Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

[Wendy]

Is how much tape dem have of poor Clifton. It come in like dis yah man yah si wan camera an head fi it. waaaiaiaii mi dead to rahtid
Im tek di cake

<span style="font-style: italic">Much as yuh seh I cross.. my wife crossa </span>

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[Xavier]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

Wendy, this guys is a star...Everytime I hear him I can't stop laughing...The article mentioned CBS....anyone has the link to what was on CBS news...

[sistactry]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

wha, yes man, dis man dun tun celebrity,

raaa, him can chat sah,

a de sinting dem wha him a chat, crossah??? me glad dat de world will know what we been in tru??? a wha dat???

no sah mr cliffton brown, u name gone abrawd

[Wendy]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

Dem fi lack im up inna jail fi murda. Im kill aff every striking word inna di English language

DWL Cntry ...


<span style="font-style: italic"> Dis is dah probalem we hoff been hoving...Haldowe me is tirty-tree my modder is 65 but shi told me dot she come an meet di prablem same way... we hoff to be hara bradders an sistas keepers</span>

A dead

[Yuriatin]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

I get it, I get it - really I do. Yes, it's amusing to hear him talk about the river.

But more than funny, the whole thing makes me sincerely, deeply sad. The man's &quot;great wish and hopes&quot; ... simply, a little help. A flippin' bridge. That's all. Year after year after year - decade after decade - <span style="color: #FF0000">no help for the community</span>. Sad.
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<span style="font-weight: bold">Clifton Brown still 'canna cross it'</span></span>

… And the bus may have ‘to swim’

BY COREY ROBINSON Observer staff reporter [email protected]

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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DESPITE mounting international recognition, Clifton Brown — the star of the viral YouTube video &quot;Nobody canna cross it/the bus can swim&quot; — remains steadfast that access to his community is still his main concern.

&quot;In spite of the video clip, the music, the dub plate, my main concern is the bridge,&quot; Brown told the Observer yesterday. &quot;Because as I said, when it rains people can't go nowhere, nobody can cross it [river],&quot; he said in his now popular accent.

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Brown gained the media spotlight after 21-year-old Kevin-Sean Hamilton, a student of the University of the Technology (UTech), created a 'refix' of a recent TVJ news clip in which Brown complained about an unsafe bridge leading to his community of Robertsfield in rural St Andrew. The video has received more than 100,000 views on YouTube.

The video was Hamilton's second, following &quot;The people are deading&quot;, a memoriam of events which unfolded during last year's unrest in West Kingston. That video has also been posted on Youtube.

Though not as serious as the first video clip, the &quot;Nobody canna cross it/the bus can swim&quot; piece has been featured on several local and international television and radio programmes — the latest being the American-network CBS.

But despite being hailed by neighbours as a &quot;local star&quot;, Brown said he has still not received the objective of his pleas. Nothing has been done about the narrow bridge, which is covered by the powerful Yallahs River whenever there is heavy rainfall, he said.

&quot;If a hurricane come and people go out and buy food, they can't get back to their houses because the water cover the bridge and it becomes very dangerous,&quot; he said, adding that the bridge also serves residents of more than six other communities.

&quot;This [bridge] has been this way for more than 60 years and nothing has been done to it. I don't know if they (authorities) just don't have the money to fix it or what,&quot; said Brown.

&quot;I feel like a star (because of the video's popularity). But I feel really good that somebody from the community can speak out and let the whole world see what we are dealing with,&quot; continued Brown, who has been working in the maintenance department at the Mavis Bank Coffee Factory for about 14 years.

Brown's co-worker, Latania Telfer, a resident of Hall's Delight, another community cut off whenever it rains heavily, said her experiences have been terrible.

&quot;I have been living here for the past three years and it has been rough. There is absolutely no road, and there are three breakaways just to go to my house,&quot; she said.

&quot;We wish the MP (member of Parliament) will come and do something for us, if it is even a walk-foot bridge, cause we are desperate,&quot; she said.

<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Yesterday, Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie, following a visit to the area, reassured residents that help is on the way. He said, however, that it will take some time before work can be done on the bridge.</span></span>

&quot;The reality of the situation is that the whole road network needs to be considered because of the amount of land slippage there,&quot; said McKenzie. &quot;Instructions have been given to carry out some remedial work to deal with the most dangerous area, and to put up some retaining walls,&quot; he continued, noting that work will start today.

As for the bridge, McKenzie said: &quot;That is more of a long-term situation. The NWA will be coming up with a proper design for it.&quot;

The mayor, however, could not give a timeline or say how much it would cost to repair the bridge or build a new one.

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1Q2V4lu9a

[Magician]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

Clifton go fi spoke again?

[X]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

<span style="font-style: italic">&quot;wi beening thru&quot;</span>
real St. Thomas man dat..

a real thing him a talk doe, u have some places a st thomas, whey if yuh cannot swim, a &quot;straight a st thomas pan&quot; fi yuh

[Cultcha]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

Is that a few dance moves mi see him stawt buss deh now?

<span style="color: #FF0000">Go Clifton Go!!!!</span>

[Wendy]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

Yuri - you have a point. Underlying the humor there is a serious issue going on wid di lack of infrastructure in that part of the parish. Who knows, maybe the viral reach of Clifton may cause the government to take note and do something about the problem

[sistactry]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pleXxed</div><div class="ubbcode-body">if yuh cannot swim, a &quot;straight a st thomas pan&quot; fi yuh </div></div>

- a dat paat yaa did sweet me to,

i laaf so till i cry,

[Wendy]

Re: Clfiton Brown Surfaces again ..DWLL waaaaiaiii

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Magix</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Clifton go fi spoke again?
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Serious as a Judge.. I wrote a character that speaky spokie and his name is Carlton. In honor of Clifton Brown .. mi changing the character's name to Clifton. But di real Clifton tek di gold medal fi spoking Mi cudden write someting dis funny