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It's one thing about us Jamaicans, we survive. No joke.
Feel good music, full belly food, the best worst attitude ever. Just love. 
The tin bomb and flour talks, fry over boil dumpling wid a good piece a jerk pork. 
Yes, Jamaicans love dem gut! 
Permanent beach bums, a likkle bit a dancehall, mix up with some reggae and sprinkle likkle soca fi wine up yuh waist! 
Bubble and kotch. 
Grandma prayers and mummy fry dumpling. 
We make it work, every mickel, every muckle. 
Hard times we buckle down, tek we han mek fashion. 
We survive. 

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