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‘The Struggle My Name is Pan’

sung by Errol Greenidge
composed by Errol Greenidge

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“The Struggle My Name is Pan”
Errol Greenidge
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)

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LYRICS

Verse 1

My name is Pan I’m the Mystery Man
My name is Pan music from the garbage can
My name is Pan I was born in Trinidad
We are original in carnival, steel bands and calypso
And limbo.
My name is Pan I’m the Mystery Man
My name is Pan, music from a garbage can,
My name is Pan, I’m a self made man
With all my problems, dirty names people call me
With all my problems, thank God my mommy helped me
Growing up as a little boy playing pan was my joy
I would ask Santa for a pan for my toys
My daddy will object, “playing pan is for bad boys.”

Chorus 1

Pan solo

Verse 2

A boy I was bad I was not
Playing pan was better than smoking pot
I would hide my sticks when I go to practice
To avoid getting licks.
My mommy would say go, but don’t let your daddy know.

Chorus 2

Pan solo

Verse 3

Rain falling, thunder, lightening
I’ll sneak away to go practicing
As being a mystery has caused my suffering
Please ease my pain and put me in the ring so I can play and sing.

Chorus

Pan solo

Verse 4

Pan jamming, rhythm from the iron chiming
Music from the steel symphony vibrating my whole body
Hi people, pan music is roots,
Hi people, this is really the truth
Hi people, I want you to know
That Trinidad and Tobago is steel bands and calypso.

Verse 5

Pan solo

My name is Pan, my name is Pan, my name is Pan
I am the Mystery Man

Verse 6

My name is Pan, my name is Pan, my name is Pan
I am the Mystery Man

Pan solo


 
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