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Well alright
Yes, livication time
This one is for all the Trinis, right?
Trinis, Trinis, this is your life
Listen
Carnival is colour, carnival is mass
But all day in the Savannah, you can't see a steel band pass
And them bands with their pretty costumes does get in a rage
'Cause when they reach the Savannah
They don't like to come off the stage
Oh they come off, come off the stage now man, come off
Hey, listen
Entertainer on stage and the crowd just don't like his song
They boil him in rage and they ready to pelt him down
But that pelting ain't nice, it does make the country look bad
Hey, just give him a small clap and
They throw you from Trinidad, hear?
Hey, but why you pelting?
How we a go on so?
Better you go by the bar, yeah, go by the bar
Buy a rum, buy something
Hey boy
Till and day
Till and day
Till and day
Till and day
Listen, hey
On the telephone with your outside lady friend
Bam, you get a beep, it's your wife on the other end
Now you want to escape your outside friend
You have to be frank
You say, "Babe, see, I have to run
I have a call from the bank"
Nice line, beautiful line
I does use them sometimes
Hey girl
You jumping up in a van and your husband disappear
He tell you he coming just now, he going to buy a beer
Two hours pass, he can't come back, you now thinking 'bout a plan
But my advice to you is to jump with another man
What you waiting on?
He not coming back
He taking a small line across so
Hey
You stand up, you stand up and wait
He not coming back
Oh lordy
Yes man, carnival time, yes
All kind of thing that going
Hey boy
You fed up of Port of Spain so you want to go Tobago
Now you trying to find Miss Jean 'cause you hear she food nice for so
You order crab and dumpling macaroni pie with some callaloo
Now you licking your fingers and shouting, "Tobago nice for true"
Yeah boy, nice food
And a little piece of cuckoo on the side
Miss lady
Every day on your way to work, this fella sweeting you loud
But you don't really mind 'cause you looking good and you proud
On your way from work he sweet you '
Cause he know what time you does pass
But the day he touch you, you go cuss him like
Now why he want to touch you?
I don't understand
Hey boy
Watch, but don't touch, hey
Touch where is yours, you know what I mean?
Oh boy
Hey, bang a day
Serious thing
Now people complaining, saying the waving thing is a drag
But how come in them big fete everybody does have a flag?
You self taking talk, ignoring the man in the band
Now you feeling funny 'cause you don't have a flag in your hand
Where's your flag?
Hey, I say take out your flag if you have it
A next one
Election time come around and you know you must go and vote
But now you playing big thing, saying your party have it choke
Now you home and you're chilling because your party is the boss
Next thing the results come out, oh my gosh, your party lost
You stay home, yes, you stay home
Everything will be alright
Now you want to fight
Oh boy
I done tell you
I done tell you
Hey
Trinidad have a carnival
Oh Trinidad have a carnival
And New York have a carnival
New York have a carnival
Toronto have a carnival
T.O. has a carnival
And London have a carnival
London has a carnival
All over the place have the thing now, eh?
And Antigua have a thing too, right? Yes
Barbados have a big thing too
Everybody have a thing
Houston have a thing
Miami have a thing, a thing thing
Hey
Rip ding dong a day
Rip ding dong a day
Yes man
Serious, serious thing boy, yes
Man can't get in place and thing
Man put on nice clothes and can't get in
Outside
Oh gosh, yes
As the fete done now, as the fete done
Must get a little thing from Strutters in the fete
Strutters have a wicked, wicked sauce
Eh?
Must pick up your corn soup before, yeah, before you go home
The corn soup man is a must
Eh?
Hey
Diggy ding dong day
Diggy ding dong day
Diggy ding dong day
A day, a day, a day
Yes
That one, yeah, that one was true
Based on a true story for all Trinis
Yes man
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