Exuma is a district of the Bahamas, consisting of over 360 islands (or cays). The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma by a small bridge. The capital and largest city in the district is George Town (permanent population 1,000), founded 1793 and located on Great Exuma. The Tropic of Cancer runs across a beach close to the city. The entire island chain is 130 mi (209 km) long and 27 sq. mi (72 km²) in area.
Between 2000 and 2010, the population of Exuma more than doubled, reflecting the construction of large and small resort properties and the related increased direct airlift to Great Exuma from locations as distant as Toronto, Canada.
Exuma was settled in or around 1783 by American loyalists fleeing the Revolutionary War. The expatriates brought a cotton plantation economy to the islands. George Town was named in honor of George III, to whom the settlers maintained their loyalty. A few smaller Cays still remain grandfathered as partially or wholly private, (still referred to as part of the Exuma-Bahamas Cays). Located by three digit suffix number (ex. Exuma xxx) Most noted Exuma 642, and 643 which in recent years, receding shorelines have shortened the lifespan of these particular adjoined cays.
I came down on a lightning bolt,
nine months in my Mama's belly
When I was born the midwife
screamed and shout
I had fire and brimstone
coming out of my mouth
I'm Exuma, I'm The Obeah Man
Exuma was my name when I lived in the stars
Exuma was a planet that once lit Mars,
I've got the voice of many in my throat
The teeth of a frog and the tail of a goat
I'm Exuma, I'm The Obeah Man
When I've got my big hat on my head
You know that I can raise the dead
When I got my stick in my hand
You know that I am The Obeah Man
If you got a woman and she ain't happy
Come see me for camalame
Take that camalame and you make her some tea
and she will love you all the time
And when she got you running
like a train on a track
take some flour and you make some pap
that will give you strength in your back
I'm Exuma, I'm The Obeah Man
I've sailed with Charon, day and night
I've walked with Hougaman, Hector Hippolite
Obeah, Obeah, Obeah, Obeah's in me
I drank the water from the firery sea
I'm Exuma, I'm The Obeah Man
Tony McKay was my given name
given on Cat island when my mother felt the pain.
Creatures of the Earth, Space, Sea, and Land,
I'm Exuma, I'm The Obeah Man
I'm Exuma, I'm The Obeah Man
So i sat in the attic, a piano up my nose,
And the wind played a dreadful cantata
Sore was i from a crack of an enemy's hose
And the horrible sound of tomato
Ketchup,Soup and puree,Don't get left behind
Ketchup,Soup and puree,Don't get left behind
Don't get left behind,Don't get left behind
When a rattle of rats had awoken
The sinews, the nerves and the veins
My piano was boldly outspoken
In attempts to repeat this refrain
So i stood with a knot in my stomach,
And i gazed at that terrible sight,
Of two young sters concealed in a barrel,
Suckin' monkberry moon delight, ho!
Monkberry moon delight,Monkberry moon delight,
Monkberry moon delight,Monkberry moon delight
Oh -Oh-oh, oh-oh
Well, i know my banana is older than the rest
And my hair is a tangled beretta(beretta, beretta)
But i leave my pyjamas to billy budapest,
And i don't get the gist of your letter
Catch up,Catch some kittens,
Don't get left behind Catch up,
Catch kittens,Don't get left behind
Don't get left behind,Don't get left behind
Oh monkberry moon delight, yeah,Monkberry moon delight,
Monkberry moon delight,Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Monkberry moon delight, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Monkberry moon delight,Oh, monkberry moon delight,
Oh, monkberry moon delight,Monkberry moon delight,
oh-oh,Monkberry moon delight Suckin' monkberry moon
delight,
Monkberry moon delight,Monkberry moon delight,
Monkberry moon delight,Ah, monkberry moon delight,yeah,
yeah,
Monkberry moon delight, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh....Uh, monkberry moon delight.
"try some of this, honey!"what is it?"
Monkberry moon delight,
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah....
(ooh) monkberry moon delight,Uh, monkberry moon
delight,
Monkberry moon delight,Monkberry moon delight, ...
The sun is shining in the night
Zombies walking in the broad day light
Zombie he done lost his soul
Zombie he don't ever get old
Lord of darkness king of light
Come, come here on this stormy night
There is no star in the sky
I see fire in the dead man's eye
Mama Loi, Papa Loi,
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
Mama Loi, Papa Loi,
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
Touch me, touch me,
fix my hand,
Let me see what's in the sand.
Man is boy,
and boy is man.
There ain't no boss,
there ain't no man.
I'll spit my spit,
in your spit.
Then let seven snakes,
come up from the pit.
I'll stand under this mango tree.
till you come, come to me.
Mama Loi, Papa Loi,
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
Mama Loi, Papa Loi,
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
I see fire,
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
I see fire, (fire)
Fire,fire,fire,fire,
(I see fire in the dead man's eye)
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
A spider crawled across my face,
Spreading its web on the human race.
Jingo, Jingo he ain't dead,
He can see,
from the back of his head.
They tied ten onions 'round my naval string.
They baked it, and cut it,
and made it into a ring
Come on Shango, Satan come to me
Let me speak what I can't see.
Mama Loi, Papa Loi,
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
Mama Loi, Papa Loi,
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
I see fire,
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
I see fire, (fire)
Fire,fire,fire,fire,
(I see fire in the dead man's eye)
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
Fire,Fire...
I see fire,
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
I see fire, (fire)
Fire,fire,fire,fire,
(I see fire in the dead man's eye)
I see fire in the dead man's eye.
(I see fire in the dead man's eye.)
I see fire in the dead man's eye