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‘Sweet Lime Energy’

sung by Anslem Douglas
composed by Brian “Bean” Griffith

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“Sweet Lime Energy”
Anslem Douglas
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)

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LYRICS

Verse 1

Yuh jumpin’ and getting on real bad in de place
And spankin’ with lil bit of space
Everybody want to know
Why yuh getting on bad so
You take over de whole show
Yah good to go
With a full glass in yuh hand
You ain’t care ‘bout no man - in de place
Go ahead and take ah taste.

Chorus

Jumpin’ (Sweet Lime) and loving it
Pumpin’ (on time) and shaking it
We go do it right, we come again
Liming day and night, no one to blame
Everybody
Jam somebody
Sweet Lime Energy
Jumpin’ (Sweet Lime) and loving it
Pumpin’ (on time)...

Verse 2

Yuh causing confusion with dem gal in de lime
So decent they doh want to wine
But when the thing hit them so
They fall in and they don’t know
Some started to go down low
With wine for so
By now everything in flight
They having a good night, and they tight
Everything will be alright.

Chorus
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Verse 3

By this time everybody start to fall in line
And showing they having a time
Who was getting on real shy
They kiss dem feelings goodbye
Because they start to get high
High! High! High!
With all them gal saying something
Everything was bubbling in de lime
So fall in and have a time.

Chorus

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For the 2016 Panorama season top vocalist Anslem Douglas is busy, with Sweet Lime Energy the track featured here being just one of his tracks. He has also been at work earlier with Soca Have Dem So.

The Grammy award-winning composer of “Who Let The Dogs Out” - Douglas’ vocal work has also brought alive such marquis ‘Pan Songs’ as Len “Boogsie” Sharpe’s Musical Vengeance, Battle Zone and It’s Showtime by Edwin Pouchet, and Brian “Bean” Griffith’s Big In De Dance, to name but a few over the last several years.

Composer and Arranger Brian “Bean” Griffith Brian “Bean” Griffith - has been in the ‘business’ for more than fifty years and started playing the steelpan at age 14. He has performed with some of Trinidad & Tobago’s top steel orchestras and also arranged for single pan, small, medium and large steel orchestras over the years.

Griffith maintains that “Panorama is a cultural event that cannot really be judged; judges have a duty to remain focused, respect every artistic expression and not just scribble any score when the performance is over.”

“The judges need to seek more innovative introspect to fully appreciate the efforts involved in arranging steel band music.” “Bean” believes that judges should spend more time visiting yards prior to the competition, to respect the hard work and dedication of the musicians who spend countless hours preparing their compositions on steel.

No Bull was “Bean’s” composition for the 2012 Panorama season, and in 2013 he was telling it like it is in—Tell Dem—vocalized by the legendary Black Stalin (Dr. Leroy Calliste) and Steve Sealy. For the 2014 Panorama season he lightened up a bit with Big In De Dance, and in 2016 the good vibes continue with Sweet Lime Energy featured here.