Super Cat - Jamaica Jamaica

By Gabriel_Heatwave |
Thursday 06 August 2009 |
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Today is the 47th anniversary of Jamaica's independence. In comes Super Cat with a tune from 1986 going deep into the island's colonial history. Lyrics in full below...

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Lyrics: Super Cat - Jamaica Jamaica

Now special request to all tourists
Whether you live inna Canada, America or you live inna forest
This is Apache I nah come and miss
Well mi say easy nuh Cat and mi say easy nuh man
Easy nuh Cat and I say easy nuh man
And anywhere you go you a di deejay don

Jamaica Jamaica! Galang galang
Jamaica Jamaica! She ribby bom

Yes Jamaica is a land weh full of adventure
Land of golden sunshine and mi say wood and water
The famous Blue Mountain and the great Dunn's River
Jamaica surround by Caribbean water

Arawak Indian was the originator
Then the Spaniard and English and nuff more follow
I say Christopher Columbus was a great founder
Born and grown down a Italy inna Genoa
Dreadlocks, he was the son of a wool weaver
But then he strive to become a sailor

Yes him travel go to Spain him was a navigator
Say King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Him get the Pinta, the Niña, the Santa Maria
And two hundred man armed like soldier
Them sword pon dem hip and dem one shooter
Yes Columbus was the captain him was the ruler
Dem sail out of Spain across the blue water
Down a San Salvador first dem discover
Continue their voyage and reach down inna Cuba

Inna 1494 dem reach inna Jamaica
And landed at the place called Santa Gloria
I say down inna di St Ann's Bay area
But daylight kept them inna Dry Harbour
Because them run short of wood and run out of water
Dem haffi stock up dem ship and fling out dem anchor
And tek up dem arms and invade the area

Oh launch and attack some Arawak warrior
Dem never lick nuh shot a bow and arrow dem a fire
The chief pon him horse and him head full of feather
Columbus take over like a great soldier, bim!
Back out him sword and lick him one shooter
And mi say lickle after that a pure shots start fire
A so dem get fi conquer inna Jamaica
And give all the riches to the Spain leader

Inna 1665 blood run like river
When the English fight the Spaniards and then take over
Inna 1658 it was a small disaster
Dreadlocks, it was di battle down a Río Nuevo
Inna 1659 wi first civil governor
Edward Eyre him was a brave warrior
Him fight like a lion fi save Jamaica
Yes him never lose no war him always conquer
Inna 1755 I-man still remember
Seh Kingston turn the capital fi Jamaica

Mi know bout Jamaica crevice to corner
Mi a go tell you how much acre make up Jamaica
Mi say 2.8 million acre
And you can drive from Kingston to Old Harbour
Santa Cruz, Savanna La Mar and you touch Hanover
If you can't drive a junction you must turn over
Barry G a wi greatest radio entertainer

Jamaica Jamaica! Galang galang
Jamaica Jamaica! She ribby bom
Jamaica Jamaica! Galang galang

I say Jamaica is a land weh full of adventure
Land of golden sunshine and I say wood and water
The famous Blue Mountain and the great Dunn's River
Jamaica surround by Caribbean water

Come tek it from the Cat di bare back rider
And anywhere mi go mi haffi preach culture
Mi nah go lef from Jamaica fi live America
Nah lef from Jamaica fi live a Canada
Cos if mi a go lef mi haffi go to Africa
Mi live inna Jamaica and mi feel warmer
And when mi go a foreign cold like a freezer
And some a dem a tell me bout dat a winter
Come listen Super Cat a nice up your area

Jamaica Jamaica! Galang galang
Jamaica Jamaica! Galang galang