| BARBADOS I WANNA STAYA story by DENNIS YOUNG
 
 [part 6 continues)
 
 
 
 ((this is where some people get to show off their skills(talent)
 
 ..Before i begin let me give props to a few people who have help me with
 
 this episode)):
 
 1/mad q...go on my son
 
 2/babajeff.. de poems ripe
 
 3/ole skule.. fuh real
 
 4/kathy..  yuh sweet babe
 
 5/sweet c (boston).. de queen
 
 6/gypsy.. play dem songs again
 
 7/cj (florida) cb (new york).. miami wuk up next year
 
 8/bajansooner and tony o'dowd.. bushy park forever
 
 9/beach bum,peggy,omar and de rsl krew..tek some love wid
 
 dah glass uh mauby
 
 10/dondilite..____* inspiration
 
 11/bajan queen..australia too far,but i can make de olympics(2000)
 
 12/tee tee.. thanks for the research and the friendship
 
 13/flygirl.. Barbados or bust..  yuh deh gurl
 
 14/leslie..  thanks for the cheer up
 
 15/nickki..  uh couldn't fuhget u
 
 16/nicole.p.. security ...badges we don't need no stinking
 
 badges..(this is a line from the movie  SIERRA GOLD)
 
 17/rio.. dunk one fuh we
 
 18/felicia,shawn..  whu gine on
 
 19/chantal.. wheh de P R
 
 20/tia,scarlet..  2 st.lucian flowers
 
 21/to all others too many to mention..  uh heh still
 
 22/heh, heh, i nearly fuhget MERNA..  how could i?
 
 23/melonie,vaughn,tony.. write your own story
 
 24/T Y G..  yuh know yuh calypso
 
 25/stephen mendes.. Barbados needs one more like you
 
 26/callie..  i got it wrong,but you are alright
 
 27/JOHN KING.. de music gets betta..keep on
 
 28/anthony (GABBY) carter.. do another emmerton nuh?
 
 29/*N*.. yuh gone missing,why don't yuh read yuh e-mail
 
 30/to me friends and enemies.. love all de way..-
 
 peace and nuff love
 
 31/GWENL28_ YR LAUGHTER..SO SPECIAL..thanks
 
 
 
 
 
 MC: and now ladies and gentlefolks....the first performer on stage is
 
 ...TRACEY..   FLYGIRL
 
 (HANDCLAPS)
 
 
 
 
 
 Flygirl rushes on stage,grabs the mike and starts to make a speech(No
 
 Flygirl this is not the Academy Awards Show)
 
 
 
 FLYGIRL;thank you..thank you..the song i'll be singing will be done in
 
 a reggae -lovers rock style i hope you all like it..its called.
 
 "Waiting For Your Love"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SONG:WAITING FOR YOUR LOVE  cc.1998--written by Dennis young-lr-
 
 
 
 
 
 dance,dance with me
 
 take a chance with me
 
 tonight
 
 your love keeps missing
 
 whenever i touch
 
 you..
 
 nightime romances
 
 daytime glances
 
 too many chances
 
 to be seen
 
 together
 
 
 
 
 
 (chorus)
 
 i... i  ..i hurt easily
 
 waiting here in desperation
 
 for your phone call
 
 i...i'm hoping..hoping
 
 not to fall
 
 in love with you..again
 
 waiting for your love
 
 so much a burden
 
 so uncertain
 
 waiting for your love
 
 all i do
 
 is cry, cry, cry
 
 from your lie  lie..lies
 
 just...waiting  for your love
 
 to come in
 
 waiting waiting
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 yesterday,
 
 full of despair
 
 i called your job
 
 you made me cry
 
 cursing me,hurting me
 
 with another lie
 
 why  oh why..
 
 does  love have so much pain
 
 it's driving me insane..
 
 but,,,stillll
 
 i keep waiting... waiting
 
 for your love
 
 
 
 
 
 chorus;
 
 ..i ...i hurt easily
 
 """"'''"""
 
 ::
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i want you to make
 
 make a decision
 
 tonight
 
 or stay outta
 
 my sight
 
 i don't need you
 
 i don't need..  nee..nee
 
 oh those kisses again
 
 you know how to move me
 
 you'll have to give love
 
 so we can have a future ..er...er
 
 stop kissing..stop...kiss..
 
 aww.. well,this is the last time
 
 i'll be waiting  for your love.
 
 
 
 
 
 ..  (fades)..
 
 
 
 ;;;;;;;;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Terrance runs out of the audience and kisses Flygirl.they are so
 
 much in love.Flygirl has left the cold streets of America to find a warm
 
 heart in BARBADOS.The audience claps and whistles..they love it..
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 M C: WOW,that was a surprise,girl can sing lovers rock.looks like them
 
 lovers gine rock tonight..hee hee..  ok  next performer...i can't read
 
 this writing...its...spelt  -B -A -J -U  -B -A -J -A -N
 
 OKKKKK..  BAJU BAJAN..doing a dancehall song.
 
 
 
 
 
 Baju Bajan walks up the steps at the side of the stage.he looks very
 
 nervous..
 
 
 
 Baju Bajan; hail breddren,hail sistren..all glory in Haile Salasie
 
 name...jahhhh rasta far i.this song written by i and i just today and i
 
 come here to perform  it fuh unna.its an uplifting song for all i
 
 breddren,suffering tribulation inna de ghetto...upful and onward
 
 youtman and jah will give you the truth..
 
 .... the songs called POOR BOY DEAD.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SONG;
 
 POOR BOY DEAD  cc.1998 -ebbdv-wriiten by Mark Quinton,Uriah
 
 Mackintosh and Dennis young.
 
 
 
 ghetto bwoy run down
 
 gone gette gun
 
 shoot up de town
 
 mek people run
 
 
 
 
 
 youtman,youtman
 
 stop yuh gun shooting
 
 yuh mout and gun
 
 wannt muting
 
 too many pepper bullets
 
 spraying
 
 too many people
 
 dying..
 
 now the police come
 
 and shoot yuh down
 
 inna de ghetto
 
 inna de ghetto
 
 
 
 
 
 (chorus)
 
 
 
 de poor bwoy dead
 
 mamaaaa
 
 de poor bwoy dead
 
 fathuur
 
 de poor bwoy dead
 
 nooo.. nooo
 
 there's love inna de ghetto
 
 no more.
 
 de poor bwoy dead.
 
 """"""""""'''''''
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 TALK: **the road is red and dusty
 
 blood and chalk
 
 marks the scene
 
 where  he fell
 
 wid gun in  hand
 
 no love inna he heart
 
 no not in de ghetto
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 chorus:
 
 de poor bwoy dead
 
 maaama
 
 de poor bwoy dead
 
 fathuur
 
 :::;
 
 """'
 
 
 
 
 
 me gal pickney
 
 with a big  belly
 
 one more baby
 
 inna de ghetto
 
 inna de ghetto
 
 boys wid guns on hip
 
 one man shooting off his lip
 
 another bullet--rush
 
 and another one bites the dust
 
 
 
 chorus://
 
 another poor bwoy dead..
 
 mamaaaa
 
 """""""'''
 
 
 
 
 
 youtman,youtman
 
 it nuh right
 
 just stop fuss and fight
 
 and let jah's love
 
 spring eternal
 
 in your lives
 
 don't be
 
 a fool
 
 don't be another
 
 poor bwoy  dead
 
 poor bwoy dead
 
 
 
 
 
 ends..,
 
 
 
 
 
 buju bajan: all hail ,i and i gone.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 There is a 10 second delay after the end of the song.some people look
 
 at each other..then  one clap grew into three claps..then  a mixture of
 
 claps ,whistles and murmurs.it is a warning song..will the great country
 
 of Barbados heed the words of the Rastaman or will it remain on its
 
 knees,praying and afraid?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 MC:That was cool..i would like to hear the words again..maybe later..
 
 alright den..let's get a move on..the next performer on stage will be..a
 
 three girl act from St.Lucia.the names of the performers are Chantal,Tia
 
 and Scarlet......  the name of the group is: 3-UHWEE
 
 
 
 
 
 3-UHWEE:This song is dedicated to the people of the Caribbean.the
 
 struggle we have endured for so long.its also a plea for us to live in
 
 harmony.it's a song written for us and we are giving it to YOU. It's
 
 called: CARIBBEAN PEOPLE.It's done in a slow soca beat,with a tint of
 
 zouk..please give a listen and repeat the chorus,when we signal...ok
 
 
 
 
 
 SONG:
 
 CARIBBEAN PEOPLE .CC 1998--Written by Dennis Young-utacs-
 
 
 
 
 
 from de islands we bring
 
 different cultures
 
 but de same riddum
 
 so we jump up.
 
 we jump up at carnival
 
 all year.
 
 till nature's fury unleases
 
 it's wind and rain
 
 thunder and lightening
 
 so frightening..
 
 and from a storm
 
 to a hurricane
 
 our friendship became.
 
 washing  away.. ideology.
 
 """"   """""" """""""""
 
 
 
 
 
 Caribbean people... join hands
 
 Caribbean people... dance
 
 dance  and sing.
 
 (signal)..together on de ship
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 we ancestors came
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 to dese islands
 
 ::;;;;;;;;;;
 
 living as slaves
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 cutting de canes
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 dying for our freedom
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 so we can sing this song
 
 ::;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 (the beat gets faster here)
 
 Caribbean people,jump up
 
 Caribbean people,your culture's in a cup
 
 in a cup
 
 so  drink up...
 
 together on de ship
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 
 
 
 
 yeah,,come on Trinidad
 
 yeah,do it Jamaica
 
 uh..hu,St.Lucia
 
 Dominica,St.Kitts..Nevis
 
 Guyana,Antigua,Barbados
 
 tings crisp..
 
 in dese islands
 
 So let's join hands
 
 .. join hands
 
 to eradicate  de drugs
 
 join hands
 
 to get rid uh de guns
 
 join hands
 
 to save de Caribbean
 
 :::::::::::::::::;
 
 
 
 
 
 CHORUS__     Caribbean people,dance,,dance
 
 Caribbean people,wave yuh hands
 
 now jump up!
 
 (talk)_ now stand up
 
 stand up my people
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (sing):stand up for your rights..
 
 don't back down widdout uh fight
 
 stand up to de injustices
 
 and  de racism
 
 stamp it out wid an x
 
 show dem politicians yuh vex
 
 we gine bathe on the beach
 
 on a cold water morning..
 
 even if we freeze
 
 nuff uh we pon de
 
 sand....like peas
 
 
 
 Caribbean people..Caribbean people
 
 thirty three different shades
 
 of black..
 
 and some uh we  white
 
 but what does it matter?
 
 what does in matter?
 
 it's only a colour
 
 Now before de historians
 
 and politians
 
 jump pon de band wagon
 
 tell we,yes tell we ..your solution.
 
 your  solution
 
 controversy..controversy
 
 running in our heads
 
 and de voice
 
 telling us to
 
 spread some licks
 
 so here goes....
 
 here's  some blows..
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Caribbean people..yuh nevva heard John King
 
 when he ask yuh for yuh history
 
 yuh throw way de books
 
 and pick up American comics
 
 Black Stalin,David Rudder,Chalkdust
 
 dem all mek uh fuss.
 
 when dey songs get lost
 
 between rap and r& b
 
 and yuh know calypso and soca
 
 wouldn't cross...  over
 
 because  de tape is slippin
 
 and the artists  limping
 
 fuh de bread...
 
 lawd ..lawd.. de music in muh head
 
 de  music in muh head..
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 In Guyana  de story goes
 
 Walter Rodney life explodes
 
 and he died instantly..
 
 but god knows
 
 yes jah knows..
 
 in Jamaica..another ting
 
 Mickey Smith cruxified
 
 on stoney hill..
 
 in Barbados..too much crime
 
 in Trinidad..can't spear uh dime
 
 all over de caribbean
 
 our people lost and confuse
 
 some into drugs'
 
 and can't break lose.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (TALK)    we gine end it here...
 
 because we have gone
 
 pass our time..
 
 but before we go
 
 let's  sing de chorus once more..
 
 
 
 
 
 Caribbean people..Caribbean people
 
 ::::::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;    '''
 
 
 
 (fades)
 
 3-UHWEE takes a bow.. the claps  and whistles are furious..the
 
 audience want an encore..they go back to de mike..
 
 
 
 
 
 (sings)  ok..ok...
 
 Caribbean Caribbean
 
 ::::;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 wake up..wake up
 
 stand... stand up
 
 so dis is part of history
 
 and pure misery
 
 cause after you leave here
 
 you gine fuhget to pray
 
 pray to de father..for blessings
 
 and tuh save our children
 
 from  destruction
 
 .and build build nations
 
 :::::::::::::::
 
 from Jamaica to de sea wall
 
 in Guyana..we should stand tall
 
 No.. we en gine forget Cuba
 
 even though it's not free ..huh?
 
 we be one Caribbean
 
 whether de politrickons
 
 tell us different
 
 one Caribbean
 
 one people
 
 one love..
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 chorus;     Caribbean people...
 
 :::;;;;;;;;;;;;.
 
 
 
 They run off the stage..it's a feel good song..just the lyrics
 
 needing tightening up..
 
 
 
 MC;  wow  nuff talent in here tonight.. we need to film this..
 
 Patrick Hoyos shouts from the front row: ''Don't worry we got it
 
 covered..''
 
 
 
 
 
 MC;OK ..next performer.. will  Ingrid Alestad,please come up and do
 
 your thing..
 
 It's Ingrid...,Brian's Ingrid.. Brian is shocked because she never
 
 told him she was one of the  performers..she reaches over and kisses
 
 him,then whispers in his ear..
 
 Ingrid; ""this is for you and how you make me feel"
 
 
 
 Brian  is slightly embarass .he had no idea..he hopes she doesn't make
 
 a fool out of herself.Veronica is intrigued..~~first she dances
 
 bajan,then she speaks bajan..i wonder if she sings bajan"~~
 
 
 
 
 
 Ingrid walks to the stage and hugs the MC,who is taken aback because no
 
 one else showed him any love,like they do on the apollo show. she feels
 
 so good in his arms..the M C nearly falls over while exiting the
 
 stage..he would like her phone number.
 
 (No  chance. remember Brian is Victor Mature's HERCULES and he can
 
 slaughter any lion in the coliseum_)
 
 
 
 
 
 INGRID; i thank you,let's also give a hand to the other performers
 
 on stage and to the  D.J..he's doing a  wonderful job..
 
 the song i'm going to sing is a song,which so much reminds me of this
 
 island and the people i have met. i'm in paradise...the name of the song
 
 is....I'LL NEVER  FORGET  YOU..
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SONG:
 
 I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU  CC..1998^^WFS^^written by Dennis Young
 
 
 
 
 
 soon,i'll be ..soon, i'll be gone
 
 away from you
 
 and paradise..
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 it's been wonderful here
 
 the people so friendly here
 
 the sand and the sea
 
 the sunsets and breeze
 
 are all in my memory
 
 walked along the shore
 
 this morning
 
 the waves and my heart breaking
 
 i'm gonna miss you
 
 i,so much, want to kiss you
 
 F O R E V E R
 
 TOGETHER.
 
 
 
 
 
 I'll never forget you
 
 never  n e v e r..
 
 i know my dreams
 
 and sentiments will past
 
 but your love and friendship
 
 will last ... and  i'll
 
 i'll never forget you
 
 no matter where i go
 
 no matter what i do
 
 i'll  cherish these days
 
 these days....with you
 
 over the years..
 
 amongst the tears..
 
 i'll  ..i'll never..
 
 (slowly) never  forget y..o..u
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Baxters road was a joy
 
 so many happy faces
 
 so many races
 
 dancing and laughing
 
 t o g e t h e r
 
 t o g e t h e r
 
 Miami beach,paradise
 
 Folkestone,so calm
 
 Bathseba,Bath
 
 all over blue.
 
 the night at the hotel
 
 with you...with you
 
 i'm getting emotional now
 
 (tears run down her cheeks)
 
 so much love flow
 
 between you and i
 
 between you ...I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Chorus) I'll never forget you..
 
 never  n e v e r...
 
 
 
 """"""''''''''""""""'
 
 
 
 
 
 But all good things must come to an end
 
 so it's goodbye my bajan friends
 
 I'm gonna miss you
 
 but i'll never
 
 no..  no never
 
 forget you
 
 the smiles and the miles
 
 of your generosity
 
 will be with me ....always
 
 and now i'm in tears
 
 (crying...sobbing..her eyes out)
 
 i...i  i'll   nev..
 
 ver  for...forget
 
 you.. so i'll just say.
 
 BARBADOS
 
 auf  wiedersehen( goodbye in German)
 
 
 
 
 
 (fades).
 
 
 
 She leaves the stage crying.her long  blond hair trailing behind
 
 her.Everyone's watching her.Their thoughts are  on the words and the
 
 blond woman..she, a tourist, loving the country more than they do..what
 
 was it about this rock,that made strangers stay on shore for
 
 hours,painting pictures in their minds,always happy to see us
 
 locals,taking pictures,drinking our local drinks and not getting enough
 
 of our culture..what is it? ..well this blond woman is part
 
 evidence.your country is not an island..your island is not a rock
 
 surrounded by sea and sand..YOUR I-LAND IS YOUR HEART and it beats a
 
 calypso beat..a freedom beat..a mellow beat.. a sound universal..a sound
 
 which transpires beyond colour..beyond racism..beyond your shores..it's
 
 a sound which mask itself in temper..in tempo.. in grief..in joy.. in
 
 anger..and in smooth tones..just give a listen to JOHN KING's rendition
 
 of CALYPSO..now that's a classic,not for critics to judge,but for the
 
 listener to cherish..go on give a listen  and when you have taken off
 
 the sound..put on GABBY'S EMMERTON AND BRIDGETOWN MARKET..these songs
 
 are examples of your life's connectabilty to your spirit..they speak of
 
 your truths,no matter where in the world you live..these songs are your
 
 heartbeats..these songs are you.
 
 Brian feels her tremble within his arms.He looks around,slightly
 
 embarass.A number of men envies  him.he thinks of her infatuation with
 
 him and his accent.now he knows it is deeper..the late night beach walk
 
 had meant more to her than he thought possible. her sobbing sound makes
 
 a sad hush. some women wipe their eyes..Ingrid regains her composure.
 
 she looks around and a few faces are looking at her..her cheeks red and
 
 the blue-sea eyes watering..she blinks away the last drop of water. it
 
 falls between her lips..she tastes it as it rests on the tip of her
 
 tongue. she is alright now.she had done what her heart had told her to
 
 do..in 3 days she would be pressing against the cold of Europe..the
 
 Austrian streets would be no comfort.she would be alone,but Brian and
 
 Barbados would remain within her memory.They would make her warm at
 
 night.
 
 
 
 MC; That was a real tear jerker wasn't it.. had me going a bit,
 
 there at de end...   now back to de  show.. who's next..let's see
 
 someone name Nickki,accomapanied by her friend Scorpio on guitar.
 
 
 
 
 
 Nickki grabs Scorpio'hands and leads him to the stage..they are both
 
 nervous.they thank the MC.With Nickki giving hand instructions,Scorpio
 
 relaxes and strums his guitar.the sound has a spanish feel to it..the DJ
 
 spins a record with a techno beat..it sounds futuristic.
 
 
 
 
 
 Nickki;  this song is called LOVE BY MOONLIGHT...
 
 
 
 SONG:
 
 LOVE BY MOONLIGHT CC..1998..ARR.SR FRMS-Written by Dennis Young.
 
 
 
 
 
 OHHHHH    YEAH  OHHHHHH   YEAH
 
 
 
 friends should not become lovers
 
 no matter how hard love tries
 
 to pull them together.
 
 but are we fooling ourselves
 
 just being friends
 
 your laughter is within me
 
 at the end of the phone
 
 leaves me wanting you more
 
 than just a HELLO.
 
 love would be sweeter
 
 you know..
 
 
 
 
 
 CHORUS:
 
 Take me away from my miseries
 
 kiss away my troubles
 
 just hold me..hold me
 
 close
 
 don't let me go...i..
 
 .. i want you.. so much
 
 with  the stars looking down
 
 on us..
 
 we'll do  what our hearts bekons
 
 love in the night
 
 love by moonlight
 
 love by moonlight
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 people will talk about you and i
 
 but their whispers wouldn't stop
 
 our love,
 
 let them talk if they want to
 
 they'll just gossip until
 
 the words run out..
 
 we'll be too busy
 
 getting it on
 
 all night long
 
 all night long.
 
 love will be sweeter, you know
 
 you know..
 
 
 
 chorus:
 
 take me away from my miseries
 
 ......>>>.
 
 all
 
 night long
 
 love me tonight
 
 love me
 
 love me by moonlight
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 shhhshhhs...
 
 slow it down
 
 shhhshhhs
 
 slow it down
 
 love me now
 
 love me tonight
 
 through ribbons
 
 of moonlight
 
 all night....
 
 
 
 (fades)
 
 
 
 More claps and whistles from the appreciative audience.they love the
 
 couple,who now held hands as they walked off the stage.their love was
 
 declared for all the world too see..no matter the distance between
 
 them,they'll a way to be together..so let them love.
 
 a kiss is passed between them as they sit down.Scorpio brimming with
 
 confidence..Nickki full of affection.
 
 
 
 MC: wow, uh lot uh people in love nowadays..is this a great show or
 
 what..mek me wannna holla...so on wid the show..no wait..before we go
 
 the next act.lets give a hand to the men who made this all
 
 possible..give it up to Patrick and Tony Hoyos,Mickey
 
 (Dreadman)Hulsmiere..John Roette..Patrick Bovre..Arturo Tappin..Nicholas
 
 Brancker..
 
 ___GIVE IT UP___-
 
 
 
 ((handclaps and shouting resounds around the room))
 
 
 
 MC; settle down...settle down..next we have a change of pace ..we
 
 have our first hip hop artist..his name is  HARD TIMZ
 
 
 
 A young man wearing the latest import brands from America slides his
 
 way through the other patrons sitting in the same row of seats..he fists
 
 the  last person at the  end..he's not nervous.he's got a flow going..he
 
 walks a street walk,like a limp has impeded his normal way of
 
 walking..he takes the mike,,acknowledges the crowd..he points to Patrick
 
 Hoyos.he is making sure his talent is seen and heard..he is ready..
 
 Hard Timz: yeah yeah..on de mike..not just light..yuh know what i
 
 mean.this rap song is called...MAD WORLD....
 
 
 
 RAP::  MAD WORLD..CC 1998 ..BESU-CASU..Li-written by Dennis Young.
 
 
 
 
 
 (THE VOICE OF PETER FINCH FROM THE MOVIE **NETWORK** ECHOES ACROSS
 
 THE ROOM)
 
 << I'M  MAD AS HELL
 
 AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE
 
 I'M  MAD AS HELL
 
 AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE >>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 HARD TIMZ:
 
 LISTEN UP..LISTEN UP
 
 LEND ME YOUR EARS
 
 LIKE SHAKESPEAR'S ROMANS.
 
 YO! CEASAR.. BRUTUS IS
 
 BEHIND HIS BACK.
 
 SO LISTEN UP LISTEN UP.
 
 
 
 
 
 It was a story breathing life into imagination
 
 watching walls with encrytion
 
 notes passed around like fashion
 
 on parade
 
 ..sharing lemonade
 
 with good frenz
 
 or good fellas
 
 with Robert De Niro
 
 playing thug hero
 
 another Nero burning Rome
 
 wid mad instincts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 school daze like spike lee
 
 filming
 
 watching your krew playing
 
 dead fuh real..
 
 catching hell on the way down
 
 bullets striking body
 
 gone heavenly
 
 Fat men posing in NAZ gear
 
 on a big broadway
 
 with hapless girls in  short skirts.
 
 
 
 
 
 SING:
 
 THIS is the world we live in
 
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 
 can we find a solution
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 to our problems
 
 or do we remain
 
 A MAD WORLD.
 
 ::::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 politician spit-tance
 
 at election dance
 
 promising housing in your ear
 
 But,but not this year
 
 and curruption and drugs
 
 pile under de rugs
 
 children become men/women
 
 un time
 
 placing guilt on parents
 
 and using books as weapons
 
 on Z R vans with
 
 booming boxes
 
 like live corpses
 
 hanging through windows
 
 like festering sores
 
 
 
 
 
 sing::
 
 .repeat...this is the world we live in
 
 :::::::::::::::::::::::::;;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 meaning nothing by saying
 
 something
 
 grasping at straws houses
 
 with wolves at the door
 
 Red Riding Hoodwink
 
 grandmother wears mink
 
 searching through rubble
 
 like Barney and Fred
 
 Flintstone up side your head
 
 a voice like Edwin's
 
 crossfyah.. no klu klux klan
 
 in the land
 
 but a class system
 
 hell bent on perserving
 
 a myth chevious
 
 dillusion
 
 of grandeur.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 sing: this is the world...
 
 .""""""""""""""'.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (CONTINUATION.NO  DUPLICATION)
 
 
 
 
 
 (TALK) my words got you restless
 
 like duppies in cemetries
 
 Egyptian mummies
 
 ..then listen up some more
 
 __THIS IS HARDCORE__
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pages torn from history
 
 scattered on the fields
 
 of dreams
 
 broken widows in housing schemes
 
 graffitti abstract paintings
 
 like Van Goth's ear
 
 missing...
 
 and police investigations
 
 held in the Bajan Vietnam
 
 shows. secrets held close to  vest
 
 like in a war chest .
 
 
 
 (The young crowd goes wild..standing on chairs..making gun noises
 
 --POWW POWW POWW ..hey up)
 
 
 
 SING:  my solution..
 
 for a world with lesser evil
 
 Bring back the community
 
 stop all the calamity
 
 bring the love
 
 back into the homes
 
 and neighbourhoods.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 yes..yes  peace in de ghettos
 
 peace in the city and the mansions
 
 ..like a dream..Martin Luther King
 
 fade away from life.
 
 his legacy written
 
 in red ink
 
 so too, did the Kennedy brothers
 
 Malcomn X and others.
 
 
 
 
 
 ... corruption/destruction
 
 malutrition
 
 bringing out skeletons
 
 from cupboards and television
 
 with C N N.. no end
 
 to Africa's journey children
 
 dying for the right to a life
 
 taken for granted.
 
 
 
 
 
 (pick it up selector..pick it up...pick up de beat--we are going home
 
 now.. give me a sound like a train pulling out of a station)--yeah..got
 
 it.
 
 
 
 {{{>>\chug...chug...chugg>>..   chuggchuggchugg>>..}}}
 
 
 
 The war is not over
 
 don't mind the  four leaf clover
 
 hanging peace on a Berlin wall
 
 now gone.. democratic
 
 from Russia's erractic
 
 behaviour..
 
 more war
 
 in Africa
 
 and Bosnia is_real
 
 Israel and Palastine
 
 breaking promises like stale bread
 
 on a table with negotiations
 
 the leaders acting like dealers
 
 playing cards with their citizens lives
 
 and Ireland's fragile
 
 like old cloth handed down by heirloom
 
 peace in and BOOM
 
 another bomb
 
 castrating the young..
 
 and..a gangster fear
 
 on the streets of L.A
 
 glocking bodies without care
 
 and women no longer  pride
 
 challenging the bicycle ride
 
 flirting..short skirting
 
 == now tell me it ain't here++
 
 
 
 It's like a rollercoaster,going up and down
 
 life's a pun
 
 sentences by a gun
 
 and babies die innocently
 
 so i suppose
 
 i lost de solution
 
 to the world's problems
 
 and de end is near
 
 as prophets say
 
 we're living the last day
 
 in a vacuum
 
 about to be consume
 
 by fire..
 
 
 
 
 
 --peace out
 
 
 
 The boy drops the microphone and walks away.he's got a strong
 
 joint. the words cascades down the minds of the audience,so many
 
 words in one rap song.the appreciation follows him all the way back to
 
 his seat.the girls are clamoring for his autograph.he signs and sighs.he
 
 looks up and see JOHN ROETT and MICKEY HULSMIER calling him over to sit
 
 with them. He knows,now,he has arrive and will soon take off again.
 
 
 
 
 
 MC: SERIOUUUUUSS ...SERIOUSSSSS...he's got it going on..now Puffy
 
 Combs gotta come and see what's happening in de caribbean.we got some
 
 talent here tonight.just imagine what's happening on the street corners
 
 of dese islands.. i'm being signalled here.. yeah ..ok.. ok folks ..we
 
 are taking a 15 minute break..refreshments are being served in the
 
 back..go get it and be back soon...ok
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Veronica is overwhelm.In her American world she only believed what
 
 she saw on television.when they show JAMAICA they show shanty towns and
 
 huricanes.Tonight was an eye opener.They was so much talent on display
 
 here.she,too,wanted to sing. she search through her head for a
 
 song,found it and went to see the  D.J.she would be the forth performer
 
 after intermission.The D.J. wanted to keep the love songs apart from
 
 each other.She was happy.She looks at her watch. It reads 5.06pm.she
 
 wanted Duawee to see her on stage.She wasn't hungry,but needed something
 
 to wet her throat.Standing in the queue(line) to get the drink,she
 
 notices Brian and Ingrid holding each other.They make a wonderful
 
 couple.she,also sees some familar faces from the party.she reaches the
 
 bar and ask for water and a lime.The barman only has water;he's out of
 
 lime.
 
 Veronica: well..den gimmuh some mauby.
 
 (Veronica's first bajan words-spoken like a true Bajan-American)
 
 
 
 She feels very relieve after the words fell from her lips.she takes the
 
 mauby-drink and walks away.Her strides have a little bounce in them,like
 
 the Caribbean girl she is becoming.She sees Duawee coming through the
 
 side door.he's alone. not a Wendy in sight.He squeezes his way towards
 
 her .hugs  and smiles.
 
 
 
 Duawee: what's going on here? there are so many cars outside. i had to
 
 park some distance from here.is the video shoot over?
 
 Veronica; yes,its over.it was done really well. a nice concept.we are
 
 now in another room watching a talent show.Ingrid was on earlier. she
 
 surprised everyone,including me.There she is, over there with Brian and
 
 one of the men who put on the show.
 
 
 
 Duawee;I see them...so many people in here..what's that you're
 
 drinking.can i have some? i have to tell you something later(sips) oh
 
 this is mauby..Veronica you are becoming a mauby junkie--(laughs)
 
 
 
 Veronica: let's go sit near the front.
 
 
 
 They walk to the seats where they are joined by Brian and Ingrid..a
 
 few shake hands and the show is getting on the way again.
 
 ..SHOWTIME..
 
 
 
 
 
 MC; we're back baby..nuff songs and poems to come..the next performer
 
 will be .. MAD Q  from London Egland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 MAD Q on stage..hey..
 
 
 
 Mad Q:  cor blimey..here i am on stage...awright  uh ready..you ready
 
 fuh me..then let's go..the name of the song is RUM DRINKER.
 
 
 
 SONG:  RUM DRINKER..cc 1998 ..WRITTEN BY Mark Quinton..(D.Young)
 
 (a slow calypso beat)
 
 
 
 well even i is as an englisman
 
 i know how fuh to handle me rum]
 
 pour me a rum and coke
 
 yuh know i en gine choke
 
 then i gine wuk up real bad
 
 pon uh woman,mek she man mad
 
 coz dem can't wine like me
 
 uh big bouncy and fat belly
 
 so go tell Fingall
 
 tuh tek some epsom salts
 
 den come test me
 
 leh we seh who got de belly
 
 
 
 
 
 (CHORUS)  i gine drink de rum
 
 tumble upside down
 
 get up and geh two juks
 
 wid muh big guts
 
 getting all de jams
 
 yes i's de  wuk-up Englishman
 
 and uh drinking muh rum
 
 and no..yuh can't get none.
 
 uh drink
 
 den uh jam
 
 den uh fall down
 
 i's de wuk-up englishman
 
 
 
 
 
 skinning muh teet
 
 and i wearing uh speedo
 
 down broad street
 
 why,coz somebody bet me bro.
 
 i gine wine by cave shepherd
 
 where de boys does lime
 
 whu.. whu dah yuh seh
 
 no more liming
 
 duh mashing up another pastime
 
 muh song can't rhyme
 
 widout a lime.
 
 
 
 
 
 (chorus) i gine drink me rum.
 
 **(repeat)**
 
 
 
 
 
 CAPTAIN  MORGAN   NOOOOOO
 
 BICARDI   TOO SLOWWWWW
 
 COCKSPUR OR MOUNT GAY
 
 LOOKA I HAY
 
 i gine wid muh cockney self
 
 dress in a whistle and flute
 
 ok..in rhyming slang
 
 dah mean suit
 
 i gine pon de harbour master
 
 wid me boy..RASTA
 
 i gine whine
 
 i don't mind
 
 if i get push overboad
 
 just show me de sea backdoor
 
 or wunna gine witness
 
 a  drowning
 
 englishman
 
 drinking uh rum.
 
 
 
 
 
 chrous: gimma a rum
 
 gimma two den
 
 or i gine mek noise
 
 wid de tourist board
 
 about how wunna does
 
 treat we foreigners
 
 no hospitality nor respect
 
 fuh we rum drinking limeys
 
 to swear COR BLIMEY
 
 **(repeat --chorus)
 
 
 
 i gine  drink me rum
 
 tumble upside down....
 
 etc...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ___ends___
 
 
 
 
 
 Mad q has the crowd breaking up with laughter.his antics on
 
 stage,when he geh de two juks,has most of the women wondering^^^~how
 
 long he hay fuh~~ he does move sweet doh^^^
 
 
 
 
 
 MAD Q: uh got anudder wun..wunna ready..oh wunna din know uh could
 
 speak bajan..well i went school hay,my father born here,muh mudder
 
 elsewhere,,so wherever i go,first, i's a bajan ,then an Englishman. this
 
 nudder wun is a celebration fuh Andrea Blackette, we golden girl from de
 
 Commonwealth games..ok dj..set muh up.. ok.. on yuh march.. get ready
 
 ..get set...SIDDOWN ...yuh tink i's Edwin singing OBADELLE.this one is
 
 fuh de girl Dev tell we bout long time..de one wid de sexy running style
 
 jumping over hurdles...ok get ready again..on your march ..get set..
 
 go...wuk up wuk up...
 
 the music is fast and furious..it sounds like SQUARE ONE'S
 
 Raggamuffin,but with a (trip)hiphop grooove.mad q at the helm again.
 
 
 
 
 
 __-it continues___--
 
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