Since the unrest in the Corporate Area and Spanish Town, many songs which speak to the situation have hit the airwaves.
Having done No Guns To Town years ago, Natty King recorded Country Under Siege last Saturday, only days after intense shooting in sections of Kingston and Spanish Town, which left many dead or injured.
In the song, Natty King says: "Country under siege, bad bwoy soldier and police inna shoot-out/ Hear corn a beat and baby inna house, grandma can't peep out/ Guns and bombs, do you see those signs/ It wussa than Judas time/ So much people dead and just a few guns find/ Mi nuh love how dem a use mankind."
He said he was not planning to do a song about the incidents but was pressured to do so.
"Social commentary a Natty King thing. Mi know the whole vibe seh most artistes a guh come sing 'bout it and mi neva really plan fi do no song 'bout it. But people a come to me and a ask if mi nuh do no song yet," said Natty King, while noting that he arrived in the island on Monday in the heart of the intense battle between the security forces and thugs.
He also said he would be doing a monthlong promotional tour in Europe for his new album Born To Be Free.
Tarrus Riley has also penned songs about the issues facing the country in recent times. He did Sweet Jamaica for Jon Jon, Mi Homeland for Shane Brown and Wildfire for Don Corleon, which was done a day before the security forces entered West Kingston. In Wildfire, he sings: "Protect di people Jah/ Nuh mek dem get caught inna di crossfire."
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Source: Jamaica Star
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