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COLO-MENTALITY [Colonial Mentality]
By Fela Kuti

Colo-mentality

E be say you be colonial man
You done be slaveman before
Dem done release you now
But you never release yourself

I say you fit never release yourself
Colo-mentality

E be say you be colonial man
You done be slaves from before
Dem done release you now
But you never release yourself

E be so, e be so
Dem dey do, dem dey overdo
All the things say dem dey do [E be so!]
E be so
Dem dey do, dem dey do, dem dey overdo
All the things say dem dey do [E be so!]

E be so,
Dem dey do, dem dey think say dem better pass dem brother.
No be so? [E be so!]
E be so
Dem dey do, dem dey think say dem better pass dem brother.
No be so? [E be so!]

The thing wey black no good
Na foreign things dem dey like
No be so? [E be so!]
The thing wey black no good
Na foreign things dem dey like
No be so? [E be so!]

Dem go turn air condition
And close them country away
No be so? [E be so!]
Dem go turn air condition
And close them country away
No be so? [E be so!]

Dem Judge him go put white wig
And jail him brother away
No be so? [E be so!]
Dem Judge him go put wig
And jail him brother away
No be so? [E be so!]

Dem go proud of dem name
And put dem slave names for head
No be so? [E be so!]
Dem go proud of dem name
And put dem slave names for head
No be so? [E be so!]

Colo-mentality, now make you hear me now!

[Colo-mentality Colo-mentality]
Mr. Ransome, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Mr. Williams, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Mr. Allia, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Mr. Mohammed, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Mr. Anglican, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Mr. Bishop, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Mr. Catholic, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Mr. Muslim, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Na Africa we dey go make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Na Africa we dey go make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Colo-mentality hear [Colo-mentality]
Colo-mentality hear [Colo-mentality]
Mr. Ransome, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Mr. Ransome, we make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Na Africa we dey go make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Na Africa we dey go make you hear [Colo-mentality]
Colo-mentality hear [Colo-mentality]
Colo-mentality hear [Colo-mentality]
[Colo-mentality]
[Colo-mentality]
[Colo-mentality....]

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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Fela Kuti!

"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

Carib Queen Terminally Ill.

Valentina Medina and Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh
T&T Newsday Photo
Carib queen terminally ill.
By Rhondor Dowlat
Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday | Sunday, August 22 2010

"CARIB QUEEN Valentina Medina, 77, of Arima has been given an estimated two weeks to live by medical doctors.

To help her through her last days, Minister of the People and Social Development Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh, on Friday, in a surprise visit, provided her with an assistant medical care nurse, free of charge. She was also given a stove and a refrigerator and promised “whatever would make her life comfortable”.

Medina has made several requests of the Government, including a permanent caregiver to be assigned to her and coverage of all medical expenses and facilities required by her.

Ramadharsingh reportedly got wind of her and her situation/requests and decided to pay her a visit and grant her her wishes, taking into consideration her contribution to society and also the fact, that she represented the Carib community and what the Caribs contributed to TT heritage.

Medina has been terminally ill, having being diagnosed with cancer. Though in a lot of pain and discomfort, her spirit is quite strong, and she is not afraid.

The cancer has covered most of her liver and has spread to her lungs, but she is not yet experiencing respiratory problems.

Additionally, she is still able to ingest small amounts of food and fluid and can walk short distances on her own.

Medina’s challenge is that although several family members reside with her, most times during the day she is alone, with no one to assist her. Her stated desire is to die at home.

Ramadharsingh spent about one hour interacting with her and sharing a few laughs in between. They both discussed the Carib heritage and she showed him her crown and other cultural items.

Medina was said to be “totally overjoyed” and appreciative of Ramadharsingh’s gestures and delivery of social services, including the provision of a medical care assistant.

Medina was born on May 6 1933, in Mount Pleasant, Arima. She is the fifth Carib Queen since the introduction in 1875.

On March 26, 2000, Medina, of Mausica Lands, Arima, also known as Iere, was named Carib Queen for life, at an election at the Santa Rosa Carib Community Centre in Arima.

Medina who was 66 years old at the time she was named the fifth Queen after Justa Werges, has been queen for the previous 11 years. Werges died in January 2000.

Though she embraced the Carib way of life since childhood, after her marriage at 18 years in 1952 to John Medina, she was called on by then Queen (Edith Martinez) to be more active in traditional Carib life.

She was named queen for a day three different times and her husband was named king for the day as well."

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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

The Madman's Rant [Song]

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THE MADMAN'S RANT
By David Rudder (1996)

Vote for we and we will set you free!
Anywhere you turn somebody chanting to we
Somebody promising jobs for all
Some renting gun to make other people bawl
But somebody promising more police car
Somebody going to take the country far
Somebody putting all the bandits away
He say, "If they do the crime, they going to damn well pay!"
But somebody promising human rights
While somebody threatening to put out your lights
The mortuary full with little Trinidad boys
A bullet start to whine and put an end to their joy
Now they lying tall for dey Mama to mourn
Dey Nike gone, dey gold teeth gone
You see they, they want dey pocket full with blue, blue silk
They want dey statue drinking full cream milk
The little red silk is not dey true friend
De blue one had two extra nought on the end
So ah tag on dey toe is now dey ticket to Hell
But look where we reach, well, well, well, well, well, well.

Ah hear a madman bawl as he spread out on a wall
He say, "This is it, this is it, this is it, I’ve been hit!
No time to give up brother, no time to quit!"

Was the chant of a madman, in this tale from a strange land
Give me the chant of the madman. It’s the only salvation
Ah say the chant of a madman, in this tale from a strange land
Give me the chant of the madman, Lord, is the only salvation.

Anywhere you turn somebody chanting to we
Vote for we and we go set you free
Somebody promising natural law
Die like a yogi, end all the war
Seek inner peace, end all the pain
De same woman promising to go down again
Somebody promising to run all the bread
Somebody pushing a world class head
Somebody clean out the weed well fast
But somebody letting the cocaine pass
Somebody promise to abolish the tax
Somebody promise to give we the facts
Somebody promise to clean up the land
But in this clean land, rat still killing man
We bright little youths going to waste
Somebody dinge the smile on dey face
Somebody take “One Love” off the shelf
Then the One Love boys start to sell out dey self
Somebody going to end all this talk about race
But they can't tell me that with a straight, straight face
Big, big men dying, the crime can't solve
A madman rant is my only resolve
Ah hear the madman bawl
As he lie on a wall.

He say, "This is it, this is it, this is it, I’ve been hit!
But no time to give up, brother, no time to quit!"

A chant of a madman in this tale from a strange land
It was a chant of a madman, in this tale from a strange land
Give me the chant of the madman. Is the only salvation.

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, David Rudder for this powerful, powerful message.

"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