Though it may seem silly, I often wonder if gunmen/bandits in the Caribbean actually think about how their actions affect the lives of ordinary people. But I couldn’t really put this in words until I heard Damian Marley’s song, “Gunman’s World”.
Here is a video shot in Trinidad and Tobago which shows a group of gunmen in action
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This video is in no way meant to depict Trinidad and Tobago in a negative way, just used to illustrate the situation
I have included the full lyrics from the song for those who miss the words.
In a gunman world
In the night him clock in at work
Marrow splash at the tool box pull
The magazine in a the two black full
And he’s watching as the days goes by
And he’s counting as his fears all die
Sleeping with the rifle cross his chest
So he never get’s a good night rest
And then he’s drunk in the morning time
And more victims have to lose their lives
The community a christian pray
Wishing that they wasn’t in a gunman world
In a gunman life
Him might not come home from work one night
So every minute matter, ignores advise
From his weeping baby mother and child
That he walk in every game he plays
So she knows he’ll meet his end one day
Some prison time will have to earn his stripe
And have to take another gunman’s life
What if a back stabber name his price
And how ironic if him dead from knife
The mount a bullet weh him put paw bwoy
Job description fi land destroy
And when a gunman makes choice
I wonder what goes through a gunman’s mind
And does a gunman think twice
Before him take another someone life
I wonder what it is a gunman say
To the father when a gunman pray
Does he kiss his kids to bed at night
Making sure the blanket tuck just right
Nothing no scary like a gunman’s voice
When people beg a gunman think twice
I know somewhere in the heart of a gunman there must be a soft side. He is human and maybe by listening to this song, he will pause and think before taking another life.
Please forward this post to a gunman/bandit.
