Verse 1
A pan man come out and telling me flat
“Is too much ah years, I really not taking that...”
“All the rumors of skull that people say
Dat Pan Trinbago was in
And how much mil-lion dol-lar debts they are in...”
His cry is “What dat have to do with we,
And in this modern time is like we playing for free,
Why we have to beg for we money - boy this is not funny
So yuh see next year doh play yuh looking for meeeee
Unless we fix dis panman catastrophe...”
Chorus
(We cannot take that - today
How can we fight back - today
Put way differences…
When would we come together
Wo ya yoe
Even doh it strange
We would make dat change
Joining together to make our voices be heard) x 2
Verse 2
Let’s see who will take up this fire rage
Because a lot of pan men in de place dey on de same page
When they say “No Panorama”
Some people say it shouldn’t ah have none
It’s like some big head take bribe in the foundation
“A thousand” dey take a whole year to pay
Now this “five hundred”
I don’t have nothing to say
Steel band movement lost its meaning
Because of segregation
Pan Trinbago alone can’t take the blame (No)
We ting in a mess boy, dis culture, I am so ashamed.
Chorus
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Verse 3
A panman say “Best I go and sing soca…
Because dis pan thing is too much ah suffering.”
“Imagine my band in a fete jammin’, jammin’ for all we money...
Benjai come, sing one song - and making more than we...”
“One soca monarch winner getting one million,
For Panorama, a large band get a million too,
If wasn’t for de sponsors how could we cover expenses
Man yuh see this thing, it really so unfair...
The thing getting worst, ah doh want to see what happen next year.”
Chorus
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Verse 4
A panman telling me ‘bout he story,
He cried “There’s many nights, ah come to practice hungry,
And many instance to come to practice I had to borrow,
Without shame, no sad face, but dat is real sorrow,
Doh talk ‘bout meh late pay comin’ from work...
And meh overdue of all of meh unpaid bills,
Every time yuh think about it,
We still playing pan for love,
Man yuh feel dem thief will ever get so far...
Jus’ like any game all unfairness does play over”
Simeon Superville
Hailing from Trinidad and Tobago, Simeon Superville aka has been a composer, producer, songwriter and arranger from 2009 to present. He remains consistent with calypso and being captain of band - which despite challenges remain a joy because of the love and passion he has for his music.
Replies
Aquil: It still early for CARNIVAL 2018. So take the man BACK in the STUDIO and POLISH UP THE SONG. But allyuh better CALL ME and leh meh help allyuh add some CALYPSO BRASSO!!!
Ah doh want to boast/but I could POLISH LYRICS the MOST/plus the RHYMING yuh see/need ah little help from ME ....
BOY Like i real big. PT get and official letter UWI about the pan factory. they in the office, blaming me. they say i does be up in UWI, so is i cause them to loss the factory. is probably i to who tell them don't pay their rent. lol
Aquil: I does only back REAL TALENT, yuh know!!! And I done give you my STAMP OF APPROVAL months ago. So THE SKY is YOUR LIMIT!!!
So is it OFFICIAL that they LOSS THE FACTORY?
i am doing and article. just gathering some more information.
YUH BIG SO, MR. ARRINDELL? Yuh could help somebody promote dey song?
Boy, I real underestimating you -- FOR SURE!!! FOR SURE!!!
I listened go this last night but did not get most of the words so i just left it at that.
Now you write the words and I am soo... soo happy to
understand it all. Thanks for helping me out here.
Brenda H.
Well, my very very GOOD FRIEND (BRENDA!!!), I have the UTMOST RESPECT for YOU as a CULTURE SUPPORTER for DECADES IN AMERICA. I hold you in the same HIGH ESTEEM as I hold GLENROY JOSEPH.
But as John Agitation would say: GETTING BACK TO THE SUBJECT OF THE MORNING ....
That is why I WITHHELD my critique. If you (AS A SUPREME CULTURE LOVER -- BORN AND GROW UP IN TRINIDAD) "did not get most of the words" ... then the fault -- my dear -- is not in YOUR EARS, but THE PRODUCTION!!!
Brenda H.
I thought that this was a fascinating attempt at a really good calypso. I don't want to critique it in detail because it will lose some of its purpose -- but this could have been a REAL BLOW AWAY CALYPSO with some collaboration.
Given all the DISCUSSIONS on WST on this topic -- I am thrilled to see the attempt!!!
Cecil Hinkson: The lines below are JUST FOR YOU!!!
Why we have to beg for we money - boy this is not funny
So yuh see next year [2018] doh play yuh looking for meeeee
Unless we fix dis panman catastrophe...”