is an island in the Caribbean Sea
Between latitude seven
teen 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 politi cians
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