Calypso Queen [Song]

Uploaded by Calypso Rose
CALYPSO QUEEN
By Calypso Rose
Album: Far from Home, 2016

They say that I reign too long
Forgetting that mih constitution is strong
Instead of respecting mih long, long reign
They making plot to take down mih name.

I've been breaking down walls
Ever since I was small
They could stand up tall and strong
Like a wrecking ball, I go knock them down.

They say that I reign too long
Forgetting that mih constitution is strong
Instead of respecting mih long, long reign
They making plot to take down mih name.

Everywhere I reign supreme
The one and only Calypso Queen
No man alive or dead
Couldn't come and take the crown off my head.

Them foolish and petty men
I don't worry ‘bout them
They been trying to take me down
But to the end I retain the crown.

They say that I reign too long
Forgetting that mih constitution is strong
Instead of respecting mih long, long reign
They making plot to take down mih name.

They used to call me small island girl
Now I travel the world
Anywhere they go they know
I am Calypso Rose, Queen of Calypso.

I am the daughter of a warrior
No time to rest or retire
Others have come and gone
But Calypso Rose is still singing on.

They say that I reign too long
Forgetting that mih constitution is strong
Instead of respecting mih long, long reign
They making plot to take down mih name.

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, Calypso Rose, and congratulations on your long and productive career. 

I am reading that the album in which this song was released is the product of collaboration between Calypso Rose and other famous creators including Kobo Town, Machel Montano and Manu Chao. According to Broadway World, "the album achieved massive success in Europe upon its release in 2016, hitting the top of the charts in France and receiving the Victoires de la Musique (French Grammy) for World Music Album of the Year. On June 9, [2017] Because Music releases "Far From Home" in North America and Latin America."

"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