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Intro 1
No drugs ingested,
only fish digested!
Kirani!
Verse 1
A champion performance,
Yes a dream
come true
For Kirani family and
country too,
A passion for running,
so humble in winning,
Lightning
records making and breaking,
Respect
to the champion
Smile for everyone
to see,
Really true Gouyavearian
Loved by his nation
Blessed with God-given talent
With style and class he
represent we
Kirani sprinting to
victory.
Chorus
400 metres, 400 metres, 400 metres,
400
He running fast, lighting fast,
Yes
he running fast 400 dash
He running
fast,
He running fast, running fast.
400 metres, 400 metres, 400 metres,
400
He’s the best in the world
He is out
of control,
Discipline and working
- only gold he winning
Intro 2
Fly Kirani, fly
Kirani, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly
Verse 2
Dominating de tracks, all de way to
de top
With strength and heart,
Put Grenada on de map
Spectators
observing,
Applauding and screaming,
Some say he’s faster than the sound
of wind
He’s the fastest human,
Born on The Lance, St. John
A man on a
mission,
Proud of where he come
from,
There is no question
He is the
champion of champions
Kirani, yes he
is de number one.
Chorus
Verse 3
First time he
shock the world,
Then was only gold
He’s a winner - the great jaguar,
He win gold in Daegu, he win gold in
England
Even Boston, Germany and Poland
Ah pleasure to watch him
As he cross de finish line
So conscious and focused,
Winning on his mind
So much joy and happiness
Our nation is so greatly blessed,
Kirani, touch by de Almighty.
Chorus
Adlib
Kirani, Kirani,
Kirani
Congratulations on your Olympic
Gold, Kirani!!
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“400 Metres”
Burgess “Quako” McPhie
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Robert K.
Cadet |
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Drummer, steelband
musician, arranger
and composer Robert
K. Cadet, Sr. was
born in Grenada,
W.I. and lived in
St. Paul’s parish.
Playing for the
local village band
Commancheros Steel
Orchestra, Cadet
developed a love for
Pan where he played
bass pan, and was
also the drummer. He
was given the name
“Toes” from playing
the drums on the tip
of his toes. Not too
long after, while
accompanying
Commancheros on
tours, Cadet started
arranging music for
the band. He was
subsequently
recruited as
arranger for a new
band in 1975, which
would eventually go
on to be called
Toyota All Stars.
Across the ocean in
New York that same
year, Cadet’s skill
set as a drummer
once again came into
play for the
legendary
Brooklynaires Steel
Orchestra as their
Panorama drummer,
when the band won
the New York
Panorama
championship – all
this at age
seventeen. A mere
two years later,
then-nineteen
year-old Cadet would
cop his first and
only Panorama title,
this with Toyota All
Stars, back in
Grenada. The
illustrious musician
was also a one-time
member of then-Amoco
Renegades in
Trinidad for two
years, where he
played double second
and also doubled as
the stage side
drummer for the
band. He eventually
settled in New York,
playing for local
brass bands of the
day and also spent
20-plus years in the
USMC (United States
Marine Corps).
Cadet, Sr. then
returned to Grenada,
taking his son,
Robert Cadet, Jr.
home to play with
the band he grew up
with, Commancheros.
The elder Cadet was
hired upon his
return to arrange
for a band called
Florida All Stars.
In 2009 when that
stint was up, along
with his son and a
friend, they decided
to form their own
band. A
non-sponsored steel
orchestra, they
purchased all the
instruments out
their own pocket
from Gill’s Pan shop
in Trinidad. After a
year of buying Pans
and racks, the band
entered the Grenada
National Panorama
competition for the
first time where the
band placed second.
Cadet composes all
of his own music,
co-writing the
lyrics with one of
Pan Ossia’s owners,
Burgess “Quako”
McPhie.
Bio
by C. Phillips
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For
Grenada’s 2012 Panorama season, Robert K. Cadet, Sr. & Burgess McPhie have penned the track featured here,
400 Metres, sung by McPhie. Co-composer Cadet is also the arranger for Grenada’s Pan Ossia Steel Orchestra, the band performing
400 Metres in the national Panorama competition. Pan Ossia placed second in last year’s event.
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2012 Panorama
Selection for
Grenada’s Pan Ossia
Steel Orchestra -
Grenada National
Panorama
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‘400 Metres’
