Time To Celebrate [Song]

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TIME TO CELEBRATE
By O'Neil Bhajman (2012)

Welcome to Trinidad and Tobago - land of soca, chutney, calypso
Rainbow county in all its glory run by a prestigious lady
Fifty years it gone already since that declaration
An independent nation free from the mighty England.

Tropical island in the sun, everybody living as one
Is here I born and raised and I proud to be a Trinbagonian.
Time to celebrate, time to celebrate, time to celebrate, time to celebrate
Every creed and race find an equal place
Tell the whole nation to start the celebration
Jump and celebrate, wave and celebrate
Put up yuh hand and celebrate, jump up and celebrate
Jump and celebrate, wave and celebrate
Put up yuh hand and celebrate, jump up and celebrate.

Take a journey through my county, be amazed by its beauty
Buccoo Reef and the Nylon Pool, you must visit the Bird Sanctuary
Light a deya for Divali, take a walk through Felicity
And if is Paraidse you looking for, Maracas Beach is the place for sure.

Tropical island in the sun, everybody living as one
Is here I born and raised and I proud to be a Trinbagonian.
Time to celebrate, time to celebrate, time to celebrate, time to celebrate
Every creed and race find an equal place
Tell the whole nation to start the celebration
Jump and celebrate, wave and celebrate
Put up yuh hand and celebrate, jump up and celebrate
Jump and celebrate, wave and celebrate
Put up yuh hand and celebrate, jump up and celebrate.

The land of oil beneath the sand,
From the empty oil drum we make the pan
They say good things always come in two
That's why Trinbago is a twin island
Carnival is the greatest show where everybody come together
And just like the Partnership, we will rise forever.

Tropical island in the sun, everybody living as one
Is here I born and raised and I proud to be a Trinbagonian.
Time to celebrate, time to celebrate, time to celebrate, time to celebrate
Every creed and race find an equal place
Tell the whole nation to start the celebration
Jump and celebrate, wave and celebrate
Put up yuh hand and celebrate, jump up and celebrate
Jump and celebrate, wave and celebrate
Put up yuh hand and celebrate, jump up and celebrate.

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, O'Neil Bhajman.

"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