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Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2016 - HOME
sung by The Original De Fosto Himself
composed by Winston Scarborough
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LYRICSVerse 1
Is Panorama
again - “Fosto” Panorama again
Steel band want more money - More
money
This invention to be made
and from whence we know when it came
More money - More money
Much more
incentive must be given to our
panist
For tonight - tonight we
won every battle come what may
We
are the Mecca yes and the order
So come on Mister Provider
One
million is ah smoke - Two million is
ah joke
Three million now we note
- Four million is the anti - dote
Chorus 1
This is the
greatest invention for the world to
see
Sweden cannot believe that is
the price
Japan and Germany come
to interview we
London and Canada
likewise
I say hats off to Ellie
Mannette - Ray Holman and Jit
Samaroo
“Boogsie” Sharpe - Smooth
Edwards and Clive Bradley too
As
ah man more the same -
They will tell
you who to blame
In this land of
its birth - what a shame
Verse 2
We come into
town - Jamming down this song
Even noise as we go along - Panmen
want more money
United we stand
divided we fall - So I calling on one
and all
More money - More money
I am forever at your side Mr. Panist
Tell me how much time for you I
raise the bar
We want to put all
the money in place
For the
greatest invention make haste
One
million is ah smoke - Two million is
ah joke
Three million now we note
- Four million is the anti - dote
Chorus
Verse 3
Don't forget
the pan pioneers -
Who sacrifice
their blood sweat and tears
They
want more money - More money
The
labour of love is what pave the way
I can hear their voices today
Singing more money - More money
Do not disappoint them this time
Mister Divider
Pan Trinbago what
are you going to do
Have been
beaten around the border
Is
either now or never
One million
is ah smoke - Two million is ah joke
Three million now we note - Four
million is the anti - dote
Chorus
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The Original De Fosto Himself
Winston Scarborough is considered by many to be one of the all-time great composers of steelband ‘Panorama tunes.’
A performer artist himself, 2016 will mark the 38th year that Trinidad & Tobago’s Winston Scarborough (The Original De Fosto 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 De Fosto’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.
The last several years continued to be fruitful for The Original De Fosto Himself, with the release of such hits as “Smooth Sailing;” “A Raging Storm;” “In She Rainorama;” In De Minor and “Boogsie Sharpe.”
For the 2016 steelband Panorama
season “De Fosto” is
back with
D Greatest
Invention, the
track featured here.
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