Rhythm Of A People [Song]

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RHYTHM OF A PEOPLE
By Gypsy (Winston Peters)

Spoken words: How could you watch a people's creative energy at work and associate it with a negative mentality?

Ah hear dem say we have a Carnival mentality
And it might be true, but if that is true, it don't bother me
Cause the things that we do for Carnival, it is unsurpassed
Productivity at its highest, that's when we show we class
Our versatile creativity comes out for the world to see
Our people's cultural soul motivates and captures the world.

Chorus:
It's just the rhythm of a people,
Expression of their culture moving on
Man, is the rhythm of a people
Expression of their culture moving on.
Nobody could wine like we
Nobody will shine like we
Nobody could fete like we
No, not in the same degree
And even though they lay some claim
It would never be the same
We feting all day
We feting all night
And we working OK
Cause we moving all right
It's just the rhythm of a people,
Expression of their culture moving on
Moving on and on and on. Play mas!

From whence we came it was not the same things we brought with we
It took blood and tears, sweat and prayers to shape this entity
Calypso, roti, pelau mixed with soca and chutney
Pan, parang, callaloo and doubles helped shape our identity.
When is mauvais languing they can't beat we
But after all it comes naturally
Our cultural expressions and flair now is being practised everywhere. Why?

Chorus:
It's just the rhythm of a people
Expression of a culture moving on
Man, is the rhythm of a people
Expression of their culture moving on.
Nobody could wine like we
Nobody could shine like we
Nobody could fete like we
No, not in the same degree
And even though they try to lay some claim
It would never be the same
We feting all day, we feting all night
And we working OK, 'cause we feeling all right.
It's just the rhythm of a people
Expression of their culture moving on
Moving on and on and on. Tell dem!

In some places they have to go to school to learn to shake their waist
But in this blessed land --- the smallest child is commonplace
When it's time to pray, nobody in the world could pray like we
Our churches, mandirs and mosques sure bear our testimony
Of our way of life that only we know is our culture that have us so
Next time you talk about mentality make sure you check carefully.

Chorus:
It's just the rhythm of a people
Expression of their culture moving on
Man, is the rhythm of a people
Expression of their culture moving on.
Nobody could wine like we
Nobody would ever shine like we
And nobody could fete like we
No, not in the same degree
And even though they try to lay some claim
It would never be the same. Watch we!
We feting all day
We feting all night
We working next day
We feeling all right
It's just the rhythm of a people
Expression of their culture moving on
Moving on and on and on. Play mas!...

Rhythm of a people, expression of their culture
It's just the rhythm of a people
Expression of their culture
Watch we!

Shango, bongo
Limbo, kaiso
Pan, parang
Soca, tassa
Carnival, bacchanal...

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