September 1, 2024

Wake up, people, examine your minds

Songs in the key of Independence

It's amazing to you I'm sure / We didn't get Independence before

This is the voice of the people / The people in the struggle

It is a living vibration / Rooted deep within my Caribbean belly

Rhythm to make the soul of a people dance!

And one for Labor Day in Brooklyn:

You could be from St. Clair or John John
In New York all that done
It ain't have no who is who
New York equalize you

Attribution

Change the accent of Carnival
to a groovy, groovy Bacchanal.
Wailing, expressing – de old feeling do needs changing.
Wake up, people, examine your minds –
get with it, get with it, the change of the times.
It’s a new generation, endless vibrations
– right on, right on, right on, right on!
— from Endless Vibrations by Lord Shorty