I Am Jamaican

Dem say puss and dog don't have the same luck
An' mi granny always tell me that's true
For oh so long, it feel like we stuck
Like we siddung inna di ocean blue
Wid nuh ting to do.
Move yuh hand from yuh jaw,
Push dem up inna di sky
'Cause you

You are Jamaican,
(Seh we likkle, but we tallawah!)
So dat mean seh yuh strong
I am Jamaican,
(We ah leader, anuh follower!)
So I'll be moving along
We are Jamaican
An' yuh know dat mean
(An' yuh know dat mean)
Big stage and screen
(Big stage and screen)
Black gold and green

Haffi tun yuh hand and mek fashion
(True)
Cause we haffi look up, we a number one
(uh-huh)
Which other culture is like our own?
(None!)
And any competition weh we inna?
(Done!)
Look how we come from far
Peace we a push - we nuh waah no war
Read good headlines pan the paper (Star)
Whether yuh have a donkey or a (beep, beep) car

Double tap fi wi country
Seh we likkle but we tallawah
And every day issa mystery
But we a push thru cause we a wah?

We are Jamaican,
(Seh we likkle, but we tallawah!)
So dat mean seh we strong
I am Jamaican,
(We ah leader, anuh follower!)
So I'll be moving along
We are Jamaican
And you know dat mean
(And you know dat mean)
From the stage to the screen
Black gold and green

You are Jamaican,
(Seh we likkle, but we tallawah!)
So dat mean seh yuh strong
I am Jamaican,
(We ah leader, anuh follower!)
So I'll be moving along
We are Jamaican
An' yuh know dat mean
(An' yuh know dat mean)
From the stage to the screen
(From the stage to the screen)
Black gold and green.
(We are Jamaican)

Nah go lie, a nuff tings jus' a gwaan
Like seh we nah nuh class an' a fool we a form
Mek we move on, get we groove on, and jus' stay strong
And we legacy ago live on (We are Jamaican)
Mek we look to the future
Mek it so much better
An' suh them nah fi wonder
Weh we come from

A likkle island in the sun
And di vibes jus' cyaah done
Watch the violence cease
A bare love and peace
Feel the evening breeze

You are Jamaican,
(Seh we likkle, but we tallawah!)
So dat mean seh yuh strong
I am Jamaican,
(We ah leader, anuh follower!)
So I'll be moving along
We are Jamaican
An' yuh know dat mean
(An' yuh know dat mean)
Inna track and field
(Inna track and field)
We have di best-est team!

I am Jamaican
So dat mean seh mi strong
You are Jamaican
(We ah leader, anuh follower!)
An' mi a watch yuh jus a groove to mi song
We are Jamaicans
And you know dat mean
(And you know dat mean)
We full a Beauty Queen. (She's royal)
Black gold and green