reggae, Jamaica, I see so many
lost opportunities for the genre of
reggae as well. Being a member of
the ‘commonwealth’, labeled by
the colonizer Jamaica has always
been considered and treated as a
slave colony and it is an expected
behavior by many of its citizens as
well as a global phenomenon.
JULION VIEWS
By: Julion King
canadianreggaeworld.com
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JuLion #reggaeforlife
JAMAICA REGGAE
LOVE
B
orn Jamaican in 1959; love
Jamaica to de bone, to de
marrow, like most Jamaicans;
proud of the feel of being
Jamaican. Haffe talk dat first so
when mi talk later, remember these
words. I realize that I love how
Jamaica and Jamaicans make me
feel. This is based on ‘Jamaica
love’, a symptom of most
Jamaicans and a few non-
Jamaicans. Migrated to Canada in
1976, done nuff reggae showcases
with the talent performing in
Canada for about 30 years;
managing IBADAN then hosting
live music gigs, and aware that we
have never truly penetrated into
the music fabric of Canada.
Nuff nuff fans out there but not
enough to feed the industry or the
genre. Not enough to pay the bills
of the musicians or performers and
definitely not enough in music
sales on the various formats to buy
a coffee for some. In the home of
This
music
has
basically
penetrated all world cultures like
nothing else in the history of man.
Reggae music’s spiritual energy is
a language that speaks differently
than a physical or intellectual
language.
We sometimes can’t explain what
we “feel” yet spiritual upliftment is a
path any living being seeks. Music
is a spiritual energy all by itself.
The reggae frequency seems to
amplify the spiritual energy
Colonialism is a hateful, cowardly
culture that has a need to enslave
black humans which most caste
systems have black skin as the
least valuable. Reggae bun dat. Wi
nuh cater fe dat. Wi nuh less dan
NOBODY! Keep your cowardly
racist systems to yourself.
“They”, “the bigger heads” have
Jamaicans bought into this self
degradation as is evidenced by the
current murder rate. We have been
violently murdering Jamaicans for
decades now. I say “we” because
I have personally not been able to
come up with a solution for this
murder of I people so I am
definitely a part of “we”, until I find
a path to solving this and reaching
our
people.
“Stop
killing
Jamaicans” should be our mantra
or, “If you love Jamaica, stop killing
Jamaicans”. This is a BIG
message to I Prime Minister(s) and
other government officials since
1962. Ever since “independence”,
most churches and guns in the
entire Caribbean!
Yeah, mi get it. We are a part of a
major
system
of
African
degradation and need to accept
our place but Jamaicans are not
built to accept slavery or colonizer
fuckery. So we continue to murder
each other and we continue to die.
We have totally ascribed and
bought into g un culture so it is
acceptable in Toronto, Detroit,
Miami, New York, and within other
members
of
the
African
community{s}. “Bad man ting”. This
is being totally confused with the
“rude bwoy” or “rudey” mentality.
Back in my formative years, nuff a
de rude bwoy dem were the
mentors for the youths who used to
protect his family as well as the
community. They showed some of
the youths how to act right as well
as to protect young sisters from the
predators
from
within
the
community. They were fearless
leaders in I n I community yet were
proud lions that I emulated.
Nuff of my mentors were these
people. The message has become
predatory for all involved in this
time.
So living in Canada allows me to
take a step back as I did live in the
pressured streets of JA. I see
youth trying to emulate ‘bad man’
culture when we ought to be
elevating our communities, our
children, our women and our men
instead. We all love Jamaica. We
should all protect Jamaica and
stop letting the colonizer distract
us with politics and idiotic schemes
when they (the politicians) should
be
creating
commerce
for
Jamaican citizens within our own
country. Reggae and Rastafari are
two exports of Jamaica that are not
ever exported effectively. Ever!
We (Jamaica) has always been
exploited or sold out by rich
Jamaicans
and
created
a
despicable class system, copied
from the colonizer that has proven
for decades now to be detrimental
to Jamaican people. Reggae
music and RasTafari come from
the ghetto. Two of the most
spiritually uplifting things on planet
earth, come out of Jamaica’s
ghetto. The wisdom of the ghetto is
beyond the cowardice of the
Jamaican middle class. I’m not
trying to divide the people of
Jamaica, I am pointing out what we
know as a truth. The answer{s} to
uplifting changes in Jamaica lie
with its people at home as well as
what is called “the diaspora” ie:
Jamaicans around the globe. I for
one am TIRED of this decades
long, continued abrasive system to
the Jamaican people in our own
country by the colonizer aided by
the upper class, as these idiots
consider themselves.
Money in your bank accounts does
not make anyone superior to I man
or any other RasTafari humans.
Honor, respect, integrity, nobility;
these traits we seek in our people
and our leaders. This colonizer
mentality need to bun out of the
cowards that perpetuate the
murdering of Jamaicans. In order
for “the system” to work it needs
cowards, Judas{s} to sell out their
own people. Real Jamaicans need
to step to the Judas Jamaicans
who continue to abuse its own
citizens. Where are the real
Jamaicans? Where are the
‘humans’ among the native
Jamaicans as well as the
diaspora? Humans; most cyaa talk
because of aggressive, murderous
repercussions; I get that.
Yet, as the iconic Tupac Shakur
was once quoted to say as I
paraphrase, “I may not be the
person to make the change, but I
will inspire the mind{s} that will”. I
put these words out to the
universe. There will probably be
some criticisms yet somewhere it
will become clear that the truth
remains the same.
Stay focused on the truth. Allow
Reggae and RasTafari and music
and creativity and art and intellect
to flourish in Jamaica. “If you love
Jamaica, stop killing Jamaicans”.
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