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Intro
Ah cyah
wait doh
Ah cyah wait to jam
Gim meh room so
Gim meh room to jam
Ah cyah wait doh
Ah cyah wait to jam
Jam, Jam, Jam, Jam, Jam,
Jam, Jam, Jam,
Jam.
Verse 1
Ah was
lying down in meh bed
Notes start jumping round in meh head
So ah write a song
Can’t go into de panyard
Stand by my window ah feeling sad
everything seems wrong
Crime get so out of hand
that we even had curfew
Ah want to hear it from the band
And ah don't know what to do
Steelpan music inside of my head
Cyah go out and ah feeling weird
When ah cyah be with meh steelband
Ah does get on dread,
Really dread boy, really dread,
Really dread boy, really dread,
Really dread, really dread, dread, dread,
dread, dread.
Chorus
Ah hundred giants cyah
even block me
(When ah want to play Pan)
Nothing out there could even stop me
(When ah want to play Pan)
Ah hundred giants cyah even block me
(When ah want to play Pan)
Nothing out there could even stop me
(Reach in yard, reach in yard)
When de players come together
It does be much stronger
Right now I’m at home
Ah cyah do this alone
Ah cyah wait to go in de pan yard
De curfew thing have meh really sad
Jam de SOE and de curfew with
Pan, pan, pan, pan pan
Verse 2
Meh good
friend reach up by me
With he tenor pan and ready
More players start to come
Everybody feeling hungry
To jam this Pan melody
They really love this song
Now we have an orchestra
Right inside meh living room
and we sounding sweeter
As players perfect de tune
Now is a celebration
We have sweet music going down
Everybody feeling de vibe
when they
start to jam
(Leh we jam now), leh we jam
(Leh we jam now), leh we jam
Leh we jam, leh we jam,
Jam, jam, jam, jam.
Chorus
Intro
Verse 3
Curfew done and we
feeling glad
We could take it to de pan yard
Now players gone insane
De music jamming so hard
Everybody saying it bad
It sweet like sugar cane
De Bass section breakaway
Fire blazing on de drum
While de tenors ramajay
And de guitars start to strum
Ironmen intense - de rhythm
And so did to conga drum
Fire in de hole - this one here could blow like ah
bomb
(Drop de bomb song), Like ah bomb,
(Drop de bomb song), Like ah bomb
Like ah bomb, Like ah bomb,
bomb, bomb bomb, bomb.
Chorus
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“Cyah Wait Tuh Jam”
Myron B
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Myron
B
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The Incredible Myron
B is a young singer/
songwriter and music
producer who started
his professional entertainment
career in 2000 at the
Yangatang calypso tent.
He became an instant
hit among tent goers.
In 2001 he moved on
to the Maljo Kaiso Humorous
Calypso Tent from where,
in 2002 and 2004 he
captured the National
Humorous Calypso Monarch
title.
In 2004 Myron B started
his own entertainment
company, Incredible
Entertainment Limited,
producing from there
all his songs and music
videos, in addition
to doing production
work for other artistes.
He released four albums:
“MIC BRASS ACTION” in
2005, “MANY MOODS OF
ME” in 2006, and “SOCA
PARANG BACCHANAL” in
2007 among a growing
list of singles.
The Incredible Myron
B has also become a
force to be reckoned
with during the Christmas
season with his cleverly
crafted humorous Soca
Parang and Christmas
songs that have won
him a lot of acclaim.
Myron released his first
solo Christmas album
“MY CRAZY CHRISTMAS”
for the 2009 Christmas
season, which featured
his past soca parang
hits along with some
new tracks.
Whether on CD, DVD or
at live performances,
The Incredible Myron
B always injects a unique
brand of humor that
leaves his listeners/audiences
begging for more.
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Avis
Bruce:
Ms. Bruce is a professional
Steelpan musician, arranger,
composer and music teacher.
She has been a member
of the present Trinidad
and Tobago National
Steel Symphony Orchestra
from its inception;
in addition she was
a member of the former
Trinidad and Tobago
National Steel Orchestra.
Avis is currently reading
for her Bachelors in
Musical Arts at the
University of the West
Indies in Trinidad.
For the
2010 panorama season
Avis collaborated with
Amrit Samaroo, composing
a song titled
Somewhere
In Tobago vocalized
by Steve Sealy. Two
steel orchestras in
the medium band category,
both from Tobago - Dixieland
and West Side Symphony,
went to the Panorama
competition with the
song.
For Panorama
2011, Avis composed
another song -
Pantrix
- again sung by Steve
Sealy and produced by
Kareem Brown. Two bands
played “Pantrix” - Tobago’s
West Side Symphony and Uni Stars, a single
pan band. Avis Bruce
and Kareem Brown co-arranged
the song for Uni Stars
which placed 7th in
the finals of that category.
Her musical
collaboration for the
2012 season with producer/arranger
Kareem Brown resulted
in the new song Cyah
Wait Tuh Jam. The lyrics
were written by both
Avis and Christopher
Morris who is himself
an accomplished songwriter. Cyah
Wait Tuh Jam is
vocalized by The Incredible
Myron B, brother of
Avis Bruce. Both Tobago’s
West Side Symphony and Uni Stars would be playing
this composition for
Panorama season
2012.
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Kareem
Brown:
Kareem Einstein
Brown - panist,
arranger, soloist,
composer, producer
and transcriber
began his
professional career
from a very early
age. Displaying a
keen interest in
music, Kareem took
to his father’s
career choice of
musician. He started
his arranging in the
band Highlanders
which hailed from
Laventille under the
leadership of the
late Mervin James.
Simultaneously
Kareem started
playing Pan with the
renowned
Port-of-Spain steel
orchestra Trinidad
All Stars.
Kareem has arranged
for steelbands such
as Success Stars Pan
Sounds, Laventille
Pashphonics Steel
Orchestra, Courts
Sound Specialists of
Laventille, TCL
Group Skiffle Brunch
and Lydian Steel
Orchestra. He is
currently arranging
for Laventille’s Uni
Stars Pan Orchestra
and Westside Steel
Symphony in Tobago.
Kareem has been the
captain of the
National Steel
Symphony Orchestra
from 2008 to date
and is presently the
lead soloist. He is
currently at the
University of the
West Indies (UWI)
reading for a Degree
in Musical Arts and
also received a
scholarship from the
Music Literacy Trust
for his studies at
UWI.
Kareem won 3rd place
for his composition
“Tempest” in the Musicanova
competition, and he
also captured the
Junior Panorama
title for his Alma
Mata in 2003 with
their rendition of
“Trini to the bone.”
2003 was his year
because he also
claimed the Pan Down
Memory Lane title,
arranging “Careless
Whisper” for
Pasphonic Steel
Orchestra.
Kareem is also an
accomplished
producer having
worked with Aisha
Samuel who won the
2003 Junior Soca
Monarch competition.
Over the years
Kareem has produced
and arranged songs
such as 2007’s
Band
from Space, 2009’s
Pan Baby, 2010’s
Somewhere In Tobago
and
Scratch Attack, 2011’s
Pantrix,
TKO
and
On The Bull
Track, along with
Play De Pan, Grand
Show Down in 2011
and this year’s Cyah
Wait Tuh Jam.
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Christopher
Morris:
Christopher “Chris”
Morris has been an
accomplished
songwriter, producer
and sound engineer
since 1980.
Christopher started
out working in JJ
Production in San
Fernando, Trinidad
under the
supervision of
Junior “Ibo” Joseph
during the years
2000-2006.
While with Joseph,
Christopher composed
a number of songs
for various Calypso,
Soca, Rapso and
Parang artists,
including 2000’s
“Sexy Body”
performed by Kurt
Allen and the band
Atlantic. Some of
the other artists
include Crazy,
Destra, Denise
Plummer, Scrunter
and Explainer to
name a few.
Christopher has also
put together
political campaign
theme songs,
building his
professional
recognition. In 2007
Christopher Morris
won “Best Groovy
Soca Composer” from
the COTT (Copyright
Organisation of
Trinidad & Tobago)
Awards with his
composition “Cold
Sweat” sung by
Crazy.
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