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‘The Invitation’

sung by Nicole Greaves
composed by Kenneth Charles

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“The Invitation”
Nicole Greaves
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)

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LYRICS

Oh yeah! Oh yeah!

Verse 1

Why you staying away so long,
Tell me what's really wrong
We have crime down here,
Please don't show no fear it's everywhere
We have good things down here too,
Pelau, crab and callaloo
Doh forget we have Pan, and ah Island full ah woman

Chorus

When you get here,
We going to have so much fun
Ah tell you fun, fun, fun
When you get here
People of the sun in we glory
This Invitation to you from we (YES!)

Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Come dance with meh
Come dance with me
Come wine with meh
Come lime with meh

Verse 2

There is plenty party, my friend
We feting till the end
This is a good time, boy come down and lime
You will be fine
Curry duck and Curry goat
Hot pepper to bun your throat
And we have so much more
We go fete until yuh foot sore

Chorus

So when you get here,
We going to have so much fun
Ah tell you fun, fun, fun
When you get here,
people of the sun in we glory
This Invitation to you from we

Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
come dance with meh
Shake it up (x 3)

Verse 3

We have NAPA, SAPA to call
In there no fete at all
It is only fear, you should come down here
Boy pack up yuh gear
The board walk is here for you
And the water front too
This Island is so Small
Everyone come and have a ball

Chorus

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Nicole Greaves

Nicole Greaves has been a well-known voice around the Trinidad and Tobago Soca scene for over a decade. Nicole was one of the main female voices behind the popular Soca band Surface. Then to prove her versatility, in 2010 Nicole ventured into the calypso arena for the first time, singing one of Carlisle Michael Bailey’s compositions, “Where The Lions Are.”

Nicole was first runner up in the Calypso Queen competition, and was also a finalist in the national calypso monarch competition of that year. Because of her sweet voice and great range, she has always been in great demand by producers and other artistes alike, for work with studio background vocals.

In 2013 Nicole Greaves was at the forefront on Hammer Time and My Sweet Tenor Man and in 2014 she was heard on Pan Scandal. In 2015 and 2016 she delivered Doh Leh Meh Go and The Spirits of The Past, respectively.

Nicole is back for the Panorama 2017 season with the track The Invitation, featured here.

Kenneth Charles

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