Food prices rising just like crime


THE EDITOR: Just like crime, our food prices risin’


prices risin’ every hour


Dey say de rainy season is de reason


so is water mo’ dan flour


Ground provision gorn up in de market


bodi peas climbin’ de wall


Yuh ha to win a lotto to eat sweet potato


any time de rain fall


Basic foodstuff now on the luxury list


even dog rice prices leap


Yuh ha to be a big shot to bubble a pot


Buh in parliament, talk cheap


Our avian dish fly away wit de spoon


hot wings soarin’ high, high


De cost of fry chicken eh finger lickin’


we cyar pay for leg and tigh


We must chill our huge food import bill


in de kitchen we feelin’ de heat


Gov’t must induce our farmers to produce


"or we go be wuckin’ jes to eat"


VIC DOLAN CLARKE


Diego Martin

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