Celebrating 50:Xxiv

DISTILLED JAMAICAN ANTHEM Eternal Father Bless Our Land we dare to move from plantation puppets to freedom and we who had no voice to speak before must find in ourselves a deeper than the echo of words design bless o Lord that will not before the unfamiliar stand dumb Guide Us With Thy Mighty Hand for we are small scraps of land with only water 'round us and there as some that give with one hand and take away with the other: guide us that we will not dissolve like clay in greed's commercial pond, nor treat neighbors like the dust Keep Us Free From Evil Powers, it was not easy all those years as slaves, and no way again we shall not surrender to demons, their powers, or threats we shall not be ruled by greed, corruption, or phony mindsets but shall always be free, and for freedom endure life's strain Be Our Light Through Countless Hours. from accompong to stony gut we have seen some dark times from labour riots to garrison communes the cloud thicker flies but we believe our faith father in you is light to darkened eyes and your sun shining in our hearts light the way each climbs To Our Leaders, Great Defender, the fathers in the homes, the mothers, the teachers, the priests make them meaningful in their roles, commit them with pride that those who come after them may solemnly match each stride and those we elected, O lord, may their patriotism never cease Grant True Wisdom From Above. so let the achieved, the appointed, the ascribed, and the called gather from the homes, communities, institutions that's ordained to meet you where your wisdom falls, in your word, in sustained prayer, and where the people complain, and let none be appalled. Justice, Truth be ours forever, Jamaica, Land we love. Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love