One Day T&T (We Shall Overcome) [Song]

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ONE DAY T&T (WE SHALL OVERCOME)
Jayson
Arranged by Leston Paul
From Kathryn in Town, T&T 1990

We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome
We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome!

Helpless and frustrated, hopelessly deflated
Look we hanging on, catching hell but strong
All the cash gone out ah we country
------------------------- we easy
We can't beg a friend, he ent have to lend
Recession bussing we waist, watching Basil face to face
We must find a solution to ease the situation
For the survival of this nation. [right now!]
Is dog eat dog as we pull and tug
Hoping one day lord, we'll succumb
Let's call on St. Peter to wait a while longer
If things don't get better, then we'll come.

We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome
We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome!

Back to agriculture, presently that too doesn't matter
Endless apathy pervades this country
Government, you should be listening
A whole country you have protesting
In this guava time, man forced into crime
Would be nice to purchase plants to enhance we existence
But right now we spinning top in a mud bank wey can't full up
Without money, we can't get crop
This old woman, she say, "Listen, son
The few cents I have will soon done.
Prices going up while mih pension drop
When you miss me, son, Granny gone."

We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome
We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome!

Unemployed and starving, hunger pains attacking
Watch your hair each day turn from black to grey
Watch your money dwindle, to replace it is not possible
You could march all day or kneel down and pray
Watch your mortgage on the rise, Mister PM realise
Selfishness and arrogance could put we all in St. Anns
Or walking the streets like vagrants. [same thing!]
The bourgeoisie banking overseas
Still milking the land high and dry
Malnutrition shows, is no food and clothes
What next, no one knows but to cry...

We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome
We shall over come one day, T&T
We shall overcome!

Took the li'l food from children classes
Now you threatening their bus passes
Kids destined to fail and could go to jail
Our problem here is poverty plus the lack of work and salary
Forget about oil, is back to the soil
Let us make determined plans, let us cultivate the land
Let us educate the man for the future generation
To rebuild this fantastic land
Is hard for so here in Trinbago
The li'l bit we have will soon end
So let we ban we jaw, together rich and poor
So we will overcome these pains, my friend.

We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome
We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome!
We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome
We shall overcome one day, T&T
We shall overcome!...

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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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Jayson.

"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