Drupatee Ramgoonai- Roll Up De Tassa (original Chutney Soca song & remix with Alison Hinds)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a sound file and lyrics to Drupatee Ramgoonai's 1988 Chutney Soca hit "Roll Up De Tassa". This post also showcases a 1989 remix of this song by Drupatee and Alison Hinds. In addition, this post provides information about Soca Chutney (also known as "Chutney Soca"), and
includes explanations of certain words and phrases in "Roll Up De Tassa".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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INFORMATION ABOUT CHUTNEY SOCA
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutney_Soca
"In Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana & Suriname Chutney-Soca music is a crossover style of music incorporating Soca elements and Hindi-English lyrics, Chutney music, with Indian instruments like the dholak and dhantal.

The term chutney soca was first coined by Drupatee Ramgoonai of Trinidad & Tobago in 1987 in her first album entitled Chutney Soca, with both English & Hindi versions of the songs. The current style of spelling of the term was not established then & she spelt it as " Chatnee Soca". The following year her mega hit "Roll up de Tassa" was instrumental in creating a commercial market for this type of music internationally. Drupatee has spoken about the blending of Afro & Indo melodies & rhythms in songs like Chatnee Soca & Hotter than ah Chulha". Chutney is a melody & soca is a beat. Drupatee used an ancient Indian melody called a lawnee with the soca beat in her rendition of "O Tassawalley" & has released a legacy of Chutney Soca music.

Chutney soca is a prime example of how Indo-Trinidadians have established roots in Trinidad also Antigua and have created an original, syncretic art form.[1] Resulting from the intervention of Indo-Trinidadians into Soca music in the 1980s,[2] the addition of chutney soca to the island's musical life signified a consolidation of the East Indian influence on Trinidadian culture and politics, particularly during the 1990s."
-snip-
Also click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soca_music for information about the history of Soca music, and click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutney_music for information about the history of Chutney music, including this section on Chutney sub-genres:
"The origin of chutney being in the Caribbean has meant that it's been in close contact with different peoples, traditions, and other musical styles since its inception. According to the government of Trinidad and Tobago, roughly 35% of the country's population is of Indian descent, another 34% of African descent, and the remaining 31% composed of a mix of European, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and other ancestry. This has allowed chutney to fuse with other genres and/or implement new instruments into its own style, creating an array of syncretic subgenres including ragga chutney, chutney-bhangra, chutney hip-hop, soca-bhangra, and chutney soca.

Chutney soca is the most notable of these, as it has become virtually indistinguishable from what is considered normal chutney in recent years"...

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Roll up de tassa - Drupatee Ramgoonai



sirgen001, Uploaded on Jun 29, 2010

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Example #2: Roll Up D Tassa BY Drupatee & Alison Hinds [Remix]



llXFinalFantasYXll, Uploaded on Nov 16, 2008

Roll Up D Tassa...New Remake by
Drupatee & Alison Hinds


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LYRICS:
Roll Up The Tassa (1988) Lyrics
(Drupatee Ramgoonai)

This is jam
This is ah soca tassa jam
Man play the ting na

Come on aaha
That is it yea

Aranguez savannah
Red hot with fever
Indian bazaar, and
Dey jammin de soca
Jammin de soca

Old man Bissessar
Take off he kapra
Pull out de tassa
and start jammin de soca
Jammin de soca
Aha

When de music soundin sweet
And de crowd get in ah heat
If yuh hear how people bawl
Bissessar don't stop at all

Roll up de tassa
Roll up de tassa Bissessar
Oh Beta, roll up de tassa,
Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Rip up de tassa, Bissessar
Ruff up de tassa, Bissessar
Oh Beta

Ah boy things warmin up
Come on
Come on Bissessar

People from a far
Penal and Couva
Come together
And dey jammin de soca
Jammin de soca

A section from Debe
Join and start to play
Indian lavwey
And dey jammin de soca
Jammin de soca

Ay ya yey

When de old man getting hot
And the tassa start to cut
See Rafi from Valley lime
And dulahin start to wine

Roll up de tassa
Roll up de tassa Bissessar
Oh Beta, roll up de tassa
Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Rip up de tassa, Bissessar
Ruff up de tassa, Bissessar
Oh Beta

Ah Bissessar boy
Look how yuh have dem sweatin
Is first time deey gettin dis kinda soca tassa
Yes roll it up man

Look at Radica, look at Rafi
Man everybody sweatin
Wey buss it up
Buss it up!

Not even Phagwa
Hoosay and laawa
Cudda better
Jammin the soca
Jamming the soca

Ali and Mustafa
Ramesh and Sookdath
Hold on Radhica
And dey jammin de soca
Jammin de soca

When Sita and Parbati
Start a song now in Hindi
But meh nani get on baad
She get the old man stick all hard

Roll up de tassa
Roll up de tassa Bissessar
Oh Beta, roll up de tassa,
Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Rip up de tassa, Bissessar
Ruff up de tassa, Bissessar
Oh Beta

Look at my nani
She real get on bad yuh no man

It was past de night
Everybody tight
Til no end in sight
But dey jammin de soca
Jammin de soca

Pandemonium rage
Some climb on de stage
De young and de aged
And dey jammin de soca, jammin de soca
Yes man, they doin de ting

Man de action out of hand
With dem rival tassa band
I could tell you without fear
I can't miss this fete next year

Roll up de tassa
Roll up de tassa Bissessar
Oh Beta, roll up de tassa,
Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Rip up de tassa, Bissessar
Ruff up de tassa, Bissessar
Oh Beta


Ah ha ruff it up ruff it up ruff it up
Yes yes
Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Come on, come on
Rip up de tassa, Bissessar

My god look at Robin!
Look at dulahin
Yes man shake de waist

Roll up de tassa
Roll up de tassa Bissessar
Oh Beta, roll up de tassa,
Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Rip up de tassa, Bissessar
Ruff up de tassa, Bissessar
Oh Beta

Whey

Heat in this place man
Heat in this place

Source: http://islandlyrics.com/lyrics-drupatee_ramgoonai-roll_up_the_tassa_1988.htm
Comment: Lyrics to Roll Up De Tassa (Chutney Lyrics 1989)

The song that possibly made Drupatee a well known name and icon in Trinidad and Tobago and throughout. This hit back in 1988 was also a Soca Road March contender as it was a soca chutney tune."

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EXPLANATIONS FOR CERTAIN WORDS & PHRASES IN THIS SONG
Aranguez is a suburb of San Juan is a town in Trinidad and Tobago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan,_Trinidad_and_Tobago
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Bissessar is a Hindu personal name and family name. Other names mentioned in this song are Rafi, Ali, Mustafa, Ramesh, Sookdath, Radhica, and Beta.
**
dulahin. – An [East] Indian bride. http://wiwords.com/word/dulahin
**
jam = song ; jamming – enjoying yourself singing, dancing, playing music
**
kapra - same as kata? a roll of cloth or vegetation placed on top of the head to cushion the skull from the weight of a head load ; http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/worldlit/caribbean/dictionary.htm#k
**
Nani – children's nurse [nanny] or grandmother (nana)?

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she really get on bad - she's dancing very well
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Tassa
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tassa
"Tassa is a form of kettle drum, presumably of Persian derivation. Tassa drums are widespread all over India. Typically, one or more tassa drums are played together with a heavy bass drum called dhol, perhaps along with brass cymbals or a metal shaker. Tassa-dhol ensembles of three to five players are especially common in street processions, whether associated with weddings, political rallies, or Muslim Muharram commemorations. In Maharashtra, ensembles of several dozen drummers compete in festivities honoring the deity Ganesh. Drummers in these ensembles are often amateurs, or specialists in other drum traditions. Brought by indentured workers to the Caribbean in the 19th century, tassa ensembles have flourished with great dynamism in Trinidad, where they were used in the Muslim Hosay festival, and also in Florida, Guyana, New York, Texas, New Jersey, Canada and various other places where Indo-Caribbean communities are found."

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Thanks to Drupatee Ramgoonai for composing and performing this song. Thanks also to Drupatee and Alison Hinds for their remix of this song. Thanks to the transcriber of this song and thanks to all others who are quoted in this post. Hat tip to pancocojams commenter slam2011 for emailing me an inquiry about Chutney Soca music.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

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Mahendra Ramkellawan - "Dem Ah Watch Meh" (Chutney Soca song)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a sound file and lyrics to Mahendra Ramkellawan's 2011 Chutney Soca song "Dem Ah Watch Meh". This post also includes information about Soca Chutney (also known as "Chutney Soca"), definitions of the term "Road March" and definitions of certain words in "Dem Ah Watch Meh".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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INFORMATION ABOUT CHUTNEY SOCA
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutney_Soca
"In Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana & Suriname Chutney-Soca music is a crossover style of music incorporating Soca elements and Hindi-English lyrics, Chutney music, with Indian instruments like the dholak and dhantal.

The term chutney soca was first coined by Drupatee Ramgoonai of Trinidad & Tobago in 1987 in her first album entitled Chutney Soca, with both English & Hindi versions of the songs. The current style of spelling of the term was not established then & she spelt it as " Chatnee Soca". The following year her mega hit "Roll up de Tassa" was instrumental in creating a commercial market for this type of music internationally. Drupatee has spoken about the blending of Afro & Indo melodies & rhythms in songs like Chatnee Soca & Hotter than ah Chulha". Chutney is a melody & soca is a beat. Drupatee used an ancient Indian melody called a lawnee with the soca beat in her rendition of "O Tassawalley" & has released a legacy of Chutney Soca music.

Chutney soca is a prime example of how Indo-Trinidadians have established roots in Trinidad also Antigua and have created an original, syncretic art form.[1] Resulting from the intervention of Indo-Trinidadians into Soca music in the 1980s,[2] the addition of chutney soca to the island's musical life signified a consolidation of the East Indian influence on Trinidadian culture and politics, particularly during the 1990s."
-snip-
Also click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soca_music for information about the history of Soca music, and click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutney_music for information about the history of Chutney music, including this section on Chutney sub-genres:
"The origin of chutney being in the Caribbean has meant that it's been in close contact with different peoples, traditions, and other musical styles since its inception. According to the government of Trinidad and Tobago, roughly 35% of the country's population is of Indian descent, another 34% of African descent, and the remaining 31% composed of a mix of European, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and other ancestry. This has allowed chutney to fuse with other genres and/or implement new instruments into its own style, creating an array of syncretic subgenres including ragga chutney, chutney-bhangra, chutney hip-hop, soca-bhangra, and chutney soca.

Chutney soca is the most notable of these, as it has become virtually indistinguishable from what is considered normal chutney in recent years"...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Dem Ah Watch Meh-Mahendra Ramkellawan (HIT SONG)



music televisionUploaded on Feb 18, 2011

Chutney HIT- DEM A WATCH MEH- MAHENDRA RAMKELLWAN. ."Guyana's Road March song 2011"
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Definition of "Road March"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Road_March
"The Carnival Road March is the musical composition played most often at the "judging points" along the parade route during Carnival. Originating as part of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, the term has been applied to other Caribbean carnivals...

In Trinidad and Tobago the Road March title has been given out in every year since 1932 (with the exception of years affected by World War II when Carnival did not take place). Scoring is based upon a rank-and-points system devised by a Carnival committee before the start of the parade. The Road March title is among the most prestigious in Trinidad Carnival."

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LYRICS: DEM AH WATCH MEH
(Mahendra Ramkellawan)

If ah by the fence and gaffing with meh neighbour
Dem ah watch meh
How dem ah watch meh

Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh

If ah by the fence and gaffing with meh neighbour
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
If ah in de club and ah dancing with meh neice
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
If ah buy a car or ah new house and land
Dem ah watch meh
How Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
How Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh

Ah walking with meh bhouge ah hold and on to she hand
They watching and saying that I is she man
(dem ah watch meh)
(dem ah watch meh)
Ah walking with meh bhouge ah hold and on to she hand
They watching and saying that I is she man
They doh really know that ah just lending ah helping hand
They doh really know that ah just lending ah helping hand

Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
How Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh

If ah by the fence and gaffing with meh neighbour
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
If ah in the club and ah dancing with meh neice
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
If ah buy a car or ah new house and land
Dem ah watch meh
How Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
How Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh

Ah bus load ah gyul pull up in front meh yard
They watching and they talking
They getting on rel bad
(dem ah watch meh)
(dem ah watch meh)
Ah bus load ah gyul pull up in front meh yard
They watching and they talking,
They getting on rel bad
Why they blaming me when is meh family from abroad
Why they blaming me when is meh family from abroad

Dem ah watch meh
How Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh

If ah by the fence and gaffing with meh neighbour
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
If ah in de club and ah dancing with meh neice
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
If ah buy a car or ah new house and land
Dem ah watch meh
How dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
How dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh

Now the more they watch the less they see
Nothing bother me, I doh care what they see
I doh fraid nobody
(dem ah watch meh)
(dem ah watch meh)
Now the more they watch the less they see
Nothing bother me, I doh care what they see
I doh fraid nobody
I have one life to live and ah living happily
I have one life to live and ah living happily
Dem ah watch meh
How dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh

If ah by the fence and gaffing with meh neighbour
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
If ah in de club and ah dancing with meh neice
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
If ah buy a car or ah new house and land
Dem ah watch meh
How dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
How dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh

Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh
Dem ah watch meh

Source: http://islandlyrics.com/lyrics-mahendra_ramkellawan_lyrics-dem_ah_watch_meh_2011.htm

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EXPLANATIONS FOR CERTAIN WORDS IN THIS SONG
bhouge – girlfriend [?]
**
Dem - them
**
Gaff (gaf) - chatting
**
gyul - girl
**
meh - me

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Thanks to Mahendra Ramkellawan for composing and performing this song. Thanks to the transcriber of this song and thanks to all others who are quoted in this post. Hat tip to pancocojams commenter slam2011 for emailing me an inquiry about Chutney Soca music.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

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Mayaro The Band - The Dhoti Song (Chutney Soca) sound file & lyrics

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a sound file and lyrics to Mayaro The Band's late 2013/early 2014 record "The Dhoti Song". This post also provides information about Soca Chutney (also known as "Chutney Soca"), and includes information about "The Dhoti Song", definitions of the word "dhoti" and
definitions of certain other words that are found in "The Dhoti Song".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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INFORMATION ABOUT CHUTNEY SOCA
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutney_Soca
"In Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana & Suriname Chutney-Soca music is a crossover style of music incorporating Soca elements and Hindi-English lyrics, Chutney music, with Indian instruments like the dholak and dhantal.

The term chutney soca was first coined by Drupatee Ramgoonai of Trinidad & Tobago in 1987 in her first album entitled Chutney Soca, with both English & Hindi versions of the songs. The current style of spelling of the term was not established then & she spelt it as " Chatnee Soca". The following year her mega hit "Roll up de Tassa" was instrumental in creating a commercial market for this type of music internationally. Drupatee has spoken about the blending of Afro & Indo melodies & rhythms in songs like Chatnee Soca & Hotter than ah Chulha". Chutney is a melody & soca is a beat. Drupatee used an ancient Indian melody called a lawnee with the soca beat in her rendition of "O Tassawalley" & has released a legacy of Chutney Soca music.

Chutney soca is a prime example of how Indo-Trinidadians have established roots in Trinidad also Antigua and have created an original, syncretic art form.[1] Resulting from the intervention of Indo-Trinidadians into Soca music in the 1980s,[2] the addition of chutney soca to the island's musical life signified a consolidation of the East Indian influence on Trinidadian culture and politics, particularly during the 1990s."
-snip-
Also click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soca_music for information about the history of Soca music, and click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutney_music for information about the history of Chutney music, including this section on Chutney sub-genres:
"The origin of chutney being in the Caribbean has meant that it's been in close contact with different peoples, traditions, and other musical styles since its inception. According to the government of Trinidad and Tobago, roughly 35% of the country's population is of Indian descent, another 34% of African descent, and the remaining 31% composed of a mix of European, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and other ancestry. This has allowed chutney to fuse with other genres and/or implement new instruments into its own style, creating an array of syncretic subgenres including ragga chutney, chutney-bhangra, chutney hip-hop, soca-bhangra, and chutney soca.

Chutney soca is the most notable of these, as it has become virtually indistinguishable from what is considered normal chutney in recent years"...

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INFORMATION ABOUT "THE DHOTI SONG"
From http://www.islandmix.com/backchat/f16/mayaro-band-dhoti-song-2014-t-t-chutney-soca-produced-roger-rabbit-263915/
"Brand new Chutney Soca from Mayaro The Band called "The Dhoti Song". This one is serious kicks!!
I can already picture Snakey & Mayaro The Band getting into the Chutney Soca Monarch Finals singing this one!!

Written and performed by Heaven 'Snakey' Charles of Mayaro The Band,
Produced by Roger 'Rabbit' Ramoutar, Executive Producer - Joel Ali,
Mixed and Mastered at Mystic Studios.
Join us at www.facebook.com/mayarotheband

'The Dhoti Song' is Mayaro The Band's introduction into the Soca Chutney Arena. This song brings feelings of happiness and fun when one hears it for the first time; so much so that it can be put on 'repeat' and the fun never gets dull! "We wanted to bring out a Soca Chutney that leaves everyone encased in a euphoric state of mind; it's all good fun!", says Joel Ali, leader of Mayaro the Band."

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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: "New" Mayaro The Band - The Dhoti Song "Soca Chutney 2014" [HD]



Soca Music, Published on Dec 2, 2013
Hope you guys enjoyed!
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Here's a comment from that sound file's viewer comment thread:
northern spearwolf, 2014
"This is ah big song, the first time I heard it I was in stitches, it really made me laugh. Only ah Trini could make ah humorous tune like that. Big up to Mayaro The Band, hope you guys are successful in your endeavours."
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"Trini = "Trinidad"

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LYRICS "THE DHOTI SONG"
(Heaven 'Snakey' Charles)

If yuh know yuh dhoti short
If yuh know yuh dhoti short
Don't be afraid son tuh lengthen it with cloth.
If yuh dhoti short, if yuh dhoti short,
If yuh dhoti short, I ah lengthen it with cloth
Don't wait till people tell yuh dat yuh gettin
If yuh dhoti short, I ah lengthen it with cloth.

Listen
Hannah mother mother boastin say dat she have ah date
Hannah mother mother boastin
Hannah boastin, Hannah boastin say dat she have ah date
She dress up in she saree and end up by de gate
She playin with she long hair, she wait, wait, wait
The fella pull up in ah pretty car
She date pull up in ah nice car
But he dhoti so short, he lookin like ah footballer
He look like Van Percy from Manchester
She say nahi, nahi, nahi, nahi
And she ain't goin anywhere with he
Yuh mad.


If yuh dhoti short, if yuh dhoti short,
If yuh dhoti short, I ah lengthen it with cloth
Don't wait till people tell yuh dat yuh gettin naught
If yuh dhoti short, I ah lengthen it with cloth.

Lengthen yuh dhoti, lengthen yuh dhoti.

Look everybody, everybody
Whattt, look everybody in de Maticoor
Look everybody in de Maticoor
Deh lookin at dis young boy who name **
Wearin ah dhoti uncomfortable
De dhoti thin and it young, young, young
De dhoti tight and it young, young, young
Like he tryin to tuck it fuh circulation
he **and ah young gyal and when she turn round
She say nahi, nahi, nahi, nahi
And she ain't goin anywhere with he
Hahahahaha!

If yuh dhoti short, if yuh dhoti short,
If yuh dhoti short, I ah lengthen it with cloth
Don't wait till people tell yuh dat yuh gettin naught
If yuh dhoti short, I ah lengthen it with cloth.

If is one ting we doesn't want to see
Is ah short dhoti, is ah short dhoti
Ah was talkin to meh friend Savetri
She doh want no short dhoti round she
No way, yuh mad. If yuh dhoti short,

if yuh dhoti short, If yuh dhoti short,
I ah lengthen it with cloth
Don't wait till people tell yuh dat yuh gettin naught
If yuh dhoti short, I ah lengthen it with cloth.

Hannah mother mother boastin say dat she have ah date
Hannah mother mother boastin doh
Hannah boastin doh

Hannah mother mother boastin say dat she have ah date
Hannah mother mother boastin
Hannah boastin, Hannah boastin say dat she have ah date
She dress up in she saree and stand up by de gate
She playin with she hair while she wait, wait, wait
She date pull up in ah new car
The fella pull up in ah new car
But he dhoti so short, he lookin like ah footballer
He look like Van Percy from Manchester
She say nahi, nahi, nahi, nahi
And she ain't goin anywhere with he,
now way Yuh mad.

If yuh dhoti short, if yuh dhoti short,
If yuh dhoti short, I ah lengthen it with cloth
Don't wait till people tell yuh dat yuh gettin naught
If yuh dhoti short, I ah lengthen it with cloth

Source: http://islandlyrics.com/lyrics-mayaro_band-dhoti_song_dhoti_too_short_2014_chutney.htm

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EXPLANATIONS FOR CERTAIN WORDS IN THIS SONG
"Dhoti"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoti
"The dhoti, also known as pancha, mardani or veshti, is a traditional men's garment worn in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is a rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, usually around 4.5 metres (15 ft) long, wrapped around the waist and the legs and knotted at the waist, resembling a long skirt…. In Pakistan, dhotis are commonly worn by men as a traditional dress in the Punjab. The lungi is a similar piece of cloth worn widely in Asia and Africa in a similar manner".

**
"saree" = "sari"

**
Maticoor
From http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/The_Hindu_Bride-106864673.html
"Maticoor night is more traditional than religious. On this night the young women administer a paste of saffron and coconut oil on the bride as well as the groom. But this act can be done just before the actual wedding day but traditionally the women in the family make it an event...Most Hindu weddings begin on the Friday (Maticoor), run through the Saturday and climax with the actual ceremony on the Sunday."

***
"footballer" here means a soccer player.

**
"Van Percy from Manchester = striker Robin van Persie from the United Kingdom's Manchester United
football [soccer] team

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Thanks to Mayaro The Band for composing and performing this song. Thanks to the transcriber of this song and thanks to all others who are quoted in this post. Hat tip to pancocojams commenter slam2011 for emailing me an inquiry about Chutney Soca music.

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Visitor comments are welcome.

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Krosfyah - Sak Passe (video, information, & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post features a video of the 2001 song "Sak Passe" by Krosfyah. Krosfyah is a Bajan musical group (a group from the Barbados. However, the song title "Sak passé" is Haitian Creole.

Also included in this post is the English translation of the Haitian phrase "sak passe", information about Haitian Creole, and viewer comments from this video's viewer comment thread.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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MEANING OF "SAK PASSE"
"Sak passe" Haitian Creole for "What's up?"; What's happening?" (meaning "How are you?"; "How you doing?"; "How's everything? [with you]"?)

The response to "Sak passe" is "Nap boule" (meaning "Everything's good".)

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INFORMATION ABOUT HAITIAN CREOLE
From http://haiti.wikia.com/wiki/Haitian_Creole

Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen) is a creole language based on the French language. It is spoken in Haiti by about 7.5 million people (as of 1998), which is nearly the whole population. Via immigration, several hundred thousand speakers live in other countries, including Canada, the United States and France, as well as many Caribbean nations, especially the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.

There are linguistic influences from several West African languages, namely from Wolof, and some Gbe languages, notably Fon and Ewe/Anlo-Ewe. There are two dialects: Fablas and Plateau Haitian Creole.

Since 1961, Haitian Creole has been recognized as an official language. Its usage in literature is small but growing. Many speakers are bilingual and speak both Haitian Creole and French, but Creole has a lower social status than French in the minds of some. Many educators, writers and activists have emphasized pride and written literacy in Creole since the 1980s. There are newspapers, radio and television programs in this language. Miami-Dade County in Florida sends out paper communications in Haitian Creole in addition to English and Spanish.

It is not to be confused with Haitian Vodoun Culture Language.

Simple sample phrases
• How's it going? — Sak pase? [sakpase]
• General response to Sak pase: Map boule! [mapbule] (Fr. je brule [ʒəbul])
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Other Haitian Creole sample phrases and vocabulary are included in this article.

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FEATURED VIDEO: Sak Pase



krosfyahdotnet, Uploaded on May 31, 2009
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The phrase "The road is mind" is a bragging statement that this song is the best one that is sung on the road (in the streets) during Carnival.

Click http://islandlyrics.com/lyrics-krosfyah_edwin_yearwood-sak_pase_2001.htm for lyrics to the song

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO'S VIEWER COMMENT THREAD
WARNING: Some comments in this thread sexually explicit language and profanity.

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These comments are numbered for referencing purposes and are posted in chronological order by year with the oldest year posted first.

2011
1. kieronstah92
"eyyyy !!! *dancing* ba whats da tune nah boy... chip chip chippin and i chipping and chip chip < old soca"

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2. j dc
"this video is on fire, me on high over video it make me feel like dancin!"

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3. Karina Collymore
"trinis speak creole 2!! these use 2 be under the british and the French"
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"Trinis" = from Trinidad

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4. KillaJfromDeadly
in reply to Karina Collymore

"@jackieakamomma3 trini probably speak they own creol but they dont speak the french/creole like Haiti, Dominica, St Lucia, guadalupe, Martinique"

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5. ingeniouslynerdy
"This is my jam....lol."
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"Jam" = American slang for "song".

6. DigitalIslandboy
"lol De man selling coconuts and the other selling sno cones butt-up their carts on one another talking about the road is theirs. ;-)"

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2012
7. fashionlovesmee
"This is a BAJAN SONG lol
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"Bajan" = from Barbados

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8. yaadie
"LOL the ignorance. sak pase is Haitian Creole for "What's up?" or "What's happening?" "

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9. TheWindy509
"its doesn`t matter if its a haitian or barbadian song WE ARE WEST INDIAN c`mon people we all came from afrikka "

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10. Jugglers United
"Still sounding so sweet after so many years"

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2013
11. Razia Hassan
omgsh i have not heard this song in years ! good chune
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"Chune" = tune (In the Caribbean "tune" refers to the entire song and not just the melody.)

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12. Mastah Shifu1
"what does this have to do with haiti??"

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13. snoopchewy1
in reply to Mastah Shifu
"It has nothing to do with Haiti. Just listen to the words (if you can understand what they're singing). They met a girl from Haiti and she welcomed them Haiti style... sak pase."

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14. snoopchewy1
"Just so you know, these people are not Haitian. They're from Barbados. They're just singing about a Haitian girl they met."

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15. TheAmericanbajan
"sak pase mean how r u"

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16. StarGyrl
"Chune! I haven't heard this song in AGES."

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17. KAS1JM
"and y'all got it from Haitians, whether you knew it or not....SAKE COMPASSE , SAK PASSE FOR SHORT"

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18. Lisa Marie
"My daddy is bajan from st.james so u dont have to correct me... They're still shouting out Haitians"
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"They're still shouting out Haitians" = "shouting out" here means "praising"; giving due credit and respect to..."

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