My Patriotic Self -Mourning For Jamaica

With my Patriotic Self I played this song for our National Heroes “Forward, Forever United” But the words felt hollow to my ears Because no longer do these represents what we have become A society which has failed to grow, Stagnant and Toxic with the stench of death Getting riper and riper throughout the years With my Patriotic Self I played this song for our National Heroes “Forward, Forever United” And I see the corruption, the pollution Politricktions fooling the nation While we walk in blindness Embracing the Technological evolution Thinking we have progressed, Oh! What a delusion! With my Patriotic Self I played this song for our National Heroes “Forward, Forever United” Then News Flash! A man just beheaded a woman!! People living lesser than human, From the refuse of society they feed their children Mothers pimp daughters to Dons for protection Fathers give sons their first thousand amunition For their guns because “my yute affi have him weapon” With my Patriotic Self I played this song for our National Heroes “Forward, Forever United” And I hear our Heroes weep In their graves because their deaths now have no meaning To a nation hell bent on continuously demeaning The legacy left behind by them, our National Heroes Nanny, Sam Sharpe, Paul Bogle , George William Gordon Marcus Garvey, Norman Manly and Alexander Bustamante With my Patriotic Self I pray that Jamaica, Land we Love Will shine again in Her glory Then we will sing again our Heroes' story “Forward, Forever United Students, Workers and Farmers...”