Brian & Tony Gold - Can You 7'' [199x Two Friends Original Pressing]
Not your traditional reggae/dancehall track, never the less, this tune is quite powerful in a unique way. The lyrics speak of a correspondence in South Africa who speaks of the oppression of Apartheid, while calling Jamaica a paradise because people can "swim on any beach [they] want to...and stay up late at night." The message is straight forward in criticizing the Afrikaner rule, but also is a message to Jamaicans that there are other places in the world where the population is just as (if not more) oppressed than on the island. Deep tune...
I've been looking for this one for years! Big respect!
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