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Marcus Garvey's Old Song
03:53
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Marcus Garvey´s Old Song
I was in Limón when Garvey sang his freedom song
I was in Limón when English school preserve our tongue
I was in Limon when pocomía was the African spirit of a singing soul
I was in Limon when people struggle for a better world
Sing sing sing the old freedom song
Sing sing sing your heart and your soul
Sing sing sing for a better Limón
Sing sing sing Marcus Garvey´s old song
I was in Limón when dock workers fight and raise their fist
I was in Limón when calypso music was there to resist
I was in Limón when Cyril was singing a carnival song
I was in Limón when Mr. King bring joy to this town
I was in Limón when Papa Tun fill the street with a smile in his face
I was in Limón when the twins made a town dance and shake
I was in Limón when miss Hortensia teach the youth dance cuadrille
I was in Limón when Lenkí song made the whole town sing
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Breda Anansi
02:45
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Breda Anansi
Breda Anansi is the king of our imagination
Bringing stories with the light of the ancient Africa
Breda Anansi is a griot, a chantuelle, a calypsonian
what a wonderful delight is to hear her stories
Like enormous spider web
She weaves her story
And the grandpa and the kids
they all love what´s there to hear
Breda Anansi is the king of our imagination
Anansi is a wonder of creation
da da da da da da
da da da da da da
da da da da da da
Breda Anansi is the king of our imagination
Anansi is a wonder of creation
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When a woman sings calypso (From Limón to Dahomey)
When a woman sings calypso
The heart of the world
Beats deep and strong
It´s the feminine vibration
Movin the orbe
Is plain to see
No explanation to be made
A woman is a woman
From Limón to Dahomey
Is energy, is power
Is the love that moves the world
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4. |
Calypso Cabanga
02:49
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Cabanga Calypso
Me sittin by the market
Dreaming of Cahuita
Remembering the ocean
And the paty of Delrita
Here in the big city
Everything is out of place
Everybody in a permanent race
When the night come
I have a drink of rum
To bring down my cabanga
When the night come
I have a drink of rum
and I dream of my sweet town
The city not for me
I need some cocotea
I need me ocean green
And my sweet calypso
When the night come
I have a drink of rum
To bring down my cabanga
When the night come
I have a drink of rum
and I dream of my sweet town
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5. |
Evora
03:54
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Evora
Eba adú
Aquí y Allá
Eguague mí
Tengo sed
Que no la puedo saciar
Eleguede dame más
Detrás de mis espaldas
Eni la domado
Hay un hombre que mata
Erin Kuani
Hoja de Malanga
Ewe Ikokó
Hechicera bendita
Evorá
Puso aché en su boca
Ganikñu Aché
Puso agua en mi boca
Y me salvé
Odara
Odí
Odí Yomí
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6. |
The Iron Serpent
02:30
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The iron serpent
A tropical forest in a narrow piece of land
A serpent of iron penetrating the green path
Thousands of workers breaking the mountain of rock
Chopping the woods setting the rails all along
scarring away all kinds of wild animals
just to open the way to power and capital
A tropical forest witness of sorrow and pain
Of lives in the gutter flushing away
Death and disease just to keep the work
People from the islands toiling their way
scarring away all kinds of wild animals
just to open the way to power and capital
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The Tragedy of the New World
Many times in my solitude
I have often wondered
Why is wisdom given
Only to the very young
Or to the very old
But us the in between the active, the activists, the strong
the Christs for even he at thirty-three
had to say : Let us seek and we shall find
Ancient tribes preserved in shrines
The lives of their old leaders
To pour their wisdom in the hearts and minds
of the young readers
But us the us the Olympic champions
The technicians of the world
Do we ever listen to our old or to our young
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Swinging from the top of the world
Swinging from the top of the world
Breathing from the last bit of air
Singing from the deep of my soul
Should anybody really care
Swearing all the words that I know
Keeping the good spirit I own
Living what I must keep on living
The beat should always go on
Life is like a pond full of water
And burning love is floating
On the top
Burning all my ships at a time
Dreaming of the new times at last
Hoping I will hope for new times
Better than those that I have passed
Life is like a pond full of water
And burning love is floating
On the top
Life is like pond full of water
And burning love is floating
On the top
Life is like pond full of water
And burning love is floating
On the top
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9. |
Queen Of The Sea
02:27
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Queen of the Sea
Queen of the sea
Beauty in the water
Queen of the motherhood
Queen of the sea
We offer you flowers and fruits
Keep us together and keep us good
We ask for fish to fill our hunger
Keep us safe and away from the danger
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Stephie Davis Limon, Costa Rica
Su nombre completo es Stephannie Joannie Davis White, conocida en el medio artístico como "Stephie
Davis".
Esta artista limonense sella su carrera musical con influencias gospel, hip hop, r&b, reggae dancehall, roots, entre otros, La misma fusiona estos estilos para crear su propio. Stephie ha lanzado 2 Eps, el primero titulado“ Love Vs Me“ y Kween, lanzado en el 2019.
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