CURTIS CAMPBELL, STAR Writer

Dancehall artiste Spice has recorded an open letter to the Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller.

The new single, entitled Dear Honourable, is a deviation from Spice's usual deejaying style. In this song she does a transition between singing and deejaying in each verse on a traditional reggae rhythm produced by Romeich Records.

The single bemoans the recent tax package and a number of other problems being faced by Jamaicans.

She sings: "Dear Honourable Simpson Miller/Please I hope you read this letter/Writing on behalf of my country to tell you that we are glad just to have you as a mother/But I have so much to say/I hope and I pray you won't take it in the wrong way/But have you eva gone downtown and seen di higgler dem wah haffi hustle pon di ground/But as dem hear a siren soun'/Dem haffi grab dem goods and jus a run up an' down."

mek poor people comfortable

While the chorus rips, "I'm beggin' you please Honourable mek poor people comfortable/Change di law an' gih we if a even few days fi hustle/Drop di tax back jus a likkle/Cause tin food a poor people bickle/Mek dem work dem honest bread and buy dem car and build dem castle/Please Honourable mek poor people comfortable/Change di law an' gih we if a even few days fi hustle/Tiyad fi see dem struggle/Dat mek nuff a dem go smuggle/Mek dem work dem honest bread and buy dem car and build dem castle."

According to Spice, the letter was sent by Grace Hamilton, "The letter was sent by Grace Hamilton, which is my correct name. It was released this week by Romeich Major on Romeich Records, but I sang a preview of it live on the Intense interview and have been getting great reviews since then," she said.

inspiration

"The uproar with the recent budget reading about the tax and the other issues affecting the country is the inspiration behind the track. So I decided to do what I do best and pour it out in music," she said.

Spice disclosed that she was not a personal friend of the Prime Minister, however, music was a viable channel to speak on behalf of the citizens.

"I don't know Portia Simpson personally, so this is the way I decided to reach out to her and all the policy makers. These are the issues affecting us and these are some the issues I hear the streets crying about," she said.

Spice recently released a single called Hide And Do It and also has a new video called Come Wine featuring Down Sound recording artiste Specialist.