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MADE US ALL
If you are a Negro you can plainly see,
That you’re bound to suffer misery and tyranny,
If you are a Negro you can plainly see,
That you’re bound to suffer misery and tyranny,
But we all should be race conscious and always be,
Living in unity and tranquillity,
For God made us all and in him we trust,
Nobody in this world is better than us.
We are not against white people in any way,
For they made us what we are today,
We must offer thanks to Abraham Lincoln,
Queen Victoria and Booker T. Washington,
We are now in a world of civilization,
And yet there is so much discrimination,
But God made us all and in him we trust,
Nobody in this world is better than us.
Now listen what I am outlining to you,
Negro fought in World War One and Two,
Some lose their lives, other lose they hand,
We fought gallantly for the United Nation,
So if Negro are good enough to fight,
I don’t see why we can’t have equal rights,
For God made us all and in him we trust,
Nobody in this world is better than us.
Yes, we ought to unite with one another,
As the scripture say, to love thy neighbour,
If you are a Jew or an Italian,
A Negro, or a subject of Great Britain,
This is what I want you to realize,
Six feet of earth make us all of one size,
For God made us all and in him we trust,
Nobody in this world is better than us.
Yes, I heard they speaking of democracy,
That is only diplomacy and hypocrisy,
It is about time they should be cut out,
The way some Negro are treated down South,
In my opinion it is a burning shame,
Like they want to bring slavery again,
For God made us all and in him we trust,
Nobody in this world is better than us.
One
of the worst atrocities it ever had,
I must state is that of Isaac Woodard,
A Negro soldier who served four years in the army,
He was beaten so mercilessly,
[…] to tell you-
I cannot say why,
He was beaten by a cop, who dug out his eye,
But God made us all and in him we trust,
Nobody in this world is better than us.
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RUM AND
COCA-COLA
And,
when the Yankee first went to Trinidad,
Some of the young girls were more than glad,
They say the Yankee treat them nice,
And they give them a better price.
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They buy rum and coca-cola,
Went down Point Cumana,
Both mothers and daughters,
Working for their Yankee dollars. (Bis)
Ah,
look I had a little chick the other day,
But her mother came and took her away,
Herself, her mother and her sisters,
Went in a cab with some soldiers.
Chorus
They have some aristos
In Port-of-Spain,
I know a lot, but I won’t call name,
And in the day they won’t give you a right,
But you could see them with the foreigners late at night,
Drinking
Chorus
I know
a couple who got married one afternoon,
And was to go Miami on their honeymoon,
But the bride run away with a soldier lad,
And the stupid husband went staring mad.
Chorus.
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YANKEES
GONE
Yankees
gone and Sparrow take over
Things
bad, if you see them cry
Not a sailor in town, the night clubs dry
Only West Indians like me or you
Going to get a drink or two
And as we have things back in control
I seeking revenge with my heart and soul
Brother, when I spread the news around
Is to see all them saga boys in town
Just to bounce up.
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Jean
and Dinah, Rosita and Clementina
Round the corner posing
Bet your life is something they selling
And if you catch them broken
You can get it all for nothing
Don’t make a row
Since the Yankees gone
Sparrow take over now.
It’s
the glamour boys again
We are going to rule Port-of-Spain
No more Yankee to spoil the fete
Dorothy have to take what she get
All of them who use to make style
Well, they glad for anything with a smile
No more hotel to rest your head
By the sweat of thy brow
You shall eat bread.
Chorus
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