As A Nation Forges On [Song]

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AS A NATION FORGES ON
By Denyse Plummer

Sound the horn
Let us play our anthem aloud
Beat the drums whilst our nation forges on
Blow the whistle and come
All j----- just done
Tighten your belt and let's do our nation proud.

Chorus:
Well we beat we chest and we masqueraded and carried on
As if to say, "Mission accomplished, oil money can't done."
Now the tides have turned
Tringonians must walk alone
These lonely roads that most wise men fear to tread
So let us hold our heads high to salvation or to reconstruction
And build back this blessed nation.

Justice delayed
is justice withheld, denied
so hold your pride and use tolerance as your guide
chant a slogan once more
let's man this vessel ashore
together we can take this nation to promised land.

Chorus:
Well, we beat we chest and we masqueraded and carried on
As if to say, "Mission accomplished, oil money can't done."
Now the tides have turned
Tringonians must walk alone
It's a lonely road that most wise men fear to tread
So let us hold our heads high to salvation or to reconstruction
And build back this blessed nation.

Hear the children:
We want we money, bring back we money
We want we money, bring back we money
We want we money, bring back we money
We want we money, bring back we money...

Now's the time to display spiritual strength
And hold on to what's not already gone
Use human resources, gather -------- forces
So united we stand to keep a model nation.

Chorus:
Well, we beat we chest and we masqueraded and carried on
As if to say, "Mission accomplished, oil money can't done"
But now the tides have turned
Tringonians must walk alone
These lonely roads that most wise men fear to tread
So let us hold our heads high to salvation or to reconstruction
And build back this blessed nation.

Again we rise, that should come as no surprise
We shall again lead
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Rome wasn't built in one day
Don't care what nobody say
To hell with what's gone, we chidren have to live on.

Well we have we steelband an limbo and we sweet calypso
And we are so proud of these achievements wherever we go
So, if de money gone? Dat doh mean we done
We surely have the talent to get back some, it eh done
Come on and hold your heads high to salvation or to reconstruction
And build back this blessed nation.

The people crying:
We want we money, bring back we money
We want we money, bring back we money
We want we money, bring back we money
We want we money, bring back we money...

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