Verse 1
All ah
them like dey getting kicks With
dey stupid pan politics While de
panman and woman working without a
cent Experiment (real patient)
And development (true commitment)
To the steelpan de national
instrument More than three
scores and ten of tradition Our
fore fathers to this nation
Dedication Since the 40’s we have
toil from dusk till dawn
Chorus
Gypsy what
wrong with yuh head Like yuh
goin out yuh mind Why yuh want to
take the panman small bread Boy
yuh steppin out a line Why yuh
want to do de panman dat 4
million and more yuh gave to Sat
What about the nation’s instrument
Cutting out we little employment
All yuh want to do my friend is to
kill the pan movement We watchin
yuh Panmen sayin to yuh No
Gypsy Leave de money We does work
real hard for steelband* (1) to
leave dey yard Gypsy (repeat up to
steelband*) (2) leave dey yard
Gypsy leave de small money
Verse 2
In the islands
of T&T Carnival is an industry
That does bring a lot ah money in
this country One billion (one
billion) To the nation (fix the
panman) What about those who
really make it happen Is the pan
and the mas and the calypso Who
does work real real hard for big
show Show some respect
Chorus
Gypsy what
wrong with yuh head Like yuh goin
out yuh mind Why yuh want to take
the little blackboy bread Boy
yuh steppin out a line Why yuh
want to do de panman dat 4
million and more yuh gave to Sat
What about the nation’s instrument
Cutting out we little employment
All yuh want to do my friend is to
kill the pan movement We watchin
yuh Panmen sayin to yuh No
Gypsy Leave de money We does work
real hard for steelband to leave dey
yard (repeat) leave dey yard Gypsy
leave de small money.
Verse 3
The
steelpan is an invention From
some people like Spree Simon Tony
Williams and all the brothers who
gave a hand Is fire (is fire)
Wind and water (plenty water) It
does take to make the steelpan
answer Now the world they now
know of the steelpan Yet we don’t
want to show to the panman
Appreciation For the work that he
has done for this great land
Chorus
Gypsy what
wrong with yuh head Like yuh goin
out yuh mind Why yuh want to take
the panman small bread Boy yuh
steppin out a line Why yuh want
to do de panman dat 4 million
and more yuh gave to Sat What
about the nation’s instrument
Cutting out we little employment
All yuh want to do my friend is to
kill the pan movement We watchin
yuh Panmen sayin to yuh No
Gypsy Leave de money We does work
real hard for steelband to leave dey
yard (repeat) leave dey yard Gypsy
leave de small money.
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