Jamaica Gleaner

Go Dey Head Girl!

- — Hortense Francis — Helen-Ann Elizabeth Wilkinson

See what me tell yuh bout Head Girl she just hug and kiss and de world wind whirl she no need fi read AR study fi degree she just hug and kiss, an Honorary degree confer pon she

Some figat fi do de homework and principal no seem fi mind other one work HARD and so first place is all dem find others use sweet talk or simply walk the walk if some can’t do de wuk, Mother, breada or WI FI will dem no have to swallow no bitta pill Why is this doubt lingering within my heart? Surely I know that Christ died on the cross When I know that this world we will part I ponder and think back on the millions I have lost

Tears begins to develop in my eyes And the sweet gospel music echoes in the air I lift my head and look to the skies And search my heart and know He is near

That old Satan is a liar from the pit of hell I remembered the miracles and the angels above Surely there is a God and I will tell All the breakthrou­ghs I had from the Saviour. Head Girl, bus dem whey again dem ah study and buss dem brain she stay one side ah dish out hug and kiss grain by grain She kind ah larning dey escalate Universiti­es Internatio­nal just wan har to stop at dem gate

Ah true, qualificat­ions don’t depend on how you can read or write is how you connect wid people when for the poor you fight After all if university ah study bug Is full time dem evaluate HUG!

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Jamaica