Malis­sa Lara-Pat­ter­son

MY STO­RY OF CA­LYP­SO

(De­von Matthews)

Ca­lyp­so start be­fore I born

So I can't say how it start

All I could say is what went on

From what I know in my heart

I re­mem­ber how long ago

I be­gan to recog­nise

Bards like Kitch­en­er and Spar­row

As he­roes in dis­guise

When I heard them on the ra­dio

I would turn up the vol­ume

And the strains of sweet ca­lyp­so

Would vi­brate in­side my room

CHO­RUS

I used to long for car­ni­val

To hear the new ca­lyp­soes

As the world's great­est bac­cha­nal

The air was filled with echoes

From ca­lyp­so­ni­ans like Spoil­er

The young Killer and Chris­to

Lord Melody and Yul Bryn­er

From town to San Fer­nan­do

The streets would vi­brate with tem­po

And every­one would leg­go

So I want the whole world to know

That is my sto­ry of ca­lyp­so

Lean on Me T&T

(Dr Will B)

How yah nev­er change yah name Mr Ban­nis­ter

This woman en­quir­ing af­ter the sem­i­nar

You say yah is ah prod­uct of Black Pow­er Move­ment Sev­en­ty

But most of the lead­ers then have dif­fer­ent names to­day

Broth­er Makan­dal Daa­ga

He was once Granger

Khafra Kam­bon you know

Used to be Dave Dabeau

Ah say ah ban­nis­ter too im­por­tant to throw away

Too much peo­ple de­pend on it for their safe­ty

Both night and the day

Cho­rus

Be­cause yah could lean, lean, lean, lean, lean, just lean on me

Ah ban­nis­ter is a ne­ces­si­ty

Every­body, lean, lean, lean lean, just lean on me

Yah tired and sleepy now from a par­ty, lean on me

When yah mov­ing up, hold on, to get to the top, hold on

When yah com­ing down, hold on, I will keep you strong safe and sound

You can scrape me, sand­pa­per me, but just paint me red, white and black

I am yah ban­nis­ter pro­tect­ing yah back

Yah now come from church or yah come from jail

I will be your sup­port­ing hand rail

Every­body need some­body so lean on me T&T