Do reggae artists glorify gun violence in the society?  Or is
their lyrics a reflection of a society that is under siege from
violence?

Just check out Bounty Killa - See You No More (2004)

Big things a gwaan 2004 
Me just receive a gun whay name 
See yuh no more
Big things a gwan 2004
Junglist kill a dozen or more
We popout a gun whay name
See yuh no more
Get wicked and kick off informer door
And place copper bullet from ceiling to floor
And murder all and murder portmore
And no satisfy still waan kill more
Yuh dis bad man somebody must dead fi sure
Blood ago..


Bounti Killa again - Down in the ghetto

Down in a the ghetto whey the gun have a ting
And the politicians is the guns dem a bring
And the crack and the coke a support the killing
Whey me check it out, the whole a dem a de same ting..


Here you see two sides of Bounty Killa.  One where he glorifies
gun violence and the other where his lyrics are a commentary of
drugs and murder in the community.

Lata

Mikey Chong