MARTINEZ'S "BELIEVE IN BROWNSVILLE" A PICTURE OF DESPAIR

(After five years of the Tony Martinez "Believe in Brownsville" hype, things seem to be going from bad to worse in the heart of the city. The homeless are sleeping under the starts sheltered only by nature-provided Sabal Palm fronds. We have learned that the Immaculate Conception Cathedral was told by the Brownsville Police Dept. to seize the sofa and blankets of the two men above and dispose of them because they were giving the place a bad name. And the fellow in the picture below seems to be in the pits of despair as he contemplates the traffic pass by as he rests against the wall of the wall of the school across the street from the cathedral. Nearby, the Casa Del Nylon, purchased by Martinez from his friend Abraham Galonsky for a cool $2.3 million stands empty and boarded up as there are no takers for it. Bob Marley's tune below seems to have been written for places like our own Browntown under Martinez and his crew.)

"Talkin' Blues"

Yeah! Oh, yeah! Now!

Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night)

And rock was my pillow, too; (doo-oo-oo-oo-oo!)

Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night)

And rock was my pillow, too. Yeah!

I'm saying: talkin' blues (talkin' blues),

talkin' blues (talkin' blues);

They say your feet is just too big for your shoes. (shoe-oo-oo-oo-oo)

Talkin' blues (talkin' blues), talkin' blues (talkin' blues):

Your feet is just too big for your shoes. (shoe-oo-oo-oo-oo)

Yeah, I've been down on the rock for so long, (so long)

I seem to wear a permanent screw; (screw-oo-oo-oo-oo)

I've been down on the rock for so long, (so long)

I seem to wear a permanent screw. (screw-oo-oo-oo-oo)

But-a I - I'm gonna stare in the sun,

Let the rays shine in my eyes.

I - I'm a gonna take a just-a one step more

'Cause I feel like bombin' a church -

Now - now that you know that the preacher is lyin'.

So who's gonna stay at home

When - when the freedom fighters are fighting?

Talkin' blues (talkin' blues), talkin' blues (talkin' blues):

They say your feet is just too big for your shoes, woe-oh-oh-oh!

Talkin' blues (talkin' blues), keep on talkin' blues (talkin' blues);

They say - you hear what they say -

Didn't you hear?

Cold ground was my bed (bed last night),

Rockstone - rockstone - rockstone was my pillow;

Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night),

And rock was my pillow, too.

Sayin': (talkin' blues, talkin' blues):

I seem to wear a permanent screw - permanent screw.

Talkin' blues (talkin' blues), talkin' blues (talkin' blues):

Feet is just too big for your shoes. (shoe-oo-oo-oo-oo) [fadeout]