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Verse
1
“Oh gorm!”
Ah fella bawl out like Sprangalang
“Oh gorm!”
It was a man from a big
steelband
Shot call -
ah fella stan’ up and start to cuss
How come -
they gih the first prize
to Exodus
Well they come from the East
and
they play like they mad
And they wheel and they tumble
And when the dust done clear
and the
marks declare
Big men start to grumble
Even the Lord Kitchener
start to
make he manema
He say “They can’t catch we
so next year Panorama
Tell them boys
they have to beg for
they supper”
We coming, and it’s doye doye doye
doye doye doye
doye
doye doye Doye
Doye
Chorus
When you see we
come down
Tell them war declare in de town
Is dus’ in deh face! Dus’ in deh
face!
Guns will be blasting for sure
In this musical war - Dus’ in deh
face!
Ah tell yuh dus’ in deh face!
Ah telling yuh, we looking for
fight,
it’s trouble tonight
We feeling alright, it’s a panman’s
war
Yes me breddah
We come out for war, to settle a
score
The tenors sawed off
so it’s booyaka, booyaka Aye mama
Dus’ - in deh face - is dus’ in deh face
- is dus,’ in deh face -
is Dus’ Dus’! Dus’! Aye’!
Verse 2
Big fete,
like the
whole of the East
gone mad
People, the traffic police had
it hard
Prancing -
mama they get on like leggo beast
Boasing, how they proud
to be from
the East
They say, “Tell Port of Spain
we
coming again
That was a warm up”
And then they went down to Point,
they mash up the joint
The lick-up was non-stop.
Respect now is what we want
Dey cyah take we light again
We ain’t taking no prisoners, so
sorry
We soaking we belt in cut tail pee
So when we reach,
it go be whap whap
whap whap
whap whap whap Aye!
Chorus
Bridge
Will the judges give we first place
tonight?
The count was slow
but I still feel we play alright
Yuh think the ‘Radoes beat we’?
Renegades and Pamberi’?
Ah like the things
ah hear that
Bradley do
Ah hear Tan Yuk doh like we
And Merle Albino funny
You think that Exodus could make it
two’?
Verse 3
All Stars, Desperadoes
and Renegades
Quiet -
but they sharpening their
music blades
Fonclaire, de Phase and de Humming
Bird
Waiting, for the Judges to gih the
word
And Lincoln and Bertie and Birdie
and Co.
They love the bacchanal
Dem whey tune the Pans
Now dey watching de jam
In this panist carnival
Now it come to this
after two
months of labour
Living on nuts and corn from dust
‘til dawn
We must refuse, to think ‘bout lose
Nobody could beat we
Ah tell you - nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah - No!
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“Dus’ in Dey Face”
David Rudder
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David Rudder
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David Rudder was
born in Belmont,
Trinidad on May 6,
1953. One of nine
children, he spent
much of his early
childhood with his
grandmother, a
spiritual Baptist,
growing up near a
pan yard and a
Shango yard, in a
neighbourhood where
boys dreamed of
being entertainers.
It was at school
that he discovered
how much art,
painting and
sculpture really
interested him.
Rudder began singing
at the age of 11
with a group called
The Solutions. In
1977, he joined the
brass band Charlie’s
Roots and began
charting his musical
career.
In the early days,
Rudder acquired a
reputation as a
back-up singer in
the calypso tent run
by Lord Kitchener,
while earning his
living as an
accountant with the
Trinidad Bus
Company. Rudder’s
first big break came
when Christopher "Tambu"
Herbert, lead singer
with Charlie’s
Roots, fell ill
after an exhausting
tour of Guyana and
suggested his friend
Rudder as a
temporary
replacement. Rudder
stayed on as a
co-lead singer, and
built a reputation
for his
scintillating
performances. His
exposure to Shango
and the Pan Yards
influenced his
music, he was also
influenced by Jazz
and African artists
such as Yossou
N’Dour, Alpha Blondy.
He is known as one
of the few band
singers who wrote
all his own songs. |
Pelham Goddard |
Pelham Goddard’s
years of hard work
and extraordinary
accomplishments have
been recognized by
the Trinidad &
Tobago government
with Pelham Goddard
receiving one of the
twin-island
republic’s highest
awards, the
Hummingbird Silver
Medal, along with
many others
including the
Sunshine Award for
arranging and
producing. Pelham
Goddard continues to
brew up a storm of
hits and
arrangements in his
studio, as resident
arranger for Exodus
Steel Orchestra and
abroad.
In 1972 put his mark
on the National
Lottery 3rd
World Steel
Orchestra’s hits
like
Gold and
American Patrol,
and the results
sated on the charts
for weeks, and also
went over well in
North America.
The name Pelham
Goddard can be found
in numerous album
credits of musical
heavyweights such as
the late Ras Shorty
I (formerly known as
Lord Shorty) and
other calypso
legends like Mighty
Shadow, Mighty
Sparrow, Calypso
Rose, Super Blue,
Singing Francine and
also Charlie’s
Roots. In his
years he has also
combined his talents
with those of Ed
Watson and the late
Art de Couteau.
In 1986 Pelham
arranged David
Rudder’s music,
giving Rudder the
crown for every
calypso competition
he entered. Pelham
is the only musician
in history whose
arrangements won
thirteen ‘Road
Marches.’
More on Pelham
Goddard
Bio edited by C.
Phillips
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