Happy Independence Day!! All Is Not Lost [Song]

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ALL IS NOT LOST
By Isaac Blackman

All is not broken, all is not stolen, all is not taken
We still have love
All is not lonely, all is not weary, all is not thirsty
You set us free.

So we still have joy, we still have peace, we still have hope
We still have love.
We still have peace, we still have joy, we still have hope
We still have love.

All is not destroyed, all is not forgotten, all is not...
We still have hope.
And all is not in darkness, there are those who are in righteousness, many in holiness
We still have love.

We still have peace, we still have joy, we still have hope
We still have love
We still have joy, we still have peace, we still have hope
We still have love.

All is not stolen, all is not broken, all is not forgotten
We still have love.
All is not stolen, all is not forgotten, all, many are true
We still have you.

We still have joy, we still have peace, we still have hope
We still have love, still have love
We still have love, we still have love
We still have love, we still have love.

Love is God and God is love
We still have love.

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, Isaac Blackman, for expressing so beautifully the sentiments that I feel tonight as I think about my homeland on her fifty-first anniversary of Independence. We still have love. This, I firmly believe. Although there are times when my alarm gets the better of me, it is only because I know without a doubt that we have been blessed with a boundless creativity and an amazing capacity for positive evolution and I cannot wait to see what will be achieved. 

  

"We still have joy, we still have peace, we still have hope

We still have love."

Love and cherish what we are blessed with. Make our home a haven of peace. Make our nation a beacon of hope. The world is in desperate need of these. Keep the land green, superNATURALLY so. Be kind to neighbours and to all the living beings that share this beautiful land.

And:

 "God bless our leaders
Give them grace to guide
Bestow on them thy judgment wise
To rule our land aright
To keep the flag of freedom high
That we may sing most lustily
We take a pride in our liberty."
--God Bless Our Nation

"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

Prime Minister’s Address To The Nation, 50th Anniv. of Independence, 2012

The following is the text of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s address to the nation delivered on 31st August, 2012, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary of Independence:

"My dear fellow citizens of Trinidad and Tobago,

I am grateful to God that we can all be here today sharing in the pride and joy of the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of our Independence.

On this day, 50 years ago, we became an independent nation and for the very first time the Red, White and Black flag of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago was unfurled and the pride had only just begun.

From that moment to now the flag has inspired hundreds of thousands of us, it has brought us to tears, it has filled us with immense pride, it has made us feel at home in foreign places, it has given us a sense of identity and belonging to that special place, it defines us.

Across the nation today these very colours are proudly displayed in an outpouring of nationalism and patriotic pride.

Today, more than ever, we know what it means to be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago.

For fifty years we have charted our own course as an independent nation proudly flying high the red white and black, ever steadfast in our commitment to our democracy and the rule of law and to the belief that all men and women are created equal and endowed with inalienable rights.

For fifty years as a nation, forged from the love of liberty in the fires of hope and prayer, with boundless faith in our destiny, we have proven our ability to determine the direction best suited to the needs of our citizens.

Our self-determination has brought success, recognition and respect to our great nation, here at home and on the world stage.

As our history shows, there were a few instances in the past five decades when we nearly let the fires fade to our near peril, but in the many times when we allowed the fires of hope and prayer to burn even more brightly, we stunned the world with our innovations, our achievements , our beauty and our humanity.

In areas such as academia, labour, sport, culture, literature, business, energy, entertainment, fashion, indeed in every sphere of human endeavour, we have produced global heroes, men and women who have excelled bringing us gold, silver and bronze, record breaking scores, titles in beauty and the fashion industry, Nobel Prizes, all sons and daughters of our soil who have ensured we will always be remembered as a people of great achievement, as a great nation.

And for every luminary in our past and present, there are also thousands of unsung heroes some of whose names we may never know, but whose courage, dedication and commitment to our country have helped to make us the great nation that we are.

It is a time for each of us to stand proud together as Trinidadians and Tobagonians as we celebrate this important milestone in our nation’s history.

And, even as we reflect on all we have achieved and as we take stock of our accomplishments over the last fifty years, I am of the firm view that we are about to embark on a promising new era in the history of our young Nation as we stand together, not as a nation built on sand, but as a nation built on the solid rock of the foundations laid by so many of our citizens who preceded us and citizens who continue to fortify those foundations.

Today, we stand proudly on the shoulders of the giants who came before us and those who continue to fortify us, both sung and unsung heroes of our nation. I pay my deepest tributes to those great men and women who positioned us as an independent nation.

In particular, I pay tribute to the Honourable Dr Eric Eustace Williams, our country’s first Prime Minister and founding Father of our Nation, Dr Rudranath Capildeo, the first Leader of the Opposition of an independent Trinidad and Tobago, Sir Ellis Clarke, the principal architect of our 1962 Constitution and first President of Trinidad and Tobago.

They stand beside many equally talented citizens, who demonstrated the vision and courage to recognize that in order to survive as a small, independent nation of such remarkable diversity, we needed to embody and epitomize the spirit and character of democracy in its truest form – respect, tolerance and a determination to protect and safeguard our democracy and our sacred human rights and to have the willpower to let this forever be our hallmark as a nation.

Our founding leaders thus engineered the direction of our new nation under God with a self-reliant, ambitious people living in liberty and harmony and, today, I pay homage to them as we express our gratitude and thank God for the significant contributions they made to Trinidad and Tobago.

And after fifty years of peaceful, democratic governance, we pay homage to those leaders and to all who supported the pursuit of our independence.

Their faith in the capacity of our country and our people was crucial to the growth of Trinidad and Tobago as we know it today.

And as we reflect on the vision of our early leaders, there is no doubt that we are standing also on the shoulders of other giants, including Butler, Cipriani, Rienzi, Gomes and CLR James to name a few.

And over the fifty years there are many more giants to acknowledge for placing us where we are today.

And so, I pay tribute to those great men and women who sacrificed and worked hard to shape and sustain the three organs of our constitutional government: the parliament, the judiciary and the executive.

I pay tribute to the working class and in particular, the thousands of public officers and the protective services and the business class, whose dedication to duty developed our economy and social institutions.

I pay tribute to our religious leaders and organizations which through all the years kept us and, continue to keep us firmly grounded in our faith and belief in God.

With boundless faith in our destiny, we made tremendous strides as a nation, as one people over the past fifty years.

Trinidad and Tobago, our small island nation, has changed the sound of the world in music by gifting it with – the steelpan, the only acoustical musical instrument invented in the 20th Century, tassa, calypso, soca, chutney and parang which reflect the rich tapestry of diversity in our nation.

The contributions of pioneers such as Ras Shorty I, Sundar Popo, Lord Kitchener and Sparrow will never be forgotten.

They will continue to inspire the coming musical generations both locally and around the world.

We have become known for the greatest show on earth, our Carnival.

In 1962 we established our own Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, the military organisation responsible for defence of our nation.

We can feel duly proud that the TTDF, comprising the Regiment, Coast Guard, Air Guard and Defence Force Reserves, as one of the largest and best equipped military forces in the English speaking Caribbean,has played major roles both locally and internationally,and has rendered assistance to our Caribbean brothers and sisters in times of need.

We have shown our prowess in the world of sport, as is evident by the outstanding performances of our cricketers, such as,Brian Charles Lara: World Record Holder for the most runs scored both in a Test and in a First Class Innings and three times claimed the highest individual batting records.

Brian Lara, a son of our country, has brought us honour and pride as one of the most globally celebrated cricketers in the world.

In 2006, our Soca warriors qualified for the FIFA World Cup in Germany, for the first time making us the smallest country ever to qualify.

We have witnessed excellence in the outstanding performances of our Olympic athletes, in particular our gold medallists, Hasley Crawford and recently, Keshorn Walcott, our silver medallists and our bronze medallists, Rodney Wilkes, Lennox Kilgour, Mc Donald Bailey, AtoBoldon, Wendell Mottley, Lalonde Gordon, Richard Thomson, George Bovell and others.

We have made our mark in the creative industries, fashion, music and literature.

We have produced a Nobel Prize winner – Sir V.S. Naipaul.

We have a tradition for doing well at international beauty pageants winning several with names such as Janelle Penny Commisiong, Giselle La Ronde and Wendy Fitzwilliam recognised as women of intelligence, beauty, charm and poise.

Peter Minshall, Carnival designer, is known for his role in the opening ceremonies of the Barcelona Olympics, the 1994 Football World Cup, the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics for which he even won an Emmy Award.

Heather Headley who has won both a Tony Award for theatre and a Grammy Award.

In the world of trade and investment, we have developed Trinidad and Tobago into being a gateway to Latin America, CARICOM and the wider Caribbean.

Our entrepreneurs have earned our country respect through their success both at home and abroad.

We remain a leading world exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas, methanol and ammonia and can feel proud that our small island nation is amongst the world’s oldest and most experienced in the energy sector.

Our local education system provides universal education to all citizens from primary education straight through to secondary school, and our universities are recognised as learning institutions which produce graduates of the highest calibre.

We have surpassed the United Nations MDG in our education sector.

Trinidad and Tobago has indeed made a name for itself on the global stage.

Unlike other nations, we can be proud of our history of a strong democracy and a peaceful elections process.

Democratic change has come time and again without the violence and chaos that characterizes the electoral process in so many countries in the world.

Our political maturity in this regard is a beacon in a world where so many countries today are struggling to achieve peaceful democratic change.

In Trinidad and Tobago, we live in harmony; we celebrate our multi-ethnic, multi-religious society; we enjoy peace and democracy.

And this is a credit to the nature of our people and the way we live among each other, sharing and enjoying our music, food and culture and religious observances.

We do have so much to celebrate in Trinidad and Tobago in this, our 50th year of Independence.

Yet now, on the occasion of our Golden Jubilee, let us not only acknowledge and take pride in our accomplishments, but let us take this opportunity to look ahead and envision the future that we want for Trinidad and Tobago.

Where do we want to see our nation forging ahead?

What do we want for our country and our citizens?

Where do we want to see Trinidad and Tobago in the next fifty years?

These are questions that each and every one of us must ask ourselves, because it is only when we work together hand in hand side by side can we lay the groundwork for a prosperous nation.

My fellow citizens, we must continue to build our sense of patriotism and nationhood.

Each of us has our own expectations for the future of Trinidad and Tobago.

But above all, we want to see our country flourish.

The responsibility lies within each of us as Trinbagonians, to take the future into our hands and play our own part in taking Trinidad and Tobago forward.

I not only envision but also plan for a nation in which the wealth of our nation is more equitably distributed.

For far too long some of our citizens have sat on the sidelines watching so called development take place while their lives remain relatively unchanged.

As we observe and celebrate the achievements of the past 50 years we have every right to be proud but we also have every reason to do some soul searching on where we might have done better and what kind of nation we must create.

What is the purpose of a society in which the landscape appears to be more modern but there is an absence of values?

What is the purpose of children attending more schools, being better educated but are more prone to violent behaviour and the erosion of family values?

What is the purpose of a good school feeding programme when children go home to bad parenting?

What is the purpose of producing great local artistes with their unique genres of music, even inventing rhythms and instruments unique to the world, when we have not learnt to appreciate their value and would even celebrate our own 50th Anniversary by heralding musical celebrations from other countries?

I intend to pursue specific ways to begin a transformation of our society.

Our character education programme launched by the Ministry of Education is one way we begin instilling values at an early age.

And I wish to formally announce that Cabinet will be examining a formal parenting programme based on those which have achieved remarkable success in other parts of the world.

We cannot change what kind of adults our children become unless we change the kind of parents we are and so many of us do not know how to cope with the stresses of our lives and the responsibilities of parenthood.

Family life has changed from what it was 50 years ago but there has been no comprehensive, effective system or programme put in place to buffer the negative effects of single parent homes and stressful professional life.

I intend to examine ways and incentives through which more local arts, music and culture and sport can receive greater exposure and appreciation in Trinidad and Tobago.

The erosion of what belongs to us must stop.

Let us begin the conversation with the artistic community with all their abundant talent our nation is blessed with on the ways and means of changing things and together with government let us begin implementing the measures necessary.

Again, what is the purpose of creating a better business environment, one that produces more value generating ideas and investment ventures when the value of life itself appears to amount for less by criminal elements?

I believe the creation of a value based society is one long term way of beginning the changes necessary to do so.

But I also believe that the short term tough imposition of law and order upon those who today are bent on creating mayhem must be enacted now.

The Ministry of National Security has been sharing with me a two pronged approach to dealing with this issue.

One is a strong social programme that includes an intensifying of sports activity, mentorship, education, skills training and employment while the other arm is about an aggressive zero tolerance intervention in all hot spot areas.

Special units, new resources, surveillance technology and interception methods combine to make the strategies different and more effective.

As we celebrate our 50th Anniversary, crime is one of the critical areas which remains an unfortunate reminder of how much needs to be done to transform our society.

This did not happen overnight.

But we must see this as the dawn of a new day in changing it and I recommit my pledge here on the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago that every resource possible will be engaged and invested in turning the situation around.

I take this opportunity to announce that a major new phase of development that has been engaging our attention over the past few months will be revealed within the coming weeks.

It will cover the most ambitious infrastructural and financial investment programme ever launched in Trinidad and Tobago, one that will become a beacon for the region.

As you know the nation’s new Minister of Finance has been diligently planning the way forward for Trinidad and Tobago that will be worthy of the celebrations we mark today across the nation.

This is indeed a new era, a new opportunity, a shift in consciousness and conscience.

I am fortunate to lead a government that marks our beloved nation’s 50th Anniversary but I am keenly aware of the huge expectations of a population that has waited far too long over the past few decades to see the kind of changes needed.

This celebration and the well timed recent inspiring accomplishments of our Olympic athletes allow us to recognise the value of what it means to be identified with the Red, White and Black, what it means to be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago and to know we have the ability to conquer all odds, to be the best in the world, to recognise in ourselves that amazing feeling that comes from truly acknowledging ourselves.

And in this acknowledgement all differences disappear, the power of who we are as One People emerges.

Trinidadian, Tobagonian, Proud, Passionate, Patriotic.

If it were possible to package the spirit that flows across the nation at this time, all that we ever wish to become would be readily realised for there is nothing more powerful than a people united by a celebration and recognition of themselves.

We were all so moved upon hearing our anthem play and our flag displayed when Keshorn Walcott stood on the podium at the just concluded Olympics; those emotions, that overwhelming sense of pride define us.

Let it be a timely reminder now of what we truly celebrate today.

A small but great nation comprised of different ethnic groups woven together through our arts, culture and cuisine and religion.

And I am confident that moments such as these help us to be reminded that through creativity, innovation and collaboration, we shall reach new heights together.

At 50, this is our coming of age.

It is not the time for complacency.

It is the time for progressively redoubling our efforts to ensure no one is left behind.

It is time for a new approach to politics – a more mature politics which is no longer defined by religion, race or geographical place or partisan interest but by policy that is not only even-handed and all inclusive, but also speaks to where we, as a nation must be when we celebrate our centennial fifty years from now.

Just as society was ready to embrace progress in 1962, now fifty years on, we the people of Trinidad and Tobago are ready to advance our democracy and inclusiveness.

We are ready to welcome a new era- An era which sees Trinidad and Tobago moving forward as a dynamic, trail-blazing nation in our region and around the world.

In his speech on our first Independence day, August 31st, 1962, Dr. Williams told us that democracy means the protection of citizens from the exercise of arbitrary power and the violation of human freedoms and individual rights.

He called on us to dedicate ourselves to these principles of democracy.

Now, fifty years later, in 2012, as we remain committed to fulfilling his mandate, we acknowledge that we are on the threshold of unparalleled social change and national development which embraces the politics of inclusion.

Over the past 50 years we have risen up against systems of oppression based on racial and social inequality.

We have protested against unfairness, injustice and exploitation.

Just as we relegate the remnants of colonialism to the past, so too we must now cast off the shackles of discrimination, inequity and inequality which persist in our beloved land.

Our iconic national anthem affirms that our nation was “forged from the love of liberty” and pledges that “every creed and race find an equal place”.

We must become a nation more committed to upholding human rights.

Through a number of state mechanisms, we will ensure that the Trinidad and Tobago of the future is one where no one is the victim of stigmatisation or prejudice, and where everyone is afforded equal rights and opportunities and where the playing field is levelled to enable everyone an equal opportunity to pursue and achieve their legitimate goals and aspirations.

This is the legacy I wish to leave as we begin this new period in our history.

This is part of the foundation my government will build.

But this vision cannot be achieved alone.

We must all work together,the public and private sectors, labour, civil society, communities, and individuals, to fulfill the collective aspirations of our people.

We have all seen – the spirit of determination and unity embodied in Trinbagonians.

In times of hardship, we have come together and strengthened our sense of community.

Recently, in the aftermath of the floods which affected so many across our country, I saw solidarity and brotherhood in the midst of tragedy.

I saw neighbours, friends, family and strangers helping those in need, offering comfort and support wherever they could.

This is how I know that we will continue to stand strong as a nation and as a people.

Our morale, our togetherness, our unity – these will carry us through any adversities we may face.

Fellow citizens, we are at a critical juncture in the history of our Nation.

Fifty years of Independence have gone.

I ask you what will be our legacy over the next fifty years?

How will we be judged by our children’s children?

Will we be found lacking?

Or will we be heralded as the visionaries who did what was necessary for the future of the next generation?

We have to continuously work for the changes we seek.

This is how we will bring about positive growth in our nation.

We must be determined and unflagging in our efforts to uphold the legacy left to us by Dr. Eric Williams and Dr. Rudranath Capildeo in 1962.

And that legacy was to keep moving forward, to be tenacious and brave, and to take the necessary steps to secure the best possible future for Trinidad and Tobago.

Not one of us can or should ever deny our ancestral past.

Our culture and our traditions tell the stories of the many lands from which we came, of the many hardships our foreparents endured and of the successes they achieved.

For the health of our nation, if there is any void in the recounting, it must be filled in the coming years.

But today, all of us here are citizens of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and because of our many roots, we are perhaps one of the most cosmopolitan countries in the world.

It is our widely varied heritage that has made us unique.

Our speech defines us.

Our cuisine defines us.

Our rhythm defines us.

Our passion defines us.

Be proud of this.

Be proud of what it means to be Trinbagonian.

We are now the co-creators of the present, paving the way for those who come after us.

I urge you, fellow citizens, seize this opportunity for progress.

You are living in an exciting new chapter and it’s in your power to carry our twin-island nation forward as a pioneer in our region.

Our best days are yet to come and together we will usher them in.

As we celebrate our 50th year as an independent nation, let us with confidence and courage, stand side by side, with a renewed sense of hope for the future.

Let us recommit ourselves to the service of our country.

Let us endeavour to live our lives by the inspiring words of our national motto “Together we aspire, Together we achieve”.

And let us continue to solemnly pledge our lives to this our native land Trinidad and Tobago.

I wish you all a very Happy Golden Jubilee of Independence.

May God continue to bless each of you and may God continue to bless our great nation Trinidad and Tobago."

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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Prime Minister, for this inspiring call to arms. When I say arms, I do not mean weapons but the force of real arms of flesh working together to preserve the good that is ours and to make the not so good better. If we are sincere and our hearts and minds are united, we will give these hopes every chance to become flesh and to bless our land as much as it has always blessed us.

"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

Happy 50th Anniversary of Independence!

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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.

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!

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:

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."

"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

Tribute To Trinidad & Tobago On Their 50th Anniversary Of Independence

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"Mr. Panman ( MPM ) demonstrating how the "Steelpan" was played during the late forties !!" SOURCE

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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Mr. Panman. A moving and sweet performance from one man controlling pan, keyboard and bottle. Much respect! I am bowing low.

"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

Dr. Hedy Fry On Trinidad & Tobago's 50th Independence Day [Video]

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"House of Commons June 2012 Hon. Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, Liberal): "Mr. Speaker, I stand to pay tribute to the land of my birth, Trinidad and Tobago, on its 50th anniversary of independence. A small country of 1.3 million people, Trinidad and Tobago punches well above its weight in the Commonwealth and in the world. Trinidad and Tobago is the original multicultural nation, its rich cultural diversity spawning renowned author like Vidya Naipaul and Nobel Prize poet Samuel Selvon; bringing to the world calypso, limbo and the only new musical instrument of the 20th century, the steel pan. Through effective long-term management of its natural resources, this little island is now one of the wealthiest countries in the Americas. It was recently removed from the OECD's list of developing countries and named the third best place in the Commonwealth to raise a female child. I am one female grateful for the excellent opportunities Trinidad and Tobago gave me, as a child of poor parents. On behalf of the Liberal caucus, I congratulate my fellow Trinnies on their 50th anniversary, and echo the last verse of the national anthem: Here every creed and race find an equal place and may God bless our nation." SOURCE

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"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

Carrying The Future [Song]

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CARRYING THE FUTURE
By Rondell Donawa

Spoken: This song is dedicated to all the youths of Trinidad and Tobago. The future leaders of this great nation. Let's go!

Fifty years ago, Capildeo and Williams
Went to Marlborough House up there in England
From the inception to anointed leaders
Lay the foundation - our founding fathers
Yes, they played their part, they provide the start
For youths like you and me, they left us us with a grand legacy.

On the young people shoulder we carrying the future
With baton in hand, we running hard for we land
On the young people shoulder we carrying the future
We will bear the weight to carry the ship of state.

Celebration time, celebration time, celebration time
This is a Jubilee lime!
Celebration time, celebration time, celebration time
This is a Jubilee lime!

Every patriot know it is we duty
To lift and support motherland T&T
Our attitude to our predecessors must be gratitude
For they toiled and laboured
As this nation grows every youth here knows and have to understand
The mantle is in our hands.

On the young people shoulder we carrying the future
Under Red, White and Black, we'll never be turning back
On the young people shoulder we carrying the future
Let everybody know, we committed to Trinbago.

Celebration time, celebration time, celebration time
This is a Jubilee lime!
Celebration time, celebration time, celebration time
This is a Jubilee lime!

Spoken: Alright... So, fifty years have gone and we have and next fifty and ------- to go. We, as young people have to move forward. We have to be unified. We have to live in a crime free country, an educated society. Why? One time...

Golden Jubilee - what a grand achievement
Marked in history by growth and improvement
As we march forward this 21st century
We want all aboard gathered in unity
Let us shed our fears of the last fifty years
And open up a new world for every young boy and girl.

On the young people shoulder we carrying the future
Fifty years have gone and is we now to carry on
On the young people shoulder we carrying the future
We holding the key to reach the next century.

Celebration time, celebration time, celebration time
This is a Jubilee lime!
Celebration time, celebration time, celebration time
This is a Jubilee lime!

Red, White and Black!
Red, White and Black!
Fifty years!
Red, White and Black!

On the young people shoulder we carrying the future
Under Red, White and Black, we never be turning back
On the young people shoulder we carrying the future
Let everybody know, we committed to Trinbago.

Celebration time, celebration time, celebration time
This is a Jubilee lime!
Celebration time, celebration time, celebration time
This is a Jubilee lime!

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, Rondell Donawa.

"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

Balgobin Ramdeen on Love/T&T's Independence [Video]

Uploaded by pedroraztercero

Balgobin Ramdeen: "I remember the day. I was in Parliament when we got our Independence and I stood in the front of the Parliament building there and saw the Union Jack come down and our flag - the Red, White and Black, go up and flutter in the breeze. And I told my wife, I said, "When I spoke to you for the first time I thought love was a bad thing because my heart was beating so much that I thought I'd die, and when I saw that flag go up I felt the same way."

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"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

Independence Day - 1962

Uploaded by mintourism

THIS LAND OF OURS - PART 4

Her Royal Highness now hands over the Constitutional instruments to the Prime Minister who in turn replies:

Dr. Eric Williams: May it please your royal highness, it is with a feeling of deep pride, pleasure and satisfaction as Prime Minister of the newly independent state of Trinidad and Tobago, that I offer you for transmission to her majesty, the queen, the profound thanks and appreciation of the government, parliament and people of this country for her majesty's gracious message. We have looked forward with considerable pleasure to our entry into the Commonwealth family. Now that this goal has been achieved, I ask you to convey to her majesty an expression of our unfailing loyalty and devotion to her throne and person. We have been inspired by her good wishes and we pledge ourselves to fulfill the promise expected of us, not only by her majesty, but by all the nations of the world, to show how our small community with its people drawn from many lands of diverse racial origins and subscribing to a variety of religious beliefs can in harmonious cooperation make its contribution to the sum total of world peace, world progress and world happiness. May I conclude by expressing the hope that this visit of yours to our shores, which is not the first will certainly not be the last, and that we shall have on some future occasion the opportunity to display once more the esteem and affection in which you are held by the people of Trinidad and Tobago and to demonstrate to you the contributions which we have set out to make to world democracy and to the defence and protection of human freedom.

The leader of the Opposition Dr Capildeo now speaks:

Dr. Rudranath Capildeo: May it please your royal highness to accept our sincerest thanks from this side of the house for the signal honour you have so graciously bestowed upon us by being present among us on this unforgettable occasion. It is fitting that at this historic moment, Independence is heralded with the adornment and lustre of British parliamentary democracy and that it is dedicated to the British parliamentary tradition. Every such dedication is a barrier which evil minds will have to surmount in order to advance into totalitarian paths. Nevertheless, we enter the future with high hopes and with unbounded confidence in ourselves, we, and the other side of the house.

The ceremony is ended, parliament is inaugurated and independent Trinidad and Tobago has become the fifteenth member of the Commonwealth of Nations. What now are our responsibilities?

Dr. Eric Williams: The first responsibility that devolves upon you is the protection and promotion of your democracy. Democracy means more, much more than the right to vote and one vote for every man and every woman of the prescribed age. Democracy means recognition of the rights of others. Democracy means the equality of all in the eyes of the law. Democracy mean equality of opportunity for all in education, in the public service and in private employment, I repeat, and in private employment. Democracy means responsibility of the government to its citizens, the protection of the citizens from the exercise of arbitrary power and the violation of human freedom and individual rights. Democracy means freedom of worship for all and the subordination of the rights of any one race to the overriding right of the human race. Democracy means freedom of expression and assembly and organization.

All that is democracy. All that is our democracy to which I call upon all citizens to dedicate themselves on this our Independence Day.

This is what I meant when I gave the nation as its slogan for all time: Discipline, Production, Tolerance. Our national flag belongs to all of us, our national coat of arms with our national birds. Inspired therein is the sacred trust of all our citizens. So it is today. Please, I urge you, let it always be so. Let us always be able to say with the psalmist: "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."

Discipline, Production, Tolerance - these are our goals. Discipline, both personal and collective, greater production at all levels, tolerance of the others point of view or religion or social custom.

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"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 creationBlessed be my beautiful peopleBlessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare

Trinbago Independence [Song]

Uploaded by UCrr-Mr3OnImYmOX-K47WMbw
TRINBAGO INDEPENDENCE
By Dave Lall

Trinidad, Tobago Republic ka hai amada ho gaya
Trinidad, Tobago Republic ka hai amada ho gaya
Trinidad, Tobago Independence,
Fifty years and counting with confidence
Trinidad, Tobago Republic ka hai amada ho gaya.

Eric Williams and Panday ----------------
No mind how we voting, we does unite together
Eric Williams and Panday ----------------
No mind how we voting, we does unite together
Trinidad is nice, it's a paradise
Rich culture, beautiful land
Divided we'll always fall, but together we'll always stand.

Trinidad, Tobago Independence,
Fifty years and counting with confidence
Trinidad, Tobago Republic ka hai amada ho gaya

-------- chutney and tassa, steelpan and calypso
Mighty Sparrow and Yankaran and Sundar Popo
-------- chutney and tassa, steelpan and calypso
Mighty Sparrow and Yankaran and Sundar Popo
Fifty years is gone ------------ country strong
Looking forward, not going back
Stand up tall and proud to salute the Red, White and Black.

Trinidad, Tobago Independence,
Fifty years and counting with confidence
Trinidad, Tobago Republic ka hai amada ho gaya
Trinidad, Tobago Republic ka hai amada ho gaya
Trinidad, Tobago Independence,
Fifty years and counting with confidence
Trinidad, Tobago Republic ka hai amada ho gaya
Trinidad, Tobago Republic ka hai amada ho gaya

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, Dave Lall.

"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

Gem Of The Caribbean [Song]

Uploaded by kpmmusic123
GEM OF THE CARIBBEAN
By Drupatee Ramgoonai

Weee...! This is jam. This is a Jubilee jam!
Weee...! This is a sweet Independence jam
This is a 50th Independence jam.

As far as India and Africa, ancestors from lands afar
Travelled across those lonely waters
Oh, how they toil and how they suffer
To make their contribution and to build this nation
Their great sacrifice went a long, long way
From a British colony they set T&T free
Now we celebrating Independence Day.

Oh yes, oh yes, Trinbagonians we are blessed!

Wear your Red, Black and White with pride
Raise your national flag, show them far and wide
For the past long and hard fifty years,
As a nation we govern our own affairs
We are truly an independent nation
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean.

Ending slavery and indentureship
Fighting oppression - a long and hard trip
Gaining their rights to free expression
Freedom of worship to practice tradition
The colonial masters, they had to give in
Seeing in their struggles they were determined
Now let this little nation come join hands and pray
And say thanks to God for Independence Day.

Oh yes, oh yes, Trinbagonians we are blessed!

Wear your Red, Black and White with pride
Raise your national flag, show them far and wide
For the past long and hard fifty years,
As a nation we govern our own affairs
We are truly an independent nation
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean.

Weeee! Fifty years of sweet Independence!

Back in '62 was liberation
We had our own nation to govern
Fifty years of Independence
We're now a nation with experience
The journey was long and hard, was no bed of roses
We build sweet T&T to make it what it is
From Governor to President and Prime Minister
May the Great Almighty bless our leaders.

Oh yes, oh yes, Trinbagonians we are blessed!

Wear your Red, Black and White with pride
Raise your national flag, show them far and wide
For the past long and hard fifty years,
As a nation we govern our own affairs
We are truly an independent nation
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean.

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, Drupatee Ramgoonai!

"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

Jubilation Time For Trinbago [Song]

Uploaded by TheMusicforlife17
JUBILATION TIME IN TRINBAGO
By Mohip Poonwassie

Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Let's celebrate today our Independence Day
It's jubilation time in Trinbago
Everyone celebrating for so
From Mayaro to Toco, Los Iros to Scarborough
We dancing to chutney and calypso.

In 1962, fifty years aback
We national flag flew as they lowered the Union Jack
United as one as the anthem was sung
For the declaration at President's Ground
In 1962, fifty years aback
We national flag flew as they lowered the Union Jack
United as one as the anthem was sung
For the declaration at President's Ground
The whole country join in celebration,
Finally independent nation
The whole country join in celebration,
Finally independent nation.

Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Let's celebrate today our Independence Day
It's jubilation time in Trinbago
Everyone celebrating for so
From Mayaro to Toco, Los Iros to Scarborough
We dancing to chutney and calypso.

Mih aji used to say, "Don't be ungrateful
For what we have today we must be thankful.
Remember Papa Willy - Father of the Nation
Sir Clark and Hassanali, men of great vision."
Mih aji used to say, "Don't be ungrateful
For what we have today we must be thankful.
Remember Papa Willy - Father of the Nation
Sir Clark and Hassanali, men of great vision
They lay the foundation years ago
For the propagation of Trinbago
They lay the foundation years ago
For the propagation of Trinbago."

Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Let's celebrate today our Independence Day
It's jubilation time in Trinbago
Everyone celebrating for so
From Mayaro to Toco, Los Iros to Scarborough
We dancing to chutney and calypso.

Asphalt and oil, sugar, sand and sea
We country's rich soil boost the economy
Our sport ambassadors and diverse culture
We culinary flavours make us so popular
Asphalt and oil, sugar, sand and sea
We country's rich soil boost the economy
Our sport ambassadors and diverse culture
We culinary flavours make us so popular
As we celebrate this Golden Jubilee,
We must appreciate our sweet T&T
As we celebrate this Golden Jubilee,
We must appreciate our sweet T&T.

Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Let's celebrate today our Independence Day
It's jubilation time in Trinbago
Everyone celebrating for so
From Mayaro to Toco, Los Iros to Scarborough
We dancing to chutney and calypso.

Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Let's celebrate today our Independence Day
It's jubilation time in Trinbago
Everyone celebrating for so
From Mayaro to Toco, Los Iros to Scarborough
We dancing to chutney and calypso.

Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Sabase nache, dholak bajaye
Let's celebrate today our Independence Day!

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, Mohip Poonwassie, for this sweet song celebrating our nation.

"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

Happy Independence [Song]

Uploaded by IsDePanInMe
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE
By Sally Sagram

Independence celebration once again
Independence celebration once again
50 years Jubilee for sweet T&T
Independence celebration once again.

Everybody put your hands up, let's celebrate
Rags up let's celebrate,
Flags up, let's celebrate
Throw your hands in the air
Hands up, let's celebrate,
Rags up, let's celebrate
Flags up, let's celebrate
Throw your hands in the air.

----------------- this freedom feeling
Independence again, what a sweet, sweet feeling
So come on people who celebrating
Independence again, so join the refrain
But this one is special, this one unique
This one we celebrating we Jubilee.
What an achievement, accomplishment
A real ------------ for the government
We free as a people and a nation
So come on everybody, join the celebration.

Happy Independence, Happy Independence,
Happy Independence, Happy Independence!
Trinidad, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Celebrate Jubilee, celebrate everybody.
Happy Independence, Happy Independence,
Happy Independence, Happy Independence!

No time to hold on to no slavery
Come on, let's move on with positivity
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And treat other with more decency
My ancestors came here, yours came here too
And build up this country for me and for you
Free from the shackles, they turn up the soil
------------------ they work and they toil
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Happy Independence, Happy Independence,
Happy Independence, Happy Independence!
Trinidad, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Celebrate Jubilee, celebrate everybody.
Happy Independence, Happy Independence,
Happy Independence, Happy Independence!

I love mih county, what a legacy
Yes, 1962 is part of we history
We must continue making this country
A model nation supremacy
In this blessed island, chutney and pan
Soca and tassa - cultural -----------
We like to jump up on Carnival day
Independently, that's a Trini
So now it's up to we in this country
Spreading -------------- unity
That's we priority.

Happy Independence, Happy Independence,
Happy Independence, Happy Independence!
Trinidad, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Celebrate Jubilee, celebrate everybody.
Happy Independence, Happy Independence,
Happy Independence, Happy Independence!

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, Sally Sagram.

"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

Independence [Song]

Uploaded by mightysparrowaz
INDEPENDENCE
By Lord Bryner

People only talking but they really don't know
What's the proper meaning for Trinidad and Tobago
Cipriani start the ball rolling now the Doctor doing the bowling
So leh we help Uncle Eric to perform a real hat trick.

Because it is your land just as well as my land
This is your place and also it's my place
So let we put our heads together and live like one happy family
Democratically, educationally, we'll be independently.

Thirty-first of August, the year 1962
Will go down in history for every one of you
Forget racialism and nationalism
Let discipline, production and tolerance
Guide us to Independence.

Because it is your land just as well as my land
This is your place and also it's my place
So let we put our heads together and live like one happy family
Democratically, educationally, we'll live independently.

Conscientiously and constitutionally
Forget all this lousy rumour about racial equality
If you are an East Indian and you want to be an African
Just shave your head clean like me,
Then they can't prove your nationality.

Because it is your land just as well as my land
This is your place and also it's my place
So leh we put our heads together and live like one happy family
Democratically, educationally, we'll live independently.

A next thing again I want you to know
I must tell you plain, whether your status is high or low
The time has come at last and there's no more colonial rule, I believe
So together we will aspire, together we will achieve.

Because it is your land just as well as my land
This is your place and also it's my place
So leh we put our heads together and live like one happy family
Democratically, educationally, we'll live independently.

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, Lord Bryner! A message as appropriate today as it was then, back in 1962.

"Because it is your land just as well as my land
This is your place and also it's my place
So leh we put our heads together and live like one happy family
Democratically, educationally, we'll live independently."

"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

We Are [My Trindad And Tobago] [Song]

Uploaded by Rembunction
WE ARE [MY TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]
By Rembunction

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!

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A Note From The Gull

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.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare

Going For Gold [Song]

Uploaded by jsdrbean
GOING FOR GOLD
By Machel Montano [Olympic & 50th Independence Anniversary Song]

Spoken: "If we do this we will build a nation which can hold its head high and be accepted anywhere in the world and which any other nation would be glad to welcome as a friend."

Gold, gold, going for gold, yeah
Now I take national pride, I respect every stride
We come from far and wide
This is our chance to turn the spotlights on
We've been waiting so long
To show the world where we belong.

And now with every breath in me
God give me serenity to control my energy
Ready to fight with every ounce of me
This is our destiny to show the world just who we be.

Now I spread my wings, I'm going higher now, yeah
And there's no time to think, there's no time to blink
We got it make it somehow.
I'm going for gold, yeah, I'm going all the way
The Red, White and Black, there's no turning back
In the name of love, yeah
I'm going for gold, yeah, I'm going all the way
The Red, White and Black, there's no turning back
In the name of love, yeah.

Now the world race is on, anxiety so strong
But we'll weather the storm
We are united, standing side by side
We will not be denied
Our passion comes from deep inside
That became the victory
Our names remained in history, making our legacy
We recognise the opportunity to be undoubtedly
The very best that we could be.

Now I spread my wings, I'm going higher now, yeah
And there's no time to think, there's no time to blink
We got it make it somehow
I'm going for gold, yeah, I'm going all the way
The Red, White and Black, there's no turning back
In the name of love, yeah
I'm going for gold, yeah, I'm going all the way
The Red, White and Black, there's no turning back
In the name of love, yeah.

Now I spread my wings, I'm going higher now, yeah
And there's time to think, there's no time to blink
We got it make it somehow
I'm going for gold, yeah, I'm going all the way
The Red, White and Black, there's no turning back
In the name of love, yeah
I'm going for gold, yeah, I'm going all the way
The Red, White and Black, there's no turning back
In the name of love, yeah

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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"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