Food prices rising just like crime

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