Rain a fall
Dutty tuff
Jesus dead pan di cross
Between two cruff
Di soldier dem a laugh
Him clothe it rip off
Woman hole dem belly and bawl
Waaaaaaaaay!
Him neva trouble
nuhbady
Dem charge him fi
blasphemy
But is not that
Is talk fi mi Him
talk fi mi
Dem kill Him because
Him talk fi mi;
Him sey Him come fi
give mi life
Politician, Religious
fanatics give Him a fight
Him sey Him come fi
liberate
Dem kill Him, sey is
evil dem hate
Which evil, man still
a create.
Rain a fall
Dutty tuff
Jesus dead pan di cross
Between two cruff
Di soldier dem a laugh
Him clothe it rip off
Woman hole dem belly and bawl
Waaaaaaaaay!
But is earth runnings
Him did tell dem
still
Sey the temple woulda
dismankle
Den reassemble in
three days
Cow inna pasture a
graze;
Him look down from di
cross
And although Him a
feel pain
Him still coulda have
sympathy
Cause Him did know
bout prophecy.
Rain a fall
Dutty tuff
Jesus dead pan di cross
Between two cruff
Di soldier dem a laugh
Him clothe it rip off
Woman hole dem belly and bawl
Waaaaaaaaay!
But dem stanup and a
mock Him
Jeer and spit pan Him
And Him mother, she
couldn’t tek it
Bredda John him
couldn’t stop it
But Him Faada di
building Him shake it!
Run and fret weak
heart
Now that the place
get dark
Mek wi si who have
the last laugh.
Rain a fall
Dutty tuff
Jesus dead pan di cross
Between two cruff
Di soldier dem a laugh
Him clothe it rip off
Woman hole dem belly and bawl
Waaaaaaaaay!
Now the doubters all
have faith
Everyone believe
Jesus is great
Yet some a wonder
Still a ponder
Why Him neva come
down from the cross
Box down two soldier
who did a laugh
Lead a coup fi
overthrow Ceaser
Understand yu fi
understand yu leader
Life is not thirty
piece a silver.
Dem sell Marcus
Garvey
Fi rice and peas
Easter dem a sell
Jesus fi bun and cheese
Fi him life worth
more dan fi a King
The Lamb of God
Tek weh all a wi sin
The Lamb of God
Tek weh all a wi sin.
Ken Gee
R….
Note: This poem got a Silver in the JCDC Literary Arts Competition.
About the writer:
Kenneth Grant has been writing from the early 1980s
and has won awards and recognition in Jamaica’s annual National Literary
competition. These were mainly in the poetry and short story categories.
Kenneth is a Chartered Accountant having attained his
ACCA qualification in 2003, and writes whenever he feels inspired. He likes to
explore the dynamics of words and phrases thus his love of poetry and short
stories.
He is a past student of Camperdown High School and is
married to Hennis. They have three children.
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