Police! Police! To serve, protect and reassure is yuh duty,
nuh because Jon Ruby tell yuh se yuh ugly yuh kick him dung with such cruelty.
Police, Police, weh yuh self-discipline, weh yuh self-control,
a dat dem teach yuh a police academy when yuh enroll.
To preserve life and keep the peace is yuh calling,
but di way yuh treat people sometimes is so appalling.
How yuh fi bus up chalie mouth with yuh gun butt, is that in the use of force policy,
Was the force yuh use legal, proportionate or even a necessity?
Indecom deh pon yuh case and yuh bawl oh what a calamity.
Now you before the court fi assault and a talk bout it is a fallacy,
human rights is for the rich, it is for the poor, it is for all humanity,
so treat yuh fren, yuh neighba and the stranga with respect and impartiality.
Police! Police! Mi a tell yuh respect is a two street,
You respect me and me respect you, den nuh suh wi fi do it?
Nuh matter the situation you should be a professional,
it nuh look good fi si police a jump and rave like wild animal.
A police should be upright, discipline, intelligent and display dignity,
service, integrity and efficiency is yuh responsibility.
Police! Police! Uphold the law with love and peace,
And you will find dat yuh blessing from the almighty will never cease.
~The Noble Cop
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Societal Adversities
PoetryA compilation of poems depicting societal challenges. Many done in the dialect of the beautiful island of Jamaica.
