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Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2018 - HOME
sung by “Preacher”
composed by Alvin Daniell & Barnet “Preacher” Henry
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LYRICSVerse 1
A musical melody, tickling meh
fantasy
I just want to party, I just want
to party
Ah cyar lie down in meh bed,
Music
playing in meh head
I just want to party, I just want
to party
Celebrating life, without no pain
and strife
Is party tonight, and everything
awright
Ah feeling de heat, and ah cyar
retreat
Music sounding sweet, with de soca
beat.
Chorus
This is it!
This is how ah feting
This is it! This is how ah sweating
Ah jumping as ah want,
Ah wining as ah want
Ah drinking as ah want,
Ah grinding as ah want
This is it! This is what you ask for
This is it! So now ah making sure
Ah jamming as ah want
Ah flamming as ah want
Ah grooving as ah want
Ah moving as ah want
This it! (x 4)
Verse 2
Carnival is
time to roam,
Leaving all meh stress at home
I just want to party, I just want
to party
When de soca music play,
Ah does feel to breakaway
I just want to party, I just want
to party
Whether soca band, or even a
steelband
When de deejay blast,
Ah want to play meh mas
Ah feeling de heat,
And ah cyar retreat
Music sounding sweet, with de soca
beat.
Chorus
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Reprise
Celebrating
life, without no pain and strife
Is party tonight, and everything
awright
Ah feeling de heat, and ah cyar
retreat
Music sounding sweet, with de soca
beat.
Chorus
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For 2018, Alvin Daniell and Barnet “Preacher” Henry have collaborated to produce a soca-flavoured song which has the potential of serving the pan arrangers and the soca lovers for the party. With the current trend of the steel pan arrangers being attracted to popular soca songs with a catchy melody and uptempo rhythms, the duo has composed with that in mind. The song This Is It! says it all in one of the lines of the chorus – “this is what you asked for.” Preacher, a former road march champion, plans to be in Trinidad for Carnival 2018 and is expected to perform at one of the local tents.
Alvin C. Daniell - Engineer, Cultural Researcher, Television Presenter, Composer and Music Producer comprise the disciplines of this individual. In the pan world he is best known for his lyrical work with some of the top pan arrangers in Trinidad and Tobago. These include Ray Holman (Pan on the Move, Pan on the Run); Len “Boogsie” Sharpe (Mind Yuh Business, Misbehave); Pelham Goddard (Parade, Play My Music, Good News, A Happy Song); Brian “Bean” Griffith (Trini Know How, Pure Party, How We Coming – 2011); Don Clarke (Can’t Get Enough, Momentum – 2011). He has also worked with Edwin Pouchet to produce several hits such as Thunder Coming, First in de Line, Battle Zone, It’s Showtime!, Gie Dem Tempo, Keshorn – The Javelin Champion, Shock Attack and We Are Conquerors, among others.
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