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listening to reggae music makes rainy work days less miserable

[Chorus:] Water come inna mi room Huh huh! Mi sweep out some with mi broom Di likkle dog laugh to see such fun And di dish run away with the spoon Come now! [Verse] Unno si mi dish, unno si mi dish Anybody unno si mi satellite d-d-dish Unno si mi dish, unno si mi dish Anybody unno si mi satellite dish Come! Dish tek off like flying saucer Mi roof migrate without a visa Bedroom full up a water Mi in a di dark nuh light nuh water And through mi nuh have no generator Mi seh One cold beer cost ten dollar Mi fish and mi meat spoil in di freezer A pure bully beef full up mi structure Come! Full a bully beef, full a bully beef, Mi caan get fi cook so mi full a bully b-b-beef Full a bully beef, full a bully beef Mi caan get fi cook so mi full a bully beef Come! [Chorus:] [Verse] Water wet up mi shoes and ah wet up mi hat Wet up mi dog and wet up mi cat Wet up di bed wet up mi parrot Water wet up mi what's it not Yuh mean yuh what not? No mi what's it not Water wet up mi what's it not Mi a look somewhere safe dry and warm Di youth dem a loot in the raging storm We thank di lord we never get hurt Dem seh thank yuh lord for mr gilbert Cause! yuh si mi fridge! A Gilbert gimme Yuh si mi colour tv! A Gilbert gimme Yuh si mi new stereo! A Gilbert gimme Yuh si mi new video! A Gilbert gimme Come now! [Chorus:] [Verse] Natty dreadlocks sidung inside A look how Gilbert a gwaan outside When breeze lick dong Mr Chin restaurant Natty dread jump up and chant: Lick dem jah! Gwaan go dweet! A dem did gi di dread pork fi eat Jook dem jah with storm and thunder! Tear off dem roof and bruk dem windah! Two sheet a zinc blow off a Joe house Dread flash him locks and start to shout: Selassie jah! King of Kings! Show dem seh a we run tings Blow weh dem house but mek dem survive So when dem si I dem will realize Is through I merciful why dem alive Likkle after that Gilbert turn back Lift off di roof off a natty dread shack Him seh blouse and skirt Jah must a never know Seh I an' I live right yah so! [Outro:] Water come inna mi room jah know Mi sweep out some with mi broom huh huh Di likkle dog laugh to see such fun And di dish run away with the spoon When mi look up in di air mi si zinc like dirt Wa wa wild Gilbert Mi save mi brief but mi lose mi shirt Wa wa wild Gilbert Auntie Lye lose har blouse and skirt Wa wa wild gilbert

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#ReggaeReport | GARTON FRANCIS: WHEN MUSIC WAS FUN AND LAUGHTER | The Jamaican US- based record producer talks about tunes from Lt. Stitchie and Lovindeer. #gartonfrancis #jahthunder #ltstitchie #lovindeer #capleton #leroysmart #jamaica The Jamaican US-based record producer is beginning to create an impact with the release of, Jah Thunder's "Too Much." This is the first track of his debut project, an EP which will feature other artistes, including Capleton and Leroy Smart. Garton is the principal of Jah Meds International, his music label. Today, Reggae-Vibes presents, Garton Francis: "When Music was Fun and Laughter," first of a seven-part series. Part 1 "I am Garton Francis, born in Lawrence Tavern, St. Andrew." "As a child I grew up in the church where the tambourine and that of my mother's angelic voice stood tall among the rest of the choir at Rose Hall Church of God located in Rose Hall, St. Andrew.""As I grew older - in my early teens - that hand clapping and tambourine was ceasing as I became drawn to popular music." The 1960s were early days of ska and rocksteady, which was reggae. Artistes to make an impact in this era included The Flames and Marcia Griffiths. A 1968 single by Toots and The Maytals "Do The Raggy" was the first popular song to use the word reggae. Reggae denotes music style strongly influenced by traditional mento, as well as American Jazz and Rhythm and Blues, especially the New Orleans R & B practiced by Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint. Garton recalls three artistes, whom he believes created music which led people to laugh away- even their problems. "There were artistes like Lt. Stitchie, Professor Nuts and Lovindeer." "Lt. stitchie had us in stitches with his video 'Wear Yu Size'. This features a young woman bearing the agony of a pair of shoes much too small for her feet." "That video would have made the rounds on television several times for the day and each time it became more meaningful and humorous. But, it was in a subtle way ridiculing the extent one could go to get their satisfaction." Then, there was Professor Nuts with 'In A The Bus' - another piece of comedy which made people laugh. This is a popular drama on public transport where even a chink (bed-bug) on a man's shirt leads to much laughter. A concerned woman removing it gets the reaction, 'put it back, uno want everything uno see black man ave." Garton adds that, "Lovindeer took one of Jamaica's greatest disaster- hurricane Gilbert (September 1988) and made it into a humorous story." "Yu see mi fridge Gilbert gi mi," is one of many lines which remind scores of Jamaicans that the hurricane had made them better off in the end. Look out for Part 2. Shabby Ranks, Ninjaman, and Yellowman: only on the Reggae-Vibes site. (Photos courtesy of Garton Francis | IRAQ 2011 Operation New Dawn)FacebookTwitterInstagramYoutube Read the full article

REVIEW | Lovindeer - De Blinkin' Bus |  Limited vinyl-only edition. Released in 1982 on Lovindeer's TSOJ label. Now reissued by Jamaican Art Records.  #lovindeer #deblinkinbus #reggae #reggaelegend #lp #vinyl #vinylonly #reggaereview #jamaica #reggae1982  Read the full article