KB's latest releases raises questions through his song, the #1 recording artist... says the Bahamian people want answers too!

Tue, Sep 6th 2016, 02:05 PM

The Bahamas #1 recording artist Kirkland 'KB' Bodie today released his latest song, Mr. Education, taking aim at the Minister of Education, Science and Technology Jerome Fitzgerald and challenging the Cabinet minister to reveal how he got personal e-mails he read in the House of Assembly, an act that drew anger and disbelief from across the political spectrum.

Fitzgerald claimed, when pushed, that he got them from his "political garbage can."

KB's chorus, set to his familiar and popular individualized rake 'n scrape beat, tackles the e-mail reading legislator head-on with the words "Mr Education, aka garbage man, secret agent Pinocchio, what in ya garbage can?"

"Mr. Education" is a follow-up to KB's viral hit, "Dey Spyin' Spyin' Everyday", released earlier this summer, which also denounced government invasion of public privacy.

KB explained what drove him to pen the latest salvo in what has become a journey transforming the music icon from an artist having fun with cultural phenomenon turning observations like "She Fat" and "Bush Mechanic" into top of the chart hits to becoming a singer with a message, with soul, direction and deep convictions.

"I have done a series of songs for the environmental advocacy organization Save The Bays and every one of those songs has resonated with the public," said the Grand Bahama-based musician. "Together, they have drawn more than 250,000 views on Facebook and Youtube. That's huge and I am glad they are being used to call attention to important issues, especially our environment that makes The Bahamas what it is."

"But just like "Dey Spyin,", "Mr. Education", was strictly my doing, maybe too hot for anyone else to handle. I am not afraid and if you want a righteous and just world, you can't be afraid, either. As far as I am concerned, what Mr. Fitzgerald did, reading private e-mails and guessing at people's involvement and what they meant by their exchanges and doing it in a public place, then saying he would continue to do it even after the Court told him to stop, violates every right to privacy. It makes a mockery of the rule of law. It violates Constitutional rights, as far as I can tell, and it is something that every single citizen in The Bahamas who values his or her privacy and rights should be incensed about."

The song's verses take the same Cabinet minister to task for ignoring constituents in Marathon where he was elected, allowing them to suffer the results of a Rubis gas leak that is the basis of legal action and community furor. Government sat on the report of the leak for more than one year and later apologized.

"If u had a soul, if u had any class, dem people wouldn't a been drinkin' and bathin' off in gas, look how ya belly hangin', all ya stamina gone, u so outta shape, no way u could run a marathon," KB sings in a verse. And in another: "Road Traffic monies, social services monies, da VAT monies, urban renewal monies, da caribbean musik festival monies, bamsi monies, carnival monies, da money missin' from da post office, u is only see some things ay?"

"Yeah, I know the song is the roughest, toughest I have done yet, but the Bahamian people have a right to ask these questions and more importantly, we have a right to get the answers, honest answers," KB said.

SONG LINKS:

https://www.facebook.com/KBBahamianEntertainer/?fref=ts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0a7vMqfLEw

Kirkland 'KB' Bodie, The Bahamas' #1 recording artist, released his latest hit September 4, taking a Cabinet minister to task who read personal e-mails in the House of Assembly. The minister, Jerome Fitzgerald, claimed he found the e-mails in his 'political garbage can', a location that KB says in the chorus of the song now playing on Youtube and Facebook raises more questions than answers are available for. The title of the release is "Mr. Education" paying tribute to the Minister's portfolio, Education, Science and Technology, and released the day before the official school year is set to start.


By Windira Brooks

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