Story Behind The Song

This song began with an impromptu collaboration during a phone call between writing partners. She mused about .. 'getting braids..kicking it under the sun with her feet in the sand'..and voila ...we had the beginnings of 'Jamaican for a day'

Lyrics

Jamaican for a day
V1
I want to be cool and say irie
I want to be Jamaican for a day
I want to have my hair all up in braids I want to say jah Rastafari all the way
Bridge 1
Imagination take me to the beaches where they play my Ocean dreams take me sailing far away
Riddim rolling from a rockin reggae band
I'm Hanging out under the sun
With my feet all up in de sand
Chorus 1
I'm rocking and I'm rolling this iration I'm sailing over there to reggae nation I'm riding on the waves' imagination
To My island getaway and be Jamaican For a day
Jamaican for a day
Hey hey hey
V2 - or - V2a (below)
ackee & salt fish wit some bammi on a plate
I want to eat (like a) Jamaican for a day
jerk pork festival wid a red stripe on the way
Goat soup, rum punch play dominoes in the shade
Bridge 1
Imagination take me to the beaches where they play my Ocean dreams takes me sailing far away
Riddim rolling from a rockin reggae band
Hanging out under di sun
With my feet all up in de sand
Chorus 1
I'm rocking and I'm rolling this iration I'm sailing over there to reggae nation I'm riding on the waves' imagination My island getaway and be Jamaican For a day
Jamaican for a day
Hey hey hey
Bridge 2
So I'm Savin every penny for my island getaway

Down there on the beaches of Mobay Riddim rolling from a rockin reggae band Hanging out under di sun
With my feet all up in the sand
Chorus 2
I'm rocking and I'm rolling this iration Jamaican for a day
I'm sailing over there to reggae nation Jamaican for a day
Hey hey hey yeah
Hey hey hey
I'm riding on the waves' imagination Jamaican for a day
My island getaway and be Jamaican Jamaican For a day
Hey hey hey yeah
Hey hey hey yeah yeah yeah