Back like Heaven [Song]

Uploaded by Andre Williams
BACK LIKE HEAVEN
By Penguin

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.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare

Represent (Remix) [Song]

Uploaded by machelmontaomusic
REPRESENT (REMIX)
Performed by Machel Montano and Freetown

Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, one love is the anthem!
Let me see your hand dem, hand dem, hand dem. Wey!
Let me see your hand dem!

I have love for the whole wide world with you at the center
You are the master key,
If love is by my side, then who can deny me?
I keep climbing higher, higher.

We going down the road, hands in the air
People everywhere, love and unity is here
It's that time of year where we don't care
It don't matter where you're from
Put your flag in the air and represent, represent
Just one love, just one love
Just one love, just one love
And represent, represent
Just one love, just one love
Just one love, just one love.

My people, do you listen? Tell me, do you hear?
What is your position for the people? Do you care? Yeah.
When you tell me that you represent
I really want to see some evidence
In Freetown this is evident
So bring it from your soul.

Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, one love is the anthem
Let me see your hand dem. Wey!
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, one love is the anthem
Let me see your hand dem. Wey!

'Cause this is Carnival where we come alive
Oh no, we never fight, we gonna dance all night
So just wave your flag, make it touch the sky
We nah go stop tonight so let me see your hands.

Let me see your hand dem, hand dem, hand dem. Wey!
Let me see your hand dem!

I have love for the whole wide world with you at the center
You are the master key
If love is by my side, then who can deny me?
I keep climbing higher, higher.

So represent, represent
Just one love, just one love
Just one love, just one love
And represent, represent
Just one love, just one love
Just one love, just one love.

Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, one love is the anthem
Let me see your hand dem. Wey!
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, one love is the anthem
Let me see your hand dem, Wey!

We coming on a mission and we don't really care
One live in distribution and we have some more to spare. Yeah
And we live like this here every day
We do it in love and we don't delay
Love like this we must relay
It fill your heart and soul.

Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, one love is the anthem
Let me see your hand dem. Wey!
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, one love is the anthem
Let me see your hand dem, Wey!

'Cause this is Carnival where we come alive
Oh no we never fight, we gonna dance all night
So just wave your flag, make it touch the sky
We nah go stop tonight so let me see your hands...

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, Machel Montano and Freetown. I usually bypass Carnival music but I found that this remix is special because of the message coming out of the collaboration between Freetown and Machel Montano.  In their performances, Muhammad Muwakil and Lou Lyons of Freetown Collective, always appear as rainy season after drought. And they are not the only ones in the homeland who are living proof of the bounty and resilience of Creation. Regeneration emerges from the heart of dead wood and rubble and more are coming to prove that we will survive ourselves. I have hope.

"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

Allah Ke Bande [Song]

Uploaded by gudduansari1
ALLAH KE BANDE
by Kailash Kher

Toota toota ek parinda aise toota, ki phir jud na paya
Broken, broken, one bird has broken such that it could not be put together again
Loota loota kisne usko aise loota, ki phir ud na paya
Stolen, stolen, who has stolen it such that it was not able to fly again.

Oh ohh oh, toota toota ek parinda aise toota, ki phir jud na paya
Oh ohh oh, broken, broken, one bird has broken such that it could not be put together again
Loota loota kisne usko aise loota, ki phir ud na paya
Stolen, stolen, who has stolen it such that it was not able to fly again.

Girta hua voh asman sey, akar gira zameen par
Falling from the sky, it came and fell on the ground
Khwabon mein phir bhi badal hi they voh kehta raha magar
In dreams, there were still clouds but he kept saying...

Ke Allah ke bande hansde, Allah ke bande, Allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.
Allah ke bande hansde, Allah ke bande, Allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega.
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.

Kho ke aapne par hi to usne tha ud naa sikha
After losing its wings, it had learnt how to fly.
Kho ke aapne par hi to, oh oh oh...
After losing its wings, oh oh oh...
Kho ke aapne par hi to usne tha ud naa sikha
After losing its wings, it had learnt how to fly.
Gham ko aapne saath mein lele dard bhi tere kaam aayega
Take the sorrow with you. This pain will be of use to you.

Allah ke bande hansde, Allah ke bande, Allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.
Allah ke bande hansde, Allah ke bande, Allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.

Aa aa aaa... Tukde tuke ho gaya tha har sapna jab woh toota
Aa aa aaa... Every dream got shattered when he broke down.
Tukde tuke ho gaya tha, aa aaa aa...
It was shattered, aa aaa aa...
Tukde tuke ho gaya tha har sapna jab woh toota
Every dream got shattered when he broke down.
Bhikre tukdon mein Allah ki marzi ka manzar paayega.
On these scattered pieces, you will find God's wishes.

Allah ke bande hansde, Allah ke bande, Allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.
Allah ke bande hansde, Allah ke bande, Allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.

Toota toota ek parinda aise toota, ki phir jud na paya
Broken, broken, one bird has broken such that it could not be put together again
Loota loota kisne usko aise loota, ki phir ud na paya
Stolen, stolen, who has stolen it such that it was not able to fly again.
Girta hua voh asman sey, akar gira zameen par
Falling from the sky, it came and fell on the ground
Khwabon mein phir bhi badal hi they voh kehta raha magar
In dreams, there were still clouds but he kept saying...

Ke Allah ke bande hansde, Allah ke bande, Allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.
Allah ke bande hansde, Allah ke bande, Allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.
Allah ke bande hansde, allah ke bande, allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.
Allah ke bande hansde, Allah ke bande, Allah ke bande hansde,
God's children, laugh, God's children, God's children laugh,
Jo bhi ho kal phir ayega
Whatever happens, tomorrow will come again.
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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Kailash Kher, for this joyful song. Faith in the endurance and triumph of Good above all else is an endangered element in our world.

"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