Boy, ent it hot nuh?
Dese days hot fuh so!
It is like de sun in de sky
Decide to put on a show.
Even in de shade it hot,
I mean, real hot!
Yuh have to take your time
Or yuh would drop.
Dis is not de same sun
That I grow up with,
At no time was it this hot
And being such a risk.
It could take your life,
I mean this heat-
I just feel for those people
Out there on the street.
Boy, ent it hot nuh?
Even indoors,
I tell you all who disagree
It is hotter than before.
I used to play cricket,
Tennis and football too
All day on the hot tar road
And not a shoe.
Yuh cahn risk dat today-
Not with this sun,
At my age if you was to try dat
Yuh know yuh done.
Sunstroke would get you
Follow by Belmont or Two Sons,
I tell you, mess with this heat
And for sure yuh done!
They telling me
That this is global warming
And that the ice cap is melting
And sea levels rising.
I don’t know if they wrong
I don’t know if they right,
I just know dat these days real hot
And they giving me gripe.
I does dread this time of year
With all of this heat
And as for people that work in it,
That can’t be sweet.
Here is a little thing
That I does do,
I does drink hot beverages
And so should you.
Hot cools you down,
I know this sounds foolish
But cold makes you feel hotter,
Is that your wish?
Actually, my friend,
Science is involved here:
Heat moves from hot to cold-
It’s the same with air.
You’ll drink cold forevermore
In your effort to cool down
And you will simply develop a belly
Just like a clown.
Drink hot on the other hand
And you will cool down
And better survive this heat
And this scorching sun.
Man, it is so hot
That I must repeat,
Uh hot from muh head
Right down to muh feet!
Stewart Russell © June 9, 2023
