is it based on wealth or behavior? I think many people are confused with the concept of class within the context of Jamaica’s Unique Reality . The British concept of class and the Jamaican concept of class are totally different. The British concept of class is based on inherited status and wealth that is handed down from generation to generation and is ingrained within the British gentry/nobility based society. Emerging from over 300 years of Slavery, Colonization and Subjugation, the Jamaican concept had no generational inherited wealth and status and as such Jamaica had to redefine the concept of class. Not that we did not try to implement the British concept but having no Lords and Ladies just made us look pretentious and stupid. As such we had to redefine the concept of class to fit into Jamaica’s Unique Reality. Within Jamaica’s Unique Reality, what does it mean to break down the Social Barriers? I will first tell you what breaking ...

I always loved the Waterloo Roundabout and I started loving it more and more as the area around it became more and more developed. It was always lovely to come down or up Waterloo Road and see it because it represented a break from the congestion of the houses, townhouse and businesses. A nice open greenspace to remind me that Kingston and St. Andrew, is a green city. My only problem with the space inside the Waterloo Roundabout was that it was not turned into a lovely forested garden full of wild life. A nature reserve pleasing to the eye and general natural health. Growing up, the ground inside the Waterloo Roundabout was No-Mans-Land, since we were told that the site was an old Cholera burial ground and if we disturb the ground it would be hell on earth, so I feared it and I loved it. However, it was almost never overgrown, and the grass kept low. After breaking through the development and congestion of the Waterloo road corridors it was always a welcome sight for me. With...

Preferred Weekend getaway  Preferred View Preferred Place to let off stress on a Sunday night  Preferred Companion Reunion with Friends The Hood Daily walks Coming from Barbican Preferred Drink