Yes sista-you and I seen a lot of the same things. And Charlie mi baby fadda and I lived at Addis Kokeb more time, it is where we were livin when I left him. Coke mosh up Yard and both a we know too many good folk dead of it or the brain tumors it cause.

I see yuh took pains to attack Eddie to counter my FACTS about Michael. Tit for tat. Eddie did a wuk wid CIA a try keep Cuba from taking over Yard. Me nah lie bout dat. And long time we know CIA a bring in de coke pon de US in exchange for politricks in Central and South America and to fund de Iran fu--ry. Jamaica was a stopover on the pipeline. Pun intended. But yuh a tell me dealer a wuk fe Eddie directly? A fu--ry dat. A nuh true. Bones yuh a chat? Me did a live San Fransisco likkle with artist, said artist I told you about deaf me, and did get to know Bones and dem Asher folk well. If a Bones yuh a chat yah mon im was Labourite hitman. Dem a fight fire wid fire an if yuh ever see dem Emergency times, and dem round up all labourite tro in indefinite detention yuh woulda understand. Nuff a we ded dem times,nuh come outta detention. Me personally walk wid my ratchet dem time deh and use it too.

Negril never was Yard to me. Negril jus Negril. Like some offshore colony a Jamaica. Negril come like Bronx or suppm now but still yuh can fine out de nice vibe, yuh just affi look much arder. Light shine in darkness ever time. Me jus talk wid Kojak 2 hour bout dis last night. Im deya Negril, Westland upside a look down pon Sodom and it twinkle at night said way. Im av im likkle farm and a build up im ting and nuh come down to beach more n so. Said way Town in the 70s and 80s. Some of my all time best memories ever in life a Town, up dere with Utah and Colorado, Hanover and Nawlins Luzian. Light is a ting one carry wid dem wherever. I find it in Dakar too and dem av nuff fu--ry dere too.

As for the lens of American culture, mostly Americans will ALWAYS think like Americans, that is the programming of the brain. I have encountered the prejudices toward life in Mexico Jamaica and Africa before and how insane I am to 'live like that' in those countries. How can you ever teach a dishwasher to do your laundry?