did you come up with that song? That’s my favourite song ever. And the idea behind it, well, you know how the Jamaican thing goes - we say bad mind is at the root of Jamaican people. Everybody says a man there badmind we and friends them badmind we but I say that nobody really highlights the fact that the same badmind way we cuss when at school and try to downplay, for me it’s evident in all of we and it lives in all of we. So we just need to say alright and address the issue, not run from it. I’m saying “Yow, me badmind too”. Instead of pointing a finger, point it at yourself for a change! (laughs) Before that nobody really said it that way before “Yeah, it’s me that’s probably badminded so I need to get rid of it or prevent it” and I think that’s what made it connect with people so much.
You have said in the past you don’t do plastic songs - they are all reality. It’s just being real. From the Realest Song I try to be the realest artist. There is nothing fictional about my songs - it’s either something I’ve gone through or something somebody close to me went through. There’s always a topic where there’s evidence of the things I sing about. I don’t make up a story to get forward.
have your warnings been lis- live show. To show the youth that come up now the live show and tened to?
the music with a message is the Yeah, I think so. Even now you can way to go. It goes on. see a slight change in the type of production that people are doing As someone who has toured in Jamaica. You’ll find people are and recorded in Europe and going back to the reggae vibe a Japan which do you think is little bit but it still needs some a bigger supporter of reggae work. We still need to put reggae back on the map - from Jamaica. Japan or Europe? As well as changing ourselves As opposed to importing reggae you’ve talked about the need music into Jamaica. We still need I think the Japanese are more reggae fanatics. They’re just for changes in the business - to stress the importance of the