Jamaica’s charm lies not just in its natural beauty and its people, but also in a general ‘feel good vibes.’
Wen problem set een over di world
An life kyaan seckle dung
Everybody waan fi run weh come a Jamaica
Di place wi call Jamdung
A yah so di creativity an di talent come from
Yah so reggae bawn an grow
Yah so you fine every bush fi heal every sick
But nuff people nuh know
So from clear a woi ee woi pan plane an ship
Dem come fi get a taste
Of di one place weh meck yuh feel alright
Nuh matter wat yuh race
From Blue Mountain to Green Grotto Cave
Yuh climb Dunn’s River Falls
Fish, festival, jelly coaknat an callaloo
Jamaica have it all
Tourist come pan two foot ankle express
An some wid fancy vehicle
Some wid one deggeh knapsack pan dem back
Just waan fi meet di people
An wedda wi have big wuck, lickle wuck or no wuck
Wi gi yuh friendship from di core
Wi fling open wi heart big like di Caribbean Sea
Yuh kyaan help but love wi more
Di sun shine wid Jamaican people wen dem smile
An we meck yuh feel at ease
Light an young like any spring chicken
Fresh like any breeze
Jamaica wi meck yuh fall in love all over again
Wid yuh husban or yuh wife
Fall in love wid yuh fren dem an yuh family
An fall in love wid life
Dis morning one big ol gray back man out a airport
Fling dung himself a bawl
An all di coaknat water dem gi him fi drink
Couldn’t calm him dung at all
Hear him “Oh, my heart is dying, it shall fall from my chest
Oh I cannot breathe
Is like they planted mi navel string on Jamaica soil
Why I have to leave
Hear one white ooman she wid yie water in har yie
‘Never yuh mind old chap
I hate the thought of the snow awaiting me at home
So in a week I will be back”.
Di bawling stop, an mas man face light up
“When yuh coming back my dear?
Maybe wi kyan try a ting, yuh never know
Ahm, what size ring yuh wear?”
Mi laugh becaw Jamaica win an warm every single heart
Becaw Jamaican people care
Come a Jamaica, come fall in love wid yuhself an
Meck it Jamaica every year.
Article take from Joan Andrea Hutchinson’s book ‘Meck Mi Tell Yuh’
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