And, just imagine, it had nothing to do with Tina Turner or her song. “Simply The Best,” rolled from the tip of his tongue after so much suspense, and of course climax!

Reminiscing, Cruz who was forced to cruise under the covers of the heavy traffic, had a bird’s eye view of patrons who supported Garvey’s celebration.

“They came from across Jamaica, representing communities too many to list. But, it was a good look with the stage surrounded by hundreds of Garvey fans and sellers with their finest wares.

“I stopped by a stall and was asked to do a complimentary commercial and meet and greet friends until my time was ripe.

This was about midday and in the words of Britain’s Got Talent’s Susan Boyle, “I am going to make this crowd erupt” was somewhere in Cruz’s head.

Cruz began with a 5.5 earthquake on the 107 FM scale, dressed in a camouflage pair of pants, black T-shirt, and green headband, promising a richly mined catalogue of songs.

His introduction was first honors, including degrees of songwriter, producer, recording artiste, and a nephew of the late Garnet Silk, the man whose voice still reigns supreme.

Cruz came under the covers with ‘No Guns A Dance’ as the nation weeps over the mass killing of eight persons in Clarendon.

This gained a capital A from the crowd as Cruz appealed to everyone to condemn every form of violence.

He had to do over the song with calls of “forward,” “lift up,” and “come again.”

“I just a come from Florida and just heard about this Clarendon killing. Everyone who condemns the killing… hands in the air.” And every hand was in the air.

The song ‘Too Bloody’, a combination with Buju Banton, was next, followed by ‘Marcus Garvey,’ ‘Words Come To Pass’, an original of Burning Spear.

There was no stopping for Cruz as he dived into his latest project, ‘Marcus Garvey’. Then he hit them with Garnett Silk’s ‘Mama Africa’. But he could not leave the stage without his super hit ‘Half-Way-Tree’, an anthem which will forever be remembered, like Marcus Garvey.