Guyanese in Mexico
June 23rd Guyana Festival Toronto
Habeeb Alli
Every day I stop by Brother Peter
He crosses children at the school street
He gives me the latest updates on back home
It’s so depressing all this white stuff and killing drones
But when I met a man in Mexico, a Canadian
He was in his teen
When he arrived in New Brunswick in 68
And little did he know his roots until he met me
I told him of how our people are everywhere
The governor of British Columbia was from Mahaica
In the World Bank and Iceland we hitting six and fours
That Guyanese are UN role models, how come you don’t know
partner?
He said there was a Guyanese name Erol Williams
Like Mr. Hinds he too was a New Brunswick alumnus
He made a documentary of the legendary Black Scotia ball
player Oley
But that was not all
He produced the national story of post slavery in a small
island
Yes a GT banna is hero in little Bermuda Triangle
The people there are so grateful that someone could tell
their story
So on the screen you e our
children must see Guyana as the country!
So my Canuk and Ameriki we are
more than curry and Cuffy!
We ain’t care about your divide
and rule policy
All we want is to pray and make
money
All we got is alumni like Forbes,
Rodney and Cheddi!
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