Nah Leaving [Song]

Uploaded by IsDePanInMe
NAH LEAVING
Performed by Denyse Plummer

They say mih country so stressful, so tense
With race hate, young jail bait, too much violence
Girl pack up and go, this sweet Trinbago
I tell dem no way (no way)
How de people small-minded, macocious and loud
Of bobol and scandal they boastful and proud
Yet somehow I see, all this foolery
As window dressing, dey still ah blessing.

You see ah just eat ah curry-cue, peas, rice and cascadou
Blue crab and callaloo, mih neighbor just gimme
Nah leaving (nah leaving)
Meh navel string so deep and freedom doh come cheap.

Where else in de world you know sweet pan and calypso
People just overflow two days in the street
Nah leaving (nah leaving)
Is here wey conceive me, is here ah go dead.

I see a people creative who must overcome
Make magic from old steel, from rusty oil drum
So why should I fear, some tears here and there
I tell dem no way (no way)
Camaraderie so special like natural instinct
Dey meet you by de river, is come take ah drink
Outspoken but kind, no silent bad mind
So forget New York and and all de old talk.

You see ah just drink some babash brew, puncheon rum and Mountain Dew
Ah hot plate ah Pelau too mih macomere just give me
Nah leaving (nah leaving)
Meh navel string so deep and freedom doh come cheap.

Where else in de world you know, jump high then wine down low
And if you don't get on so, dey watch you ------
Nah leaving (nah leaving)
Is here wey conceive me, is here ah go dead.

Mayaro, Maracas Bay (nah leaving)
De Savannah wey children play (nah leaving)
De sorrel, de mauby bark (nah leaving)
De corn soup, de bake and shark (nah leaving)
De Oval, see Lara bat (nah leaving)
De picong, de tit-for-tat (nah leaving)
De ritual of Carnival (nah leaving)
De Soca Chutney Bacchanal (nah leaving)

I wake up one morning and before I stretch
Is fry bake, ---- doubles, meh nostril done ketch
And there for my view, an ocean so blue
I'm going no where (no where)
Hummingbirds and black birds dat sing in de trees
Chaconia and spices dat waft in de breeze
Wild meat by de grap, agouti and lappe
In forest grazing, it so amazing.

You see ah just watch ah football match wey Trini and Yankee clash
So much ----- mih posse lash, mih head still dizzy
Nah leaving (nah leaving)
Mih navel string so deep and freedom doh come cheap.

Where else in de world you know milk and de honey flow
Vagrants does bend down low and dance in ah drain
Nah leaving (nah leaving)
Is here wey conceive me, is here ah go dead.

Barb wire, roll wire, we living in jail
But somehow I know, true peace will prevail
As folks will recall, our problems are small
I'm going no where (no where)
De heart of my people is of solid gold
Like Soca dey move you with rhythm and soul
So who want to leave, because dey believe
Dat out dey easy, I say dey crazy.

You see ah just eat ah curry-cue, peas, rice and cascadou
Blue crab and callaloo, mih neighbor just gimme
Nah leaving (nah leaving)
Meh navel string so deep and freedom doh come cheap.

Where else in de world you know sweet pan and calypso
People just overflow two days in the street
Nah leaving (nah leaving)
Is here wey conceive me, is here ah go dead.

Manning and Gypsy, [nah leaving]
The bacchanal in UNC [nah leaving]
-------- and Skinner Park [nah leaving]
They eat you like a bake and shark [nah leaving]
Iwer and Super [nah leaving]
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah leaving
Nah leaving...........

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!

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"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare