History of Jamaica

Wooo! Lord, know 'bout yu country You 'affi know 'bout yu country Early B say yu 'affi 'bout yu country Well hear mi now Jamaica is an island in the Caribbean Sea Between latitude seventeen and eighteen A seven hundred miles south of Miami A four thousand square miles of property The hardest part fi reach that a blue mountain peak I tell yu that a seven thousand four hundred feet Well I Early B, yur mic MC A tell yu 'bout the ting called Jamaican history Say Columbus leaves Spain 1493 Say one year after made a discovery The Penn and Venables captures the country Port Royal became the world richest city A dis where Henry Morgan come and hide the treasury In 1833 dem abolish slavery The English fight the maroons and them sign a treaty The first politician was Busta' and Manley The first great cricketer a George Headley '62 was independence fi all Jamaicans The first festival song was What A Bam Bam It done by the triple Toots & The Maytals You 'affi know 'bout yu country You 'affi know 'bout yu country Well hear me now Me say outa 21 and now at 22 Twenty two years of ages our likkle island Thanks to all heroes, all politicians Me say all sportsmen and all musicians All factory workers and all farmers 'pon the land Say 1962 a big celebration Say black, gold and green flag, the Queen of England Eternal Father we national song Say ackee and salt fish, banana and yam Say 1966 with Toots to the festival song That this year Selassie visits our island When you want know history, me say check I-man Me name Early B di born doctor-man And know me come like a history and love mi God You 'affi know 'bout yu country You 'affi know 'bout yu country, irrribibang! Me we talk 'bout Jamaica Lord mi God, a dis ya sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet Jamaica 'Cause me say, Jamaica, the land a weh we love We love it 'pon the low and deh we love it from above So mek we talk 'bout we country Say Early B mek we talk 'bout we country Yo hear me, Dread Jamaica is an island in the Caribbean Sea Between latitude seventeen and eighteen A seven hundred miles south of Miami A four thousand square miles of property The hardest part fi reach that a blue mountain peak I tell you that a seven thousand four hundred feet Well I Early B, your mic MC A tell you 'bout the ting called Jamaican history So we talk about we country Lord, mi God we 'affi talk 'bout we country I know we free, I know we nice, I know we irie Around the microphone this is the doctor Early B I know we a talk 'bout the good history About our country in the Caribbean Sea