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‘An Intervention of Hope
(Lives Have Been Saved)’

sung by “The Original DeFosto Himself”
composed by Winston Scarborough

   

 

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LYRICS

Verse 1
Right or wrong – weak or strong -all I know – lives have been saved
My country – sweet T&T- the people say - lives have been saved
Should we have continued to ignore this call - for the greater good of all
Should we continue to allow - Trinbago to fall
This lockdown and curfew -some may disagree - and the state of emergency.

Chorus
But I am happy – for the lives we saved recently - hear me
Very happy - the crime rate gone down in T&T (Mamie Oh)

Verse 2
The crime was out of hand – mashing up we land - now I’m seeing- lives have been saved
We must take a stand – and do what we can - is now or never - lives have been saved
So many people are resting safely - without a gun shot or tyranny
So many families are home - with their loved ones tonight
Though some people losing their jobs nightly - and for that I am not happy

Chorus
But I am happy - for the lives we saved recently Hear me – very happy – the crime rate gone down in T&T

Verse 3
Trinbago yuh nice – Trinbago yuh sweet - oh my Trinity - lives have been saved
We want back we paradise - and freedom to walk the street -yes my Trinity - lives have been saved
I want to thank the powers that be - Kamla - the police - and the army
Please don’t forget them big bandits in jackets and tie
The drug trade - bigger than you and me - that had people wild - on a killing spree

Chorus
But I am happy - for the lives we saved recently
Hear me – very happy – the crime rate gone down in T&T

Tag
Lives have been saved - lives have been saved
I am happy – for the lives we saved recently - tell them for me
Lives have been saved - lives have been saved
So very happy – the crime rate gone down in T&T (repeat)
Lives have been saved - lives have been saved
I am happy – for the lives we saved recently - tell them for me
Lives have been saved - lives have been saved
So very happy – the crime rate gone down in T&T (repeat)


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“An Intervention of Hope - Lives Have Been Saved”
The Original DeFosto Himself

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Winston Scarborough is considered by many to be one of the all-time great composers of steelband ‘panorama tunes.’

A performer artiste himself, 2012 will mark the 34th year that Trinidad & Tobago’s Winston Scarborough (The Original DeFosto Himself - as he loves to be called) has been singing calypsos.  For him it was an uphill struggle to be recognized by the fraternity and public at large.

Abandoned by both his parents at the young age of 6 months, Scarborough was sent to the Tacarigua Orphanage in east Trinidad where he remained until age 17.  The experience in the orphanage would place an indelible stamp on him.

One of the most important aspects of DeFosto’s work as a calypsonian is the tributes he has paid in song to many of Trinidad & Tobago’s cultural icons; the late Lord Kitchener (calypsonian Aldwyn Roberts) would be one such with whom people are most familiar. 

For 2010 The Original DeFosto Himself dropped two big musical ‘bombshells’ for Panorama: “Smooth Sailing” and “Pan on Fire.”  In 2011 he came back strong once more with “A Raging Storm;” “In She Rainorama;” “Desperadoes Coming Down” and “More Money for Pan.”

And there is no shortage of DeFosto’s commentary for the 2012 panorama season, including this track featured here “An Intervention of Hope (Lives Have Been Saved).”

Edited by C. Phillips

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