Saturday 23 May 2020

Di Price Fi Life By Kenneth Grant



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

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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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