Leave Carnival Alone! [Song]

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LEAVE CARNIVAL ALONE!
By Manchild

Manchild!...[Hey!]...in the house!
Yay! [Leave the Carnival]
In defence of Carnival

Preacher, you looking for bacchanal, preacher, you really off base
When you talking 'bout we Carnival, you say that it is a waste
You criticising the wining, you say that it too vulgar
But there's a part of the festival I want you to consider
I singing this calypso to give you a new vision
Call this your Carnival education.

Son, leave Carnival alone, preacher, leave Carnival alone!
Joycelyn selling souse and accra in a booth by the Savannah
Leave Carnival alone, leave Carnival alone!
The money she make from vending, is she house she renovating.

[Check it out, check it out!] You look but you doh see
[Check it out, check it out!] It's an economy
[Check it out, check it out!] You focussing on the wining
[Check it out, check it out!] When glorious things are happening
Leave Carnival alone, preacher, we eating ah food right down to the bone!

In defence of Carnival
[Leave the Carnival!]

Preacher, when you see the Christmas done, tune in, you go feel a vibe
There is a creative explosion as my people come alive
Is hundreds getting their food badge while others running a bar
They say that poor people can't do business but I beg to differ
We see Carnival as a business opportunity
I can testify, it begins with me. See?!

Leave Carnival alone, preacher, leave Carnival alone!
Ask the mas' men and musicians, they'll agree with my opinion
Leave Carnival alone, leave Carnival alone!
Machel just sing in a party. He shake he head though he sleepy.

[Check it out, check it out!] You look but you doh see
[Check it out, check it out!] It's an economy that making a dollar
[Check it out, check it out!] You focussing on the wining
[Check it out, check it out!] When is a business plan that we working
Leave Carnival alone, preacher, we eating ah food right down to the bone!

[Leave the Carnival!] Tell them again!
Mister preacher leave the Carnival! [Leave the Carnival alone!]

This song is tying to paint a picture, a musical tapestry
Praising positives in our culture, going beyond the boundary
The boundary of those opinions filled with negativity
Making a statement to represent we power and we glory
The story of Carnival is truly spectacular
It is time you take off your blinker.

Preacher, leave Carnival alone, leave Carnival alone!
The saddest part of my story, I have to convince a Trini
Leave Carnival alone, leave Carnival alone!
Enterprise in all its glory, your prejudice won't let you see

[Check it out, check it out!] You look but you doh see
[Check it out, check it out!] It's an economy
[Check it out, check it out!] You focussing on the wining
[Check it out, check it out!] when glorious things are happening
Leave Carnival alone, preacher, we eating ah food right down to the bone!

Jam down!

Leave! le-le, le-le, le-le, le-le, le-le leave! Leave Carnival alone, preacher
Leave! le-le, le-le, le-le, le-le, le-le leave! Leave Carnival alone
Leave! le-le, le-le, le-le, le-le, le-le leave! [Leave Carnival alone preacher]
In defence of Carnival!
[Leave! le-le, le-le, le-le, le-le, le-le leave!]

Leave Carnival alone!

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, Manchild! I am listening to this song and actually feeling Trinbagonian Carnival sunshine.

"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