Tactical, Technical, Tenacious Tacky
By Ansell Palmer (RasPadaItion)
Tel: 887-1460
Tactical, technical, tenacious Tacky
Spiritually physically yu tek care of everbody
Mystical, magical, marvelous tacky
Yu pray and yu fight fi mek your people happy
Handsome black man broad lip and head nappy
First father of the nation him a all a wi daddy
From Africa he came somewhere near Guinea
A proud black king of the Ashanti
African royalty couldn’t bow to slavery
So him start di Gideon inna St. Mary
His aim was to liberate all slave in di country
Starting from Frontier and Trinity
To the Heywood Hall and Esher property
Dem stop and praise the ancestor deh a Ballards Valley
Tactical, technical, tenacious Tacky
Spiritually physically yu tek care of everbody
Mystical, magical, marvelous tacky
Yu pray and yu fight fi mek your people happy
Di militia Bullets couldn’t get pass wi obeah
So dem use di maroons who come from Africa
Who sign treaty fi subdue dem ownna black brother
And di demonic Davy claim seh him kill Dadda
But a dat time di war realy realy get Badda
Tacky had di vision tacky had foresight
Though in the tunnel he saw the light
Black people all over the island start fi fight
Seeking the victory of right over might
Tactical, technical, tenacious Tacky
Spiritually physically yu tek care of everbody
Mystical, magical, marvelous tacky
Yu pray and yu fight fi mek your people happy
Tacky is a hero we all must agree
He gave his life so we all can be free
That more than Norman or Missa Mantee
Tacky a hero like Bogle and Garvey
