The Jamaica of tomorrow

When shall the change come?

Crime and violence ago continue and mash up Jamdung?

Street lights come on at night and our window lids we shut tight tight

No kids on the street, no time to meet and greet

Why can't we no longer walk at nights? Why we don't have no peace?

Police men guard the streets

Kids run quickly pass them not sure if they police or just undercover gunman and thief

Thousands complete their university education but student loan awaits them in every gleaner publication

Jamaica is such a beautiful nation, nice food and nuff happiness and sweet jubilation

Wait a moment and turn the TV off the international station

Turn the dial to our local station

No more happiness and sweet jubilation

Blood flowing in the streets of poverty and ever increasing destruction

You have the answers?

Tell us how we need a change in politics

Five years time and we still have the same corruption

You tell me to smile because better must come

I can't smile when my friends are dying from all corners of the nation

They appear at funerals and shed a tear here and there

The sun has set the body is at rest

Who will take care of the family that is left
Mind sharp you talk too loud and you are killed next

The Jamaica of tomorrow is in the hands of the children of today

Ask them about the founding fathers

They have nothing to say

Sex and fashion they know all about that
Nanny,Paul Bogle and Norman Manley they not interested in learning about that

You ask me again for the answers

I stop and stare

Our nation needs direction away from the corruption that's overriding the nation

Take a step back and look beyond the sunshine and beauty

Before long the blood of our fellow men will flood the beach and stain the land
How many more shall die before you stand up and try
Try to make more opportunities for the nation
Try to give a helping hand to the man in the streets
The time will come when the poor will have nothing to eat
Except the next rich man who walks pass their feet

The Jamaica of tomorrow may never be
Guns and knives taking over and everyone is scared
What hope is there when everyday another one has passed over
The Jamaica of tomorrow needs our forefathers
The ones who would never give up on the land of wood and water.

TVJ Schools' Challenge Quiz Prizes

The buzzer ignited the excitement in my veins for many years. I grew up watching TVJ Schools' Challenge Quiz and I saw it as a means of once again unifying the nation through friendly rivalry. As the years rolled by things started to change and the blatant favouritism could be seen coming from our television screens. The power of some of the more prominent high schools would allow them to end up in the winning circle. Apart from the fun element turning into some what of a war each year, what has changed drastically is the awarding of the various prizes at the end. Throughout the years we could expect to see students from some of the participating schools coming forward to collect their various prizes at the end of the competition. We looked forward to hearing what the students would be awarded for their hard workout throughout the season. Apparently, this was deemed to be too much of a problem to broadcast so it was eliminated completely. All we see now is the winner collecti

This World

A world where people don't love you if you can't supply them with all the material things they need. A world where people marry just to get citizenship in a country. A world where the most educated aren't the ones given the best of jobs. A world where the television and internet are left to teach our children values. A world where the leaders of the church spend more money on church buildings tha n feeding the poor. A world where children receive guns before they receive a book to read. A world where in one half of the world people fight for an apple to eat while in the other we pick,choose and refuse what to eat. A world where we cry when we have no new clothes or shoes but some have never felt the warmth of a shirt and pants on their cold flesh. A world where politicians get increases in pay while the citizens are placed on wage freeze for years. A world where everybody proclaims they can't trust anybody. A world where girls value are always occupied with their look

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