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‘Light It Up’
sung by “Jose Juan”
composed by Miguel Reyes
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“Light It Up”
“Jose Juan”
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“Light It Up”
“Jose Juan”
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)
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LYRICSVerse 1
Ah band up
meh head and ah ready
Ah hitting the road very early
The rama ah hearing it call meh
People tell meh I cah play pan
But you could find meh in all band
Loving the thing like ah true fan
You never going to hear meh say I eh
making it (no no)
When you see they start to play I
all up in it
From the time ah born they say the
pan in meh vain
Sweet like ah sugar cane
Bass pan it calling meh name.
Chorus
So when ah
hear tenor pe loom poom
Seconds and guitars pe loom poom
Coming down playing pe loom poom
Well you know it’s Panorama
Riddem and
tempo it pumping
Iron and steel man ringing
Hearing the scratcher man scratching
Well you know it’s Panorama
So Blaze
!.....they coming to
Blaze……they coming to
Blaze…. they not playing games
They coming to light the thing up
again (Rep)
Light it up
light it up (3 times)
They coming to light the thing up
again (Rep)
Verse 2
Carnival and
pan is the mixture
Nothing in de world does sound
sweeter
When you see the two come together
I am the
child that de two make
Born out of love and the music
For ever and ever ah cah fake
When you see
meh on the road man ah in ah band
(yea yea)
Half an hour later inside another
one
That is the way ah move ah cah stick
and stay
When ah hear the pan play
I go be jumping - whole day
Chorus
_________________
Bridge
They coming
to light the thing up again
And again and ah again and ah again
and again
And let it burn
Let it burn
Let it burn
Let it burn!
Chorus
_________________
Light it up
light up / light it up light it up
(Rep)
They coming to light the thing up
again
Tenors rolling / guitars strumming /
bass pan rumbling
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Ramon “Jose Juan” Diaz
Ramon “Jose Juan” Diaz, a soca artist residing in the United States, originally hails from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
He is a member of the U.S.-based Dynamite Calypso Tent and has competed for many years, both in St. Vincent and the U.S.A., in various calypso competition shows. During one such competition in summer 2018, he came in 2nd runner-up for his hot catchy soca song “Light It Up.”
Jose has recorded numerous other soca/calypso composition hits, including “Just Like That,” “Rollin,” “Kaiso Man” and “Round De Clock.”
Light It Up is storytelling at its best, wrapped up in perfectly blended mix of horns, guitars and steel pan melody.
The song paints the very vivid picture of the joy and rapturous feeling you get when you experience Panorama. It feels and is mind-blowing, and the artist musically and vocally conveys that feeling to the listener when he sings/growls the lyric, “let it burn.”
Jose Juan has recorded songs over the years written by Miguel Reyes, so this is not their first collaboration. The duo comes together here with Light It Up.
Composer and panist Miguel Reyes, who shares the same hometown with the late Aldwyn Roberts aka Lord Kitchener is from Arima in east Trinidad.
Recognition came Miguel’s way in 2009 with his acclaimed ‘pan tune’ Bandoleros, vocalized by “Tunapuna Scanty.” It took Sforzata Steel Orchestra in Trinidad & Tobago’s medium band category to winner’s row.
International acclaim via New York was just a few months away when two veteran and world-renowned steel orchestras - Despers USA, and eventual Panorama champion Sonatas with arranger Yohan Popwell - also opted for Bandoleros as their Panorama tune of choice.
Currently residing in New York, Miguel originally released his first full CD called “Panorama Fest 2010.” His original content included such pieces as Pan Injustice and De Last Band.
A competent musician, Miguel Reyes has put out other pieces such as Pan Is Meh Life, In Meh Band, Mr. Pan, Donna, (Rebecca Daughter), Blazing, All Ah Dem, and Mash Up. He is back once more with Light It Up the track featured here.
Bio by C. Phillips
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