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‘Wah Yuh Doin’’

sung by Chuck Gordon
music by Ray Holman
lyrics by Fazad “Joe” Shageer

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“Wah Yuh Doin’”
Chuck Gordon
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)

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LYRICS

Verse 1

I hear you grumbling, I hear you complaining
I hear you saying
You doh like wha happening
You saying that the crime
Is really on the incline
And those in power
Only about the dollar
You say things real bad, and life get so hard
The place in a crisis, everything is total madness
Time to fix yuh business
But all you giving is lip service

Chorus 1

Tell me, tell me Mr. Trini
What you did lately, to make a better T & T
Tell me, tell me Mr. Trini
Be honest with me,
Do you really love your country

Do you work two hours a day
And want eight hours of pay
Do you sit on the job and lime
And start to work when is overtime
So tell me, tell me, I want to know
What’s your contribution for a better Trinbago

Verse 2

We changing government
And seeing no improvement
We love bacchanal
And not serious at all
Every Trinbagonian, is a budding comedian
In the face of tragedy he say God is a Trini
Maestro did not lie
That we love mamaguy
You say you want justice
But vex when they kill a bandit
You preach but doh practice
And that is why the country like this

Chorus 2

Tell me, tell me Mr. Trini
What you did lately to make a better T & T
Tell me, tell me Mr. Trini
Be honest with me
Do you really love your country

Well you went and you had your fun
Couldn’t care less about protection
Then you left your family high and dry
And hope inspector give you a ‘bligh’
So tell me, tell me I want to know
What’s your contribution for a better Trinbago

Bridge 1

You only calling the radio
And parroting on dem talkshow
Mr. Trinbago - wha you doing,
Look Ms. Trinbago - wha you doing
You sitting down on your smartphone
And wouldn’t come out your comfort zone
Mr. Trinbago - wha you doing,
Look Ms. Trinbago - wha you doing
You want to break the speed limit
And doh want to pay the ticket
Mr. Trinbago - wha you doing,
Look Ms. Trinbago - wha you doing
From de top to bottom
All talk and no action
So tell me, tell me, I want to know
What’s your contribution for a better Trinbago

Verse 3

The things that you talking
They have mih ears hurting
So just wisen up, if you want the slide to stop
You breaking every law,
And is party ever more
And while you feteing,
Is your pocket they picking
To help the nation, you be the solution
But all that you doing
Blogging, texting and messaging
Wishin’ and hopin’
And that and nothing is the same thing

Chorus 3

Tell me, tell me Mr. Trini
What you did lately to make a better T & T
Tell me, tell me Mr. Trini
In all honesty do you really love your country

Do you throw garbage in the drain
And when it floods blame the rain
You ain’t clean your lot and you get Zika
And then want to blame the councillor
So tell me, tell me, I want to know
What’s your contribution for a better Trinbago

Bridge 2

Do you fail the breathalyser
And want to blame the officer
Mr. Trinbago - wha you doing,
Look Ms. Trinbago - wha you doing
The holiday is the Monday
You done plan to take the Friday
Mr. Trinbago - wha you doing,
Look Ms. Trinbago - wha you doing
Take your horn like a big man
And doh advantage the woman

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Chuck Gordon

Roderick “Chuck” Gordon has dropped the ‘Y’ from his name. The double National Calypso Monarch winner playfully says he’s not questioning anything anymore in his career and so had no further use for the ‘Y’ in his famous sobriquet. Gordon wrote himself into calypso history at the 2015 Dimanche Gras by becoming only the sixth calypsonian to win back-to-back titles in nearly a century.

The then-defending 2015 calypso monarch released It Eh Go Wuk in 2016, which was written by Gordon and Fazad “Uncle Joe” Shageer, with music by acclaimed musician Ray Holman.

Artwork for Wah Yuh Doin’ sung by Chuck Gordon for the 2017 Carnival season

For the 2017 Panorama season Gordon has already performed Rumble In The Jungle, Supernovas Steel Orchestra’s tune of choice for Panorama. His latest work and collaboration with Shageer and Holman—Wah Yuh Doin’—is featured here.

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Ray Holman

Ray Holman is an internationally renowned educator, musician, arranger and composer who has received wide acclaim for his work in the field of music and in particular with the Steel Pan, the National Instrument of Trinidad and Tobago. Early in his career, his outstanding talent was recognized and at a young age, he started arranging and composing music for some of the country’s best known steel bands. Ray was the winner of two Panorama Championships in 1969 & 1970.

Ray graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine in Trinidad. He composed some 200 musical pieces and produced 4 LPs and 3 Compact Discs. In 1989, his achievements were recognized by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago when the Humming Bird Medal Silver was awarded to him for his work in Culture/Music.

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Fazad “Uncle Joe” Shageer

Fazad “Uncle Joe” Shageer was born February 26, 1960 in Chaguanas, Trinidad. He learnt about writing from his father who taught him how to use words to express himself in a rhythmic story-telling manner. He started as a professional chutney lyricist 10 years ago and was successful at it, with one of his songs “Last Jump Up” winning the Chutney Soca Monarch several years ago.

Seven years ago Joe started working with Ray Holman, along the way collaborating on several pieces including “Sapna” (The Dream) which Ray composed and arranged for Skiffle Steel Orchestra, which placed 5^th in the National Panorama Competition 2013.

Joe began to include different genres of music in his writing repertoire and is primarily focused on promoting Trinidad & Tobago’s culture and talent locally and internationally.

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