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FOR HUMAN NEED
International Year of Cooperatives, 2012 Theme Song
Written by Alana Flores | Performed by Isaac Blackman, Neval Chatelal, Maria Soo Hon, Marvin Connor
Musical Production by Jamoo Good News Ltd | Video Production by Viscuna Brothers Production Company Ltd.
Musical Production by Jamoo Good News Ltd | Video Production by Viscuna Brothers Production Company Ltd.
Spoken: To work for yourself is special, to know what you do is for you. To work for a Co-operative is even more special, to know what we do is for us. Working for ourselves together, for human need and not human greed. IYC - the International Year of Co-operatives, 2012.
IYC 2012!
IYC 2012!
For human need, not human greed
This is the answer, working together
For human need, not human greed
We backing co-operation
And this is the celebration. [Repeat]
We were born out of love and a special bond
Co-operatives unite to serve everyone
Meeting economic, cultural and social needs
Democratic in nature, our/its members to please.
For human need, not human greed
This is the answer, working together
For human need, not human greed
We backing co-operation
And this is the celebration. [Repeat]
So we go plant de land, hand in hand
We go save, we go save and build a better life
Securing jobs, food for all
We transport, play pan
Even teach de young. [Repeat]
IYC, everybody say IYC
IYC, everybody say IYC
IYC, jump 2012, look we coming, look we coming, look we coming
IYC everybody say IYC
IYC everybody say IYC
IYC, jump 2012, look we coming, look we coming, look we coming.
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Twenty twelve, twenty twelve
Co-operatives will build a better world.
For human need, not human greed
This is the answer, working together
For human need, not human greed
We backing co-operation
And this is the celebration.
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
This song by Alana Flores, commemorates the International Year of Cooperatives, 2012. I love its message - the We over Me, Need over Greed orientation that should characterise many constructive cooperative efforts both among individuals and countries.
Some of us are leery of cooperation [Partnership is leaky ship] and this makes the concept of cooperation messier and less attractive than the sweet simplicity of "I take care of mine, You take care of yours." For co-operative efforts to succeed, more effort is required at all levels, more generousity of spirit, more patience, more mutual respect, more equality, more communication, more transparency.
Growing a nation is cooperative work. Even though on the world stage we stand among those states that are self governing, free from larger controlling units, free to have our own opinions and to guide our own conduct, unless we are a dictatorship, respect for the interdependence of the souls within this nation should be the fuel of this independence. If we are not yet at the stage where we are all working together for each other, then our leaders must show by word and example how very much we need one another. No one must be excluded or left behind.
I will borrow and adapt the spoken introduction to the song "For Human Need" and leave it with us all at this time:
Some of us are leery of cooperation [Partnership is leaky ship] and this makes the concept of cooperation messier and less attractive than the sweet simplicity of "I take care of mine, You take care of yours." For co-operative efforts to succeed, more effort is required at all levels, more generousity of spirit, more patience, more mutual respect, more equality, more communication, more transparency.
Growing a nation is cooperative work. Even though on the world stage we stand among those states that are self governing, free from larger controlling units, free to have our own opinions and to guide our own conduct, unless we are a dictatorship, respect for the interdependence of the souls within this nation should be the fuel of this independence. If we are not yet at the stage where we are all working together for each other, then our leaders must show by word and example how very much we need one another. No one must be excluded or left behind.
I will borrow and adapt the spoken introduction to the song "For Human Need" and leave it with us all at this time:
To work for yourself is special, to know what you do is for you. To work for a nation is even more special, to know what WE do is for US. Let us work for ourselves together, for human need and not human greed.
Happy Interdependence, Trinidad and Tobago!
"We backing co-operation
And this is the celebration."
"We backing co-operation
And this is the celebration."
"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
