Can't Please All People [Song]

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CAN'T PLEASE ALL PEOPLE
By King Austin

My uncle, his name is Bobby,
He is an official judge with CDC
He came one morning early,
He say, King, I just quit the job with CDC
I say, Why, Uncle Bob?
He say, Boy I 'fraid that job
And I will tell you why,
Because the public never satisfy.

'Cause if I give Explainer, they say I rob the Scrunter
If I give the Blueboy, they say I trying to destroy
If I give the Penguin, they say I rob the Stalin
And the public can't understand the real thing
CDC only want one king
Ask the Almighty to judge for CDC.

Another thing I cannot understand
When you see the North Stand like a band
They just don't care anything
When they decide that band must win
But in this competition, everybody have their fan
So Austin, you see, uncle can't please everybody.

'Cause if I give Desperadoes, they say I rob Tokyo
If I give Pamberie, they say I tief Catelli
If I give -----------, they say I'm a old Highlanders
And the real thing the public can't understand
Panorama can only have one champion
Go and bring Jah Jah to judge the Panorama. Ey-ey!

Every year is the same old thing,
People complaining about bad judging
Some of them blaming the government,
While other people acting violent
Plenty, plenty old talk from Trinidad up to New York
Some say they taking sides,
Other people say dey taking bribes.

'Cause if I give it to Showcase, they say I fast and out of place
If I give Edmund Hart, dey say the judges dem smart
If I give ------------, dey say the judges drink rum
I would like the public to remember,
We can only have one band of the year
Ask the Almighty ------ to judge for CDC. Ey-ey!

Austin boy, please do not vex with me,
If you read the Scripture you must agree
Bible say in Revelation, whether right or wrong,
You must never judge no man
Dem people dem crying, calypsonian talking,
King Austin watching and the public only smiling.

'Cause if I give Desperadoes, they say I tief Tokyo
If I give Pamberie, they say I tief Catelli
If I give ------------, they say I'm a old Highlanders
And the real thing the public can't understand
Panorama can only have one champion
So I'll bring Jah Jah to judge the Panorama. Ey-ey!

Plenty panmen crying,
Calypsonian talking,
Austin watching....

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, King Austin!

"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