It was 1987 the first Starbucks outside the US opened in Vancouver, Lady saw began her rise in the Jamaican dancehall, Inner circle released the song Bad Boys and Big 9 exploded with news of Baby drama.

It was 1987 , Whitney Houston's "I wanna dance with somebody" was playing everywhere.The first installment of Lethal Weapon starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover was in theaters, The JLP retained another term in power , Peter Tosh was murdered in his home and my sister caused a big scandal in Big 9.

It was 1987 ,"Under mi sleng teng " rhythm dominates Kingston and Mr.Hopeton's mother moves into Big 9.

It was 1986, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister in England, the Chernobyl nuclear accident decimated three mile island, sci fi flick The Fly was in movie theaters in Jamaica , Boris Gardner had a hit with "I wanna wake up with you" and there was big trouble in Big nine.

It was 1986 'stand by me' was at the Carib Theatre, Barry G was playing Whitney Houston's 'How will I know' on RJR almost every day , torrential rains caused flooding in Kingston and another tragedy struck in Big 9.

It was 1986, Police Academy 3 was at the Carib Theatre, Janet Jackson's "what have you done for me lately" was everywhere, In Kingston Brigadier Jerry's "Jamaica, Jamaica" was playing on every dancehall sound system, and our cousin Rosie had turned Big 9 upside down.

It was 1986 Calabar had just won Boys Champs, Beres Hammond's 'Groovy little thing' was playing on every sound system, 'we are the world'won a Grammy , the Haley's comet made an appearance and my family changed forever.

It was 1986 , Sophia George's hit song Girlie, girlie was playing on all radio stations, Ray Charles was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame and I witnessed The Challenger disaster.

It was 1986, Pretty in Pink was in movie theaters, there was a flood that killed over 40 people in Jamaica, Aruba got its independence from Curacao and I found out what the word Lesbian means

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It was 1985 The color Purple was in movie theaters, Sukiyaki was being played by all Jamaican DJs, Jamaica stopped observing daylight savings time and tragedy struck in the Big 9 community yet again.