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‘Trouble’

sung by Vanessa Headley
composed by Vanessa Headley

produced by L.A. Records

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“Trouble”
Vanessa Headley
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)

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LYRICS

Verse 1

Dis year ah ready
Ready for d road
And dem cah stop me
Trouble overload
Dis year ah ready
Ah cool but ah deadly
Dis year ah ready
Ready for d road

Friends all around me
And we feeling nice
Problems and worries
Surely left behind
Ah moving with my team
So nothing cah phase me
If yuh think yuh could handle we
Better think it twice

Chorus

Trouble, trouble (x 2)
Ah whoa
Jus’ move out de way
Yuh know we doh play
Who not dead dey badly wounded
Sans Humanité

Verse 2

We causin’ ruction
Everywhere we go
No competition
Cuz we steal d show
Total destruction
Is d only mission
Total destruction
Cuz we doh make joke

Dis is a warning
We takin d streets
And we not joking
D battle is real
Dis is a warning
Everywhere we storming
Dis is a warning
We takin’ d streets

Chorus
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Verse 3

Before d sunrise
We done in a gear
D music is real vibes
Hands up in d air
Before d sunrise
10,000 done take flight
Before d sunrise
Come out if you dare

On d horizon
Doh pray to meet we
Strong like a Titan
Trouble guaranteed
Heart of a lion
In d riddim section
Behind a Steelband
Doh pray to meet we

Chorus

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Vanessa Headley
Vanessa Alexandra Headley

Vanessa Alexandra Headley was born into a musical family and started playing the Steelpan at the age of four. By age 12 she was afforded the opportunity to compose and arrange for her steelband Golden Hands, which was founded by her mother Franka Hills-Headley.

Vanessa has explored but not exhausted all the musical nuances of the Steelpan. As a soloist and ensemble member, composer and arranger she has won 85 championship trophies and awards, including placing first in the Caribbean in CSEC Music and being declared National Youth in the sphere of Arts and Culture in 2015.

After successfully arranging for her band for Junior Panorama for three years she was asked to arrange for Golden Hand’ first appearance in the National Panorama Small Band category in 2010. The band placed 2^nd and were subsequent finalists in the years that followed.

In 2015 she became the first artist to compose, sing and arrange a Panorama song - Pan In D Galaxy. This allowed her band Golden Hands to emerge as finalists in the Small Band category of the National Panorama.

Her compositions (including Young And Free, Push!), all written for Steelpan, truly reflect the musical versatility of the instrument.

This year Vanessa has decided to go off the beaten path of the Pan Song and has decided to infuse well-known Calypso lines in a percussive matrix reminiscent of the jab styling. The entire track - Trouble - is under girded with all the elements of an authentic Trinbagonian rhythm section.

This music was birthed in the studio of LA Records. In collaboration with producer Lyndon Andrews, the piece took on an exciting almost ominous life of its own. Percussionist Daniel Phillip added colour and driving rhythm while, Vanessa, herself did the vocals, steelpan chords and riffs.

The music reflects the energy and determination of musical creation that is exemplified by Trinidad & Tobago’s national artists as they prepare for Carnival’s Panorama, Calypso and Masquerades.

It’s not about winning. It’s about being you.