We have to reach to that point where the quarrel is no longer with unrelenting, triumphal imperialist conquistadors of any gender, corporation, race, religion or nationality.
Neither should it be with those who fall before their onslaught, innocently or through self betrayal, with resignation or with impotent weapons drawn.
Rather, we should resent and strongly decry that fiat that perpetuates and finds justification for the careers of victims and oppressors alike.
We must denounce the uncritical acceptance of the existence of any subordination of, or domination by another creature, race, culture or nation.
We must recognize that the shunting of our individual and collective responsibilities for the realization or abortion of the potential for human development, to forces increasingly above and beyond, implies a complicity - a self-defeating conclusion that we are doomed to a steady state of arrested intelligence.
Trinbago and Trinbagonians, YOU and the DIRT upon which you stand are loved and blessed more that you can ever imagine.
Tobago is an island. Trinidad is an island. But no man, no woman, no child, no creature upon its surface is. We are most certainly our brothers' keepers. We depend on each other. We need each other.
Happy Interdependence Day!
"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.
SUGAR ISLAND
By Carl Jacobs ft. Roger George INTRO: Say wey yuh want, there is not a place on earth better
[Come for a holiday]
Say wey yuh want, I will love mih country forever, yeah
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Island, my sugar island; sweet, sunny islands
My homeland is sweet for so!
Island, my sugar island; sweet precious islands
I would never let you go, no!
Sipping 1919 Angostura [Island sweet for so] Dahl and roti, try some kuchela [Man, it sweet for so]
Curried wild meat with slight hot pepper [Man, it sweet for so]
Is pure and healthy coconut water. [Lord, it sweet for so]
Come, come for a holiday
Get some sunshine therapy
Melt all ah de stress away
Go forth to a better day
Come, come for a holiday
Play mas, sweet insanity
Jump from J'Ouvert 'til Tuesday
Lord, bless this sweet land, I pray.
Island, my sugar island; sweet, sunny islands
My homeland is sweet for so!
Island, my sugar island; sweet, precious islands
I would never let you go, no!
Come, come for holiday
Take a trip Maracas Bay
Try a bake and shark by Sea
My land cuisine so tasty
Come for a holiday,
Everyday is a blessed day
Island style reality
Man was meant to live this way.
Island, my sugar island; sweet, sunny islands
My homeland is sweet for so!
Island, my sugar island; sweet, precious islands
I would never let you go!
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Doh ever leave this feeling of pride [Island sweet for so]
Yes God's country, that can't be denied [Man, it sweet for so]
Stand firm and free, working side by side [Man, it sweet for so]
------------------------, love will be your guide.
Come, come for holiday
Crusoe say so heavenly
Island food is therapy
Definitely God's country
Come for a holiday,
Bring a friend, yes, it's OK
Take a dip in sweet Store Bay
Wash all yuh troubles away!
Island, my sugar island; sweet, sunny islands
My homeland is sweet for so!
Island, my sugar islands; sweet, precious islands
I would never, never let you go!
Say wey yuh want, there's not a place on earth better
[These islands sweet]
Say wey yuh want, I will love mih country forever
[These islands sweet]
Say wey yuh want, there's not a place on earth better
[These islands sweet]
You could say wey yuh want, I love mih country forever
[These islands sweet]
Come, come for holiday
All ah we is family
My people are so friendly
Check out the Bird Sanctuary
Come for a holiday,
Fly on BWIA
The safest airline they say
Tomorrow is a brighter day.
Island, my sugar island; sweet, sunny islands
My homeland is sweet for so!
Island, my sugar islands; sweet, precious islands
I would never, ever let you go!
Island, my sugar island; sweet, sunny islands
My homeland is sweet for so!
Island, my sugar islands; sweet, precious islands
I would never, ever let you go!
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I will never let you go...
Sweet, islands 'cause I love you so
I would never, ever let you go...
Sweet sunny islands, how I love, love you so!
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
Sweet fuh so! Thank you Carl Jacobs and Roger George!
"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.
Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah Everybody coming together Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah Loving harmony with each other
So durable and lasting That's the nature of love So party people, I'm asking Please do away with the grudge
No warring, no hating, no fighting, yeah We all have to unite Just loving, just caring,just sharing, yeah All dat fussing ain't right
Look Jimmy jumping up And Sharon jumping up And Susie wining on Sharon boyfriend And she have no problem Look East side jumping up And West side jumping up Cause in dis session there's no confusion Just loving connection
Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah Everybody coming together Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah Loving harmony with each other
Please understand what I'm saying Part of the Master's plan Is to see people laughing As we walk hand in hand
No warring, no hating, no fighting, yeah We all have to unite Just loving, just caring,just sharin, yeah All dat fussing ain't right
Look Jimmy jumping up And Sharon jumping up And Susie wining on Sharon boyfriend And she have no problem Look East side jumping up And West side jumping up Cause in dis session there's no confusion Just loving connection
Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah everybody coming together Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah Loving harmony with each other
Woy you yoy yoy yoy yoy you, ah ah ah Woy you yoy yoy yoy yoy you, ah ah ah
Look Jimmy jumping up And Sharon jumping up And Susie wining on Sharon boyfriend And she have no problem Look East side jumping up And West side jumping up Cause in dis session there's no confusion Just loving connection
Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah Everybody coming together Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah Loving harmony with each other
Woy you yoy yoy yoy yoy you, ah ah ah Woy you yoy yoy yoy yoy you, ah ah ah
Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah Everybody coming together Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness, yeah Loving harmony with each other
Pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure niceness Pure sweetness, pure niceness, pure sweetness, pure sweetness.
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
Pure niceness! Thank you Farmer Nappy.
"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
Source
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
