Contributed
Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 100-metre final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Yuh ever see anything like this before?
XXIX Olympiad has become instant folklore
All debate has been decided
The dust has finally settled
The doubters have been answered
And it's Usain Bolt by a canter
Eight to the start
Caribbean six including Jamaica three
And so we get ready,
as they go down on their knees
Then before you could count to ten
lighting struck and struck again
Bolting from the blocks,
the 21-year-old stopped the clock,
registering an inhuman time
of nine point six nine
Mi pinch miself
Mi shake mi head fast right and slow left
Mi aks mi wife, if it mek sense.
Mi question mi perception, 'Yuh sane?'
Yuh noh see Usain!?
How him dash down the lane!?
Not even bullet from the starter's pistol
cudda ketch him frame
One beat to the chest
and arms open wide
Bolt had struck with the speed of light
Mi cudden believe mi eyesight!
Six foot five inches mek a mighty zap
And as dem seh inna Jamdung, 'dat was dat'.
But before mi cudda gather mi nerves
(just before him turn 22)
Him turn the 200 curve
Nineteen point three zero is the record anew
By now mi beside miself
Ah talk to me like mi ah smaddy else
Usain flying in the Bird's Nest
Gwaan my yute, beat yuh chest
Mek mi tell yuh something again
Shelly, Sherone Simpson, Stewart
Put the 'S' above dem heart
Cause dem ah true patriot
Mek mi tell yuh something again
Melaine Walker is a runner
A hurdler and world beater
Mek mi tell yuh something again
Children of the Black, Green and Gold
Have beaten the world and taken nuff gold
No problem ... dance the 'nuh linga'
Big up Jamaica!
Heavenly Dad
We thank you for what you have done
Giving us these great Jamaican daughters and sons
Asafa, Frater, Sherica and Veronica ah big name
All their God-given talents
have given a holiday to our brain.
- Austin & Vivette Henry