LET’S LIVE LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
— By Norman Datt
Have seen both sides in their works
And many behave like real jerks
Many carrying on the racial baggage
And it really smells like bad cabbage
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It goes to show we need a change
What you all doing full of mange
Some would rather the country go nowhere
Than to be man and say the buck stops here
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And so again we go around the guava bush
Breathing fire than to stay quiet and hush
The other side always want the last word
As the other side looking at it like turd
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And the poor folks suffer and many scatter
To far off lands with lots of snow no matter
They sacrifice their loving country
Bear the snow and taxes to be free
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Remembering the good times in their country
Remembering good times when they were free
When going to Georgetown and nearby was a pleasure
Not a filthy place to always watch over your shoulder
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When you can travel from Crabwood Creek to Charity
And not be troubled about bandits and racial animosity
I remembered when I grew up in the land of bliss
Land of Spice Mango then it was called Nabaclis
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My school days had friends of every hue and colours
Yet we live, love and got along with all the neighbours
Surely what the powers and people are doing now-a-days
Us outside can’t comprehend we even wonder with craze
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So much fighting, quarrelling, killing, sheer hate
How long are we going to continue at this rate?
By the time we’re ready to enjoy the fruits of the oil
We would all be sadly buried under six feet of soil
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Foreigners would walk in laughingly and take every bit
Our ancestors would say, was Independence worth it?
We have to do something before it is too late
We can’t continue living with all this nasty hate
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What have we gained since our 1964 Independence?
Some ran, many stayed and many sat on the fence
Many died waiting with 2 cellphones for handouts
By the evil hands of some friendly conniving louts
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What about a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
All sides are guilty of atrocities during their duration
Only when this can take place can we save our country
Making Guyana one nation, one people with one Destiny
Comments
Excellent! Thank you Norman and Cyril.
Best regards
Vidur
Big ask
guyaneseonline posted: “LET’S LIVE LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS — By Norman Datt Have seen both sides in their works And many behave like real jerks Many carrying on the racial baggage And it really smells like bad cabbage . It goes to show we need a change What “
Well composed and true as hell! A favorite saying of my late mother comes to mind …..”in the land of the blind, the one-eye’d man is king”.
Thanks dear Push, your interest in Guyana is great, so join with us to pray for all people to live under the holy grace of our Lord, He is alive and awaits us for eternal embrace. Love to all Kamala
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Bless up; we have to unite against the colonial supremacy which aims to foment division between us and the Indos.
The Colonial man knows how powerful the divide and conquer effect works.
Well said, Mr. Datt.