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Yes, it's a cheesy, cheesy song that contributes nothing new to the genre that it's aping. Yes, he's a white Canadian faking a Jamaican accent. Yes, it's yet another example of record labels trying to make predominantly black music more mainstream by using a white performer. But for some reason I like this song a lot, and I must confess I own the whole album and it actually has several other songs on it that I like too.
And, yes, this is even more embarrassing to me because my wife is Jamaican.
At last. Someone get's it. Sorry but as a serious Reggae fan this is utter filth. Of course I have heard it before but it degenerates in appeal each time.
I know. Soppy ballads are for soppy people. Maybe I'm a romantic underneath. To be fair it came out when my parents split up so nostalgia plays a part:
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