They had this little nation going to the dogs
They had we like a drunk man drifting through a fog
And some people thought we would perish
From the hard times, from the bad times
They said we should run 'way and vanish
Tell dem, dey out of dey mind.
Tell dem, mister, that nuttin' eh go run we
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes
Tell dem, sister, they put we here with laglee
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes.
Through the hard times and the glad times
Through the sad times, even the mad times
Doh dig nuttin', we go bring it back like heaven
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes.
I know dat some big pappy really have to go
All dey money in Miami, New York, Toronto
And some want to go back to London
To the serve jive and the tea at five
But we people know and accustom
How to struggle and how to survive.
So tell them, mister, that nuttin' eh go run we
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes
Tell dem, sister, they put we here with laglee
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes.
Through the hard times and the glad times
Through the sad times, even the mad times
Doh dig nuttin', we go bring it back like heaven
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes.
Is we who dig the oil wells, is we who plant the cane
Is we who go through real hell for anything we gain
Is we who get lock up for Hoosay, for we steelband, we religion
So why we must leave now and run 'way to dead in Sierra Leone?
Tell dem, mister, that nuttin' eh go run we
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes
Tell dem, sister, they put we here with laglee
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes.
Through the hard times and the glad times
Through the sad times, even the mad times
Doh dig nuttin', we go bring it back like heaven
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes.
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes
If Trinidad bun [burn] down we living in the ashes.
Lyrics source with minor edits.
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A Note from the Gull
Thank you, Penguin!
"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.
Come let me take you on a musical journey
The beat is soca and the country is T&T
It's better known as Trinidad and Tobago
Forget your heartaches and your troubles and leh we go
Don't you think twice, don't you change your mind
Because in Trinidad you guaranteed a real good time.
Who want to go can go, who want to stay can stay
In Trinidad I know we live a better way
We live together as one in a harmony
Twin islands in the sun, is love with all ah we.
No colour, creed or race, T&T is a wonderful place
I would not leave this country for any part of this world
And everybody knows we've got the most beautiful girls
A place so vast and free
No other place in this world could ever be.
Who want to go can go, who want to stay can stay
In Trinidad I know we live a better way
We live together as one in a harmony
Twin islands in the sun, is love with all ah we.
My Trinidad and Tobago, I'll never ever never leave home
My Trinidad and Tobago, I'll never ever never leave home.
T&T is known for its Carnival
The greatest show on earth, the biggest bacchanal
Everybody does meet in the street
Chipping down through the heat to a soca beat
The whole nation together as one
No social barriers, just love, joy and fun.
Who want to go can go, who want to stay can stay
In Trinidad I know we live a better way
We live together as one in a harmony
Twin islands in the sun, is love with all ah we.
Who want to go can go, who want to stay can stay
In Trinidad I know we live a better way
We live together as one in a harmony
Twin islands in the sun, is love with all ah we.
Who want to go can go,] who want to stay can stay
Who want to go can go
Who want to go can go, who want to stay can stay
Who want to go can go,
Who want to go can go, who want to stay can stay
Who want to go can go,
Who want to go can go, who want to stay can stay
Who want to go can go. You hear brass?
Who want to go can go. Jump up dey, baby, uhmm.
Who want to go can go, I staying right here!
Who want to go can go. You hear brass?
Who want to go can go, I staying right here!
Who want to go can go, I staying right here! I staying right here!
Who want to go can go, I staying right here! I staying right here!
Who want to go can go,
Who want to go can go,
Who want to go can go....
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!
A Note From the Gull Thank you, Zoom. "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.
CHITTI AAYI HAI
Performed by Pankaj Udhas
Music and lyrics by Laxmikant Pyarela and Anand Bakshi Movie: Naam
Chitti Aayi Hai Aayi Hai Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come, has come, the letter has come
Chitti Aayi Hai Vatan Se Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come from my homeland, the letter has come
Chitti Aayi Hai Vatan Se Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come from my homeland, the letter has come.
Bade Dinon Ke Baad Hum Bevatnon Ko Yaad After a long time they remembered us who are away from home
Bade Dinon Ke Baad Hum Bevatnon Ko Yaad After a long time they remembered us who are away from home
Vatan Ki Mitti Aayi Hai The soil of the homeland has come.
Chitti Aayi Hai Aayi Hai Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come, has come, the letter has come
Chitti Aayi Hai Vatan Se Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come from homeland, the letter has come.
Upar Mera Naam Likha Hai Andar Ye Paigham Likha Hai My name is written on the top with this message inside
Oh Pardes Ko Jaanewale Laut Ke Phir Na Aanewale Oh the one who has gone abroad and who will never return
Saat Samundar Paar Gaya Tu Humko Zinda Maar Gaya Tu You have crossed seven seas, you have killed me even though I live
Khoon Ke Rishte Todd Gaya Tu Aankh Mein Aansoo Chod Gaya Tu By breaking the bond of blood and leaving tears in eyes
Kam Khaate Hain Kam Sote Hain Bahut Zyaada Hum Rote Hain We eat less, sleep less but cry a lot.
Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come
Chitti Aayi Hai Aayi Hai Chitti Aayi Hai The letter had come, has come, the letter has come.
Chitti Aayi Hai Vatan Se Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come from homeland, the letter has come.
Sooni Ho Gayi Shehar Ki Galiyaan Kaante Ban Gayi Baag Ki Kaliyaan The streets of the town feel empty, the buds of our garden seem like thorns
Kehte Hain Saawan Ke Jhule Bhool Gaya Tu Hum Nahin Bhoole The spring tells us you've forgotten us, but we haven't
Tere Bin Jab Aayi Diwali When the festival of Diwali came without you
Deep Nahin Dil Jale Hain Khaali Not the lamps, but only our hearts burned
Tere Bin Jab Aayi Holi When the festival of Holi came without you
Pichkaari Se Chooti Goli The pichkari shot bullets instead of colours.
Peepal Soona Panghat Soona The peepal tree is deserted, so is the pond
Peepal Soona Panghat Soona The peepal tree is deserted, so is the pond
Ghar Shamshaan Ka Bana Namoona Home feels like grave
Fasal Kati Aayi Baisakhi Harvest is over, and the festival of Baisakhi came
Tera Aana Reh Gaya Baaki Awaiting your return now.
Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come
Chitti Aayi Hai Aayi Hai Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come, has come, the letter has come
Chitti Aayi Hai Vatan Se Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come from homeland, the letter has come.
Pehle Jab Tu Khat Likhta Tha Kaagaz Mein Chehra Dikhta Tha When you first used to write I could see your face on the paper
Bandh Hua Yeh Mel Bhi Ab To Khatam Hua Yeh Khel Bhi Ab To It has stopped now, this game is over now
Doli Mein Jab Baitti Behna Rasta Dekh Rahe The Naina At her wedding your sister's eyes were searching the road for you
Mein To Baap Hoon Mera Kya Hai Teri Maa Ka Haal Bura Hai I am father, don't bother about me but your mother is disappointed
Teri Biwi Karti Hai Seva Soorat Se Lagti Hai Bewa Your wife does her duty, she looks like a widow now
Tune Paisa Bahut Kamaaya Iss Paise Ne Desh Chudaaya You have earned a lot of money, this money has taken you away from home
Desh Paraayaa Chhod Ke Aajaa Panchhi Pinjra Todh Ke Aaja Break the cage and come home, leave the strange country and come home.
Desh Paraayaa Chhod Ke Aajaa Panchhi Pinjra Todh Ke Aaja Break the cage and come home, leave the strange country and come home.
Aajaa Umar Bahut Hai Chotti Come back, you are still young
Apane Ghar Mein Bhi Hain Roti We are doing good at home too.
Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come
Chitti Aayi Hai Vatan Se Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come from homeland.
Bade Dinon Ke Baad Hum Bevatnon Ko Yaad After a long time they remembered us who are away from home
Vatan Ki Mitti Aayi Hai Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come with the soil of homeland.
Chitti Aayi Hai Aayi Hai Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come
Chitti Aayi Hai Vatan Se Chitti Aayi Hai The letter has come from homeland....
Thank you, Pankaj Udhas and outstanding musicians for this divine performance. Thanks also to the composers who were inspired to create this song.
Man is lonely by birth but it helps to have an earthly home. And if nothing is separating you from that home, cling to it and treasure every moment you have there with the ones who love you.
But what if all your life, you have been receiving letters from a home before/beyond/after this world? You cannot return of your own volition so even though you will not admit it, you know that you are just marking time here, learning whatever you can while you wait for the moment, expected or not, when mortality will finally place your boarding pass into your trembling hand. How does this happen? Is it that your trans-life memory is far from recessive? Is there a loved one in another life who mourned your loss too deeply, who continued to pray too earnestly to be reunited with you, who too often visited and left pebbles or flowers on your grave?
This is why I am perhaps the least qualified to be so critical about how people allow the things of this world to burden them. I myself am burdened by the unshakeable memory of another world which has been asking me all my life, quietly, insistently, Ke ghar kab aaoge? When will you come home?
Sandese aate hain | Messages arrive;
Humein tadpaate hain | they trouble us.
To chitthi aati hai | Then letters come;
To poochh jaati hai | they ask,
Ke ghar kab aaoge | "When will you come home?"
Likho kab aaoge | "Write and tell us when you’ll come home.",
Ki tum bin ye ghar soona soona hai | "For without you, this house is empty, empty.".
Spirit, guide and save those of our countrymen at home and abroad, in their mansions and shacks, in gangs, governments, armies [sanctioned or not] who bring terror of any sort to their fellow human beings, who separate others from physical, emotional, spiritual well-being. Homelessness is hell.
"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.
No longer may I seem to be a paradise of glory
Or a river of pleasure running out to the sea
But I take my refuge in a higher power you see
My body will be restored and my heritage is still beautiful to me.
Don't cry for me, my children, [Don't cry] for all the fire that falls upon me
Don't cry for me, my children, [Don't cry] it was given to me to test me
But I will not be shaken, I am La Trinity
And there is no destruction, if you look you still see
There is a mountaintop, there is the sea and sand
Child, I am your rock, I am your island.
Children, I am strong, immovable, so keep working, forget the pain
Always knowing that your toil is never in vain
Many hands make light work, I have two million, I am told
Just like my soldiers, they will never,
No, my children will never abandon my soul.
Rise up all my children, [Rise up!] forget the fire that falls upon me
There is no misconception, [Rise up!] you are the power and strength inside me
And I will not be shaken, I am La Trinity
No chaos and confusion, no doom, no tragedy
-------------------- may crack on solid foundation
Child, I am your rock, I am your island.
Look in the mirror, tell me what you see
- a beautiful child of La Trinity
Look in the mirror, tell me what you see
- a beautiful child of La Trinity.
Tortured minds crying out for help, child, you have some place to go
Don't be anxious for your life or your tomorrow
The birds, they don't sow or reap and yet their children they feed
I shall provide abundantly
For you are worth to me much more than a bird in a tree.
Don't cry for me, my children, [Don't cry] for all the fire that falls upon me
Don't cry for me, my children, [Don't cry] it was given to me to test me
But I will not be shaken, I am La Trinity
And there is no destruction, if you look, you still see
There is a mountaintop, there is the sea and sand
Child, I am your rock, I am your island.
Condemnation to all who meddle and destroy my sacred contents
Only a weak one can the Devil ever torment
But my children, you are my power, you are the substance that make me strong
And tomorrow you will see,
I will be a land once again bountiful and free.
Rise up all my children, [Rise up!] forget the fire that falls upon me
There is no misconception, [Rise up!] you are the power and strength inside me
And I will not be shaken, I am La Trinity
Land of your creation, blessed and almighty
And when one door is locked, another one will open
Child I am your rock, I am your island.
Look in the mirror, tell me what you see
- a beautiful child of La Trinity
Look in the mirror, tell me what you see
- a beautiful child of La Trinity
I say to look in the mirror, tell me what you see
- a beautiful child of La Trinity
Look, look, look, look in the mirror now and tell me now what you see
- a beautiful child of La Trinity
Look in the mirror, tell me what you see -
[I see] a beautiful child of La Trinity...
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! ..............................................................................................................................
A Note From The Gull
Thank you, Denyse Plummer.
"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.
Spoken:Say thanks, say thanks! Say thanks for the blessings! Trini! Trini, you have it, you know! Trini, you have it! You better doh lose it!
We have a beautiful country, healthy economy Brilliant young people, ready and able Blessed by the Creator, no natural disaster All these things in front we eye and we still ent satisfy.
What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for? Trini, you crazy, Trini, you mad, Trini, you crazy! What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for? You have it! You have it! You have it! [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?]
You hear me!
We have the world's best batsman, netball champion Olympic silver and gold, Miss Universe and Miss World The smallest nation ever to make the final in the soccer Sometimes I does want to know why the Father loves we so.
What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for? [What more?] Sing it! [What more, what more, what more could we ask for?] Chant it one more time! [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] Trini, you blessed! [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] What more, what more, what more? [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?]
Hear me!
Trini, you crazy, Trini, you mad! With all these blessing, you should be glad [You must be crazy, must be crazy, must be crazy!] Instead of saying thanks for the blessings, Trini, you fighting, you not uniting! We have it, we don't know it, Better be careful we doh lose it! [You must be crazy, must be crazy, must be crazy!] You got to say thanks for the blessing But Trini, look, you not uniting!
Come, come, come, come, come, COME!!
Great mathematician, great historian Storyteller and actor, famous musician We invent the steelpan Great people from this place and we still talking race?
What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for? You must be crazy, you must be crazy! Trini, you mad! [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] Trini, you mad, Trini, you mad!
All these things in we favour, we still not together In peace and harmony in this beautiful country All the Father blessing that we keep enjoying All the thanks we got to give just to be more positive.
What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for? Trini, you crazy, Trini, you mad, Trini, you crazy! [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] Sing it again, sing it again! [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] Give thanks, give thanks, give thanks for the blessings! [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] Give thanks, give thanks, and stop all the fighting! [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] ---- yes, we have it, we don't know it, be careful we doh lose it [What more, what more, what more, what more could we ask for?] What more, what more, what more...
What more could we ask for?
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!
Thank you, Black Stalin! I imagine the cynics totally missing the message of this song and proceeding to recite extensive lists of what more we could be asking for. I understand that you are reminding us that in our bountiful land, WE have been given all the necessities required to sustain prosperous and peaceful lives. It is what we do with our many blessings that leads us to where we are. Many made, and continue to make decisions to grab unfair portions of these blessings or to trade these blessings for "things" or to abuse and destroy these blessings. We want the trappings of "progress" and "success" at all costs. This is the baited hook that we swallow and to which we lead our children.
"Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind." --Ecclesiastes 4:6
I cannot speak for anyone else but in my experience, Trinidad and Tobago is the source of the best that I have ever experienced and received in my life. Wherever I am in the world, I will continue to turn in its direction and to bow before this beautiful place.
Mama and Papa, I kiss your hardworking and loving hands. In my heart I embrace the soul of my land. I salute the hope of the hopeful. How can those of us who are grateful ever refrain from singing?
"We have it, we don't know it, Better be careful we doh lose it!.. You got to say thanks for the blessing But Trini, look, you not uniting!"
Again, many thanks, Black Stalin.
"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.
I don't know if you know how beautiful you are
Soothing, natural and cool
But you sometimes wonder if what you do is right
Or if you look the right way.
But if you know the inner you, oh yeah,
There will be no need to wonder.
It tells you that you are beautiful, very beautiful
And you are so wonderful, very beautiful
Filled with grace to be admired.
Shadows of your beauty
Reflect and capture the source of inspiration
Through the creation of your spirit
Feelings of expressing tenderness
Blessings with high and great winds
Tells you that you are beautiful, very beautiful
And you are so wonderful, very beautiful
Filled with grace to be admired
Filled with grace to be admired
Filled with grace
Filled with grace
Filled with grace.
I don't know if you know that you are so wonderful, beautiful.
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!
In a land not far away, you'll meet an old retired soldier Who left his home searching for an answer He says, Lend me your ears and I'll tell you 'bout my islands Where the trade winds sing, the people are the dancers. A place where citizens are proud as they are free [proud and free] The common factor is a strong unity With every colour, creed and race, they live as one Breathing, living under the sun.
I remember the day so clearly, off for school at 7:30 Breaking biche at the periods after lunch Heading straight for the Oval with Big Bird start his over And Blue Food blowing shell like a champion Hit the Savannah for oysters when the cricket done A coconut water, next a real nice cold one I must get a roast corn on the highway back to South The Trini people know what I'm talking 'bout Crab and dumpling in a Store Bay, doubles down by the Croisee Sucking sugar cane when you peel it with your teeth Sancoche Saturday evening, black pudding Sunday morning Macaroni pie and stew make your lunch complete Parang and pastelle, Christmas time is here again With garlic pork, ham, sorrel and the ponche-a-creme Any time is a good time for a box ah dead November 19, check out the Sea of Red.
Wo-oh oh oh my Trinity, beautiful islands in the Caribbean Sea Wo-oh oh oh my Trinity, wait for me, don't leave me 'Cause I'm coming home real soon. [Wo-oh oh oh my Trinity, wo-oh oh oh my Trinity.]
Television as a youthman, checking all your favourite programs Mastana Bahar, Best Village and Play Your Cards Right Your kick-up flicks with your old man, starring Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan Excitement start from the time time they turn off all the lights Castor oil from your mother when your tummy hurt Licks from your teacher when you ent do your homework Riding on your chopper trying to catch the girls A Trini woman - most precious in the world. Waiting months for the Carnival, the time of year is so crucial Hugging and drinking with people that you never meet The J'ouvert mas' is a killer, not to mention Panorama And Peter Minshall bringing splendour to the streets Toilet paper flying high in Skinner park Cheering on your choice for Soca Monarch Come Ash Wednesday, is back to work to again Don't worry, be happy, soon is a long weekend.
Wo-oh oh oh my Trinity, beautiful islands in the Caribbean Sea Wo-oh oh oh my Trinity, wait for me, don't forget me 'Cause I'm coming home real soon. [Wo-oh oh oh my Trinity, wo-oh oh oh my Trinity.]
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! ..............................................................................................................................
A Note From The Gull
Thank you, Creig Camacho!
"Wo-oh oh oh my Trinity, wait for me, don't forget me 'Cause I'm coming home real soon."
"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.
My Trinidad and Tobago, wo-oh woh, my Trinidad and Tobago Keep my heart full of fire that burns so bright Dedicated to everything that's right Keep unity and equality in La Trinity.
We are, [one heart] we are, we are, [one soul] we ay-ay are [so brave, so bold] We are, [building] we are, we are, [stronger] we ay-ay are [growing together] We are, [climbing] we are, we are, [higher] we ay-ay are [reaching further] We are, [one heart] we are, we are, [one soul] we ay-ay are.
This land is my land and my legacy Our forefathers and foremothers fought vehemently United so that we stand independently Celebrating our nation's first half century. With a culture so inherently in all ah we I love the way we walk and talk with rhythm and such melody I salute my country.
My Trinidad and Tobago, wo-oh woh, my Trinidad and Tobago Keep my heart full of fire that burns so bright Dedicated to everything that's right Keep unity and equality in La Trinity.
We are, [one heart] we are, we are, [one soul] we ay-ay are [so brave, so bold] We are, [building] we are, we are, [stronger] we ay-ay are [growing together] We are, [climbing] we are, we are, [higher] we ay-ay are [reaching further] We are, [one heart] we are, we are, [one soul] we ay-ay are.
We are mas', pan and calypso birthed from her womb We are bright Chaconia flowers in full bloom We're the speedy Cocrico, the Scarlet Ibis in full flight We are kings and queens and scholars We's a soca fete in the night We are food and mood and gas and crude And such a breezy attitude This longitude and latitude, I always show my gratitude.
We are, [one heart] we are, we are, [one soul] we ay-ay are [so brave, so bold] We are, [building] we are, we are, [stronger] we ay-ay are [growing together] We are, [climbing] we are, we are, [higher] we ay-ay are [reaching further] We are, [one heart] we are, we are, [one soul] we ay-ay are.
Oh island, oh island here in the sea Let us keep swimming in oceans of integrity Aspiring and achieving with real unity Believing and nurturing that philosophy And though we are not free of controversy, I always need you close to me I cherish our democracy and our history.
My Trinidad and Tobago, wo-oh woh, my Trinidad and Tobago Keep my heart full of fire that burns so bright Dedicated to everything that's right Keep unity and equality in La Trinity.
We are, [one heart] we are, we are, [one soul] we ay-ay are [so brave, so bold] We are, [building] we are, we are, [stronger] we ay-ay are [growing together] We are, [climbing] we are, we are, [higher] we ay-ay are [reaching further] We are, [one heart] we are, we are, [one soul] we ay-ay are.
I bleed Red, White and Black and there's no turning back I see hope for the future, we must take it further So much here to treasure, gifted beyond measure We've done such great things and continue to do much more.
My Trinidad and Tobago, wo-oh woh, my Trinidad and Tobago Keep my heart full of fire that burns so bright Dedicated to everything that's right Keep unity and equality in La Trinity.
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!
Thank you, Rembunction! Beautiful, beautiful images and sentiments.
"We are mas', pan and calypso birthed from her womb We are bright Chaconia flowers in full bloom We're the speedy Cocrico, the Scarlet Ibis in full flight We are kings and queens and scholars We's a soca fete in the night We are food and mood and gas and crude And such a breezy attitude This longitude and latitude, I always show my gratitude."
"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.
Every day I hear people talking The country seems to be divided between so many races But I hope and I pray this ent happening Shall we put our hands in each others throats because of promises? Don't let politicians separate us in our land Is right here we born, all Trinbagonians are one ...ah-ha
Show your love, show your love, I say Show your love in every way Show your love, show your love, I say Don't wait for another day Everybody must live in harmony One people, one love, one family Let them know this is we country and you proud to be a Trini.
Every day our lives keep on changing Man becomes man's worst enemy to achieve fame and glory But amidst all the thing that is happening Trinbago is always a paradise where love keeps on growing Don't let tradition make us change our direction Let us all sing the song, "Trinbago is moving on."
Show your love, show your love I say Show your love in every way Show your love, show your love i say Don't wait for another day Everybody must live in harmony One people one love one family Let them know this is we country and you proud to be a Trini.
Every day we live we keep learning To dwell in peace and harmony in our rainbow country How we live with each one is so loving Is something the world does be grieving for - to be in unity Don't let positions separate us as a nation We must work hand in hand to complete this foundation.
Show your love, show your love, I say Show your love in every way Show your love, show your love, I say Don't wait for another day Everybody must live in harmony One people, one love, one family Let them know this is we country and you proud to be a Trini.
Every day we face different trials Side by side, shoulder to shoulder helping one another Forget race, forget creed, forget colour The blood that is flowing through our veins shows you are my brother. Don't let racialism lead us all into destruction Love must be in the hearts of every Trinbagonian...ah-ha
Show your love, show your love I say Show your love in every way Show your love, show your love I say Don't wait for another day Everybody must live in harmony One people, one love, one family Let them know this is we country and you proud to be a Trini.
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! ..............................................................................................................................
A Note From The Gull
Thank you, Nigel Salickram, for the uplifting music and message.
"Every day we face different trials Side by side, shoulder to shoulder helping one another Forget race, forget creed, forget colour The blood that is flowing through our veins shows you are my brother."
"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.
Trinidad and Tobago, how we love you so The land of sweet chutney-soca and calypso Trinidad and Tobago, how we love you so The land of sweet chutney-soca and calypso.
In this land they have so many races Which is not common in many places Here we have a unique culture We couldn't find a place that was better In this land they have so many races Which is not common in many places Here we have a unique culture We couldn't find a place that was better Everybody, they singing so happily And that is why Trinidad is such a beauty.
Trinidad and Tobago, how we love you so The land of sweet chutney-soca and calypso Trinidad and Tobago, kitna pyar Kuche kitna hum tesh besumar.
Trinidad is such a wonderful country We produce some of the biggest names in history Sundar Popo and Machel Montano Brian Lara, Hasely Crawford and Sparrow Trinidad is such a wonderful country We produce some of the biggest names in history Sundar Popo and Machel Montano Brian Lara, Hasely Crawford and Sparrow Trinidad has done so much good things for we And that is why we all love sweet T&T.
Trinidad and Tobago, how we love you so The land of sweet chutney-soca and calypso Trinidad and Tobago, kitna pyar Kuche kitna hum tesh besumar.
When people come to this country they feel welcome By the beats of the tassa and the steel drum T&T could be called a melting pot Because a lot of fusion we surely got When people come to this country they feel welcome By the beats of the tassa and the steel drum T&T could be called a melting pot Because a lot of fusion we surely got T&T is a place where you will want to stay From this sweet country you wouldn't go away.
Trinidad and Tobago, how we love you so The land of sweet chutney-soca and calypso Trinidad and Tobago, kitna pyar Kuche kitna hum tesh besumar.
Trinidad and Tobago, how we love you so The land of sweet chutney-soca and calypso Trinidad and Tobago, kitna pyar Kuche kitna hum tesh besumar.
Trinidad and Tobago get ready to wave Trinidad and Tobago get ready to wave....
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! ..............................................................................................................................
A Note From The Gull
Thank you, Avinash Maharaj for bringing your youth and energy and talent to this celebration of your homeland. I am not sure that I got the Hindi right so please let me know if there are errors.
It is refreshing to see the chutney giving T&T love. While I say this, I do not neglect to recognise the fact that chutney in itself is a product of T&T love. What I am welcoming is the love being put into words. We have come to expect that most nationalistic songs will be composed in English and in the calypso or soca genres so it is wonderful to hear T&T being loved in a different rhythm and language.
Regretfully, I do not have an encyclopaedic knowledge of all the music being created in T&T, so if readers are aware of homeland loving songs being composed in Arabic, French, French Patois, Hindi, Chinese, Spanish, Nigerian, Filipino or any of the languages of the many immigrants who are continuing to make T&T their home, please let me know.
If you have any ideas to add to this discussion, feel free to comment. In the meantime, I continue to celebrate the increase in comfort and the appearance of more varied cultural inputs into celebrations through song and music of the treasure that is our national community.
"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.
IF it turns out that the alleged assassination threat was real, here are only a few of the many questions which I would like to ask the plotters:
What exactly did you hope to achieve?? Trinbagonians are fully aware that packing red [on the index finger] and not lead is the way to remove a government.
Were you hoping to send a political message? What message exactly and to which receptor? The system is a DEAF juggernaut. You kill some agents and the system self heals and proceeds without so much as a squeak. The system is an infection and all our minds are the hosts. Bullets are bullcaca.
Did you think that you were doing us a favour handing us a neatly packaged dismissal? Handouts haven't helped us so far so, no thanks, we will struggle on with this one and print our own poster sized pink slip if circumstances demand it. It will have to be OUR collective decision and hopefully not influenced by bribes, slick publicists or foreign agents.
Were you influenced by forces alien to this society? I will tell you this once and I hope I don't ever have to repeat myself. Friends will carry you but they won't bring you back. This is OUR business and whoever is trying to make our business their business and telling you that we cannot figure it out ourselves, take it from me - SELF INTEREST IS THEIR ONLY MOTIVATION.
Were you unhappy because your nefarious activities were being interrupted? Paleets, we are unhappier when they aren't, so maybe its a good thing that it was the government that caught you and not the upright majority of the people.
Were you unhappy because YOUR nefarious activities were being targeted and you felt that a blind eye was being turned to that of others? Yes, it is true, discrimination hurts wherever it manifests but we are also keeping tabs so wine to the side and let us take care of business.
Did you think we needed a revolution and you imagined yourselves as its patriotic midwives? Well, in my experience I have seen that men convinced against their wills are of the same opinion still. So don't get us stuck instead in a bloody revolving door. We'll just find ourselves back at square one and minus some more good men and women.
EXCLUSION Research has shown that the social exclusion, which can be brought about by various punishing circumstances in an individual's life, is often a characteristic of the personal lives of criminals. Go back, often into their childhoods and there you will find a break, a disconnecting with someone or some aspect of human society necessary for proper development. The human being withdraws and can fall through the cracks. This slippage, and perhaps the perception that the loss has gone unnoticed and is therefore without rescue and remedy, leads to feelings of anguish and rage.
We each have something to contribute. That is why we are born. I must admit that I do not unreservedly encourage the bringing of new lives into the cesspool we have made of this world but once a new life has been conceived, something tells me that it is on its way for a reason and that it must be assisted to the realisation of that purpose.
Is it not the same in the life of a society, of a nation? People should not be silenced by their equals who pretend that they hold the power over life and death, over whose voice is heard and whose is shouted down, over who can handle the truth and who cannot, over who is allowed partnership and who deserves condescension? This is OUR society.
I am thinking of the expression "to out someone's light" meaning to kill that person. There is another kind of extinguishing that happens to some of us even though our bodies continue to walk. I have seen it happening to our children. You have to look at their eyes. For some of our children the sparkle is no longer there.
The attrition that our society has endured for the longest while is taking its toll, even on the strongest among us, and right now I am hoping that this allegation of an assassination plot really turns out to be a hoax because there is an even more frightening truth than the possibility that this administration is dishonest and it is that we are shutting down, we are losing confidence, we are so disillusioned that we are going against what is most natural for Trinbagonians - that warm empathy and willingness to give a transgressor at least one more chance,"Doh study nah" with a handshake and a smile.
Isn't it strange how far some of us are from our brothers and sisters and from HOMEland, even when we are physically within its borders?
T&T: "There are hills and mountains between us Always something to get over If I had the way, surely you'd be closer I need you closer..."
"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.
Wey mih real Trinidadians, put yuh hands up in the air Wey mih real Trinidadians, jump around like yuh just don't care Wey mih real Trinibagonians, put yuh hands up, let me see When yuh see we wave and we misbehave, That's just the Trini in we!!
How do you know a true Trini? He could tell you what’s a congoree Stew and roti, betty goatie.... After 29 is 30 How yuh know a true Trinidadian? Give we a dustbin, we making a steelpan Flags, Stags, Caribs in we hand A Trini plus a Trini is a ------ band....
Wey mih real Trinidadians, put yuh hands up in the air Wey mih real Trinidadians, jump around like yuh just don't care Wey mih real Trinibagonians, put yuh hands up, let me see When yuh see we wave and we misbehave, That's just the Trini in we!!
We does turn foreign to local Anywhere we go we start a Carnival Make a bacchanal...in any capital... A Trini fete does make the others look like funeral I am a Trinidad original Eating pelau and I eating dahl If yuh know that a Crix is vital Two hands up like de dial!!
Wey mih real Trinidadians, put yuh hands up in the air Wey mih real Trinidadians, jump around like yuh just don't care Wey mih real Trinibagonians, put yuh hands up, let me see When yuh see we wave and we misbehave, That's just the Trini in we!!
From the T to the R to the I-N-I Let me see de rags dem start to fly From the B to the A to the go, go, go! Let me see the rags them to and fro From the east [east] to the west [west] from the north [north] to the south [south] All about, all about, all about, all about, all about, all about!
Wey mih real Trinidadians, put yuh hands up in the air Wey mih real Trinidadians, jump around like yuh just don't care Wey mih real Trinibagonians, put yuh hands up, let me see When yuh see we wave and we misbehave, That's just the Trini in we!!
Some come by boat, some leave by plane Some call Trinidad name in vain Some come down once in a while like rain Some say they never setting foot here again In we twin island, a combination I say dey they have no appreciation This is the land of my creation Where hurricane does change direction!!
Wey mih real Trinidadians, put yuh hands up in the air Wey mih real Trinidadians, jump around like yuh just don't care Wey mih real Trinibagonians, put yuh hands up, let me see When yuh see we wave and we misbehave, That's just the Trini in we!!...
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!
.............................................................................................................................. "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.
Lord, Please walk beside me through this day. Clear the heavy air with the lightness of Your Presence. Guide my hands and steady my heart that I may give comfort when I cannot give hope, that I may give relief when I do not have a cure, and that I may radiate Your healing peace when the limits of science, time, and the human body overwhelm us all. Amen
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Sáncte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio, cóntra nequítiam et insídias diáboli ésto præsídium. Ímperet ílli Déus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, prínceps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in múndo, divína virtúte, in inférnum detrúde. Ámen
