Tuesday, May 12, 2009

OOHHH




"Here I Come" by Barrington Levy is one of my favorite reggae records ever partly because of the strong beat and melody, but mostly because of the ridiculous story. Let's get this straight here: He's in front of a girl's house talking to her on the intercom. He has a son with her but not a daughter. She tells him that since the elevator is broken he needs to use the stairs and if he wants to see his son he better hurry. He grabs a bunch of roses and runs up the stairs. Two months later she calls him up and tells him to get the kid because since she's young she doesn't want to take care of it. This pisses him off... LOL I guess this was as good as Jerry Springer or Maury in 1980s Jamaica...

What's up with a more roots version of this with another singer on it who does the second verse reiterating Barrington's first verse?

0 comments: