Guyanese Online

1.People see me living here again, and some have said to my face

Sometimes I just don’t take on the gyaff, I smile and I walk away

But if I’m feeling good and the sun shining bright, I will stop and politely say

“Mi good friend in Buxton, the metagee, oh yes, ah come back fuh dat.”

But a man ah just see up in Mahaicony, putting some hard lash on a donkey

splat, splat

Ah tell the man, “Look, Mister Mahaicony, ah didn’t come back fuh dat.”

Plus without any doubt, GPL blackout

Ah didn’t come back fuh dat.

One minister say the oil contract okay, another one say no way

The  contradictions I hear, I have to say “What? ah didn’t come back fuh dat!

All of this living in me brain, it’s a strain. Ah talking mi story flat

Dis garbage around, countryside and in town, ah didn’t come back fuh dat.

2. I was going so good, setting up me batchie, a place to sleep and to hang mi hat,

But I went in a house in Albouystown and in the middle of the day… a rat

The garbage we’re seeing, yes in Main Street, and even on the sea wall

New motor car, garbage from the window, broad daylight, it mekkin yuh bawl

Just so in the road, the mess landing flat? What the hell is wrong with this land?

Well, don’t fight up yourself, just put on a tie, a jacket and a felt hat

Stop the fella coming out he house, say “Good morning”, in a nice way

Point at the man, wid he garbage in he hand, and tell him “How are you today?”.

Mind you, keep your voice down, be polite all the time, smile and even tip your felt hat

So although I may gripe, I stay in the shop, as the Trinis say holding strain.

But if the nonsense doesn’t stop, ah talking it plain, yuh boy migrating again.

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I hate to complain but this thing is a strain

The aggravation runs deep

And if I have to go I;m letting you know

I’ll be selling some things in a heap

I have three guitars and a new motor car

And I may have to sell them off cheap

So if you see Joe Blow or anybody

Driving my Camry van recklessly

Or some young musician, Dave guitar in hand

Gyrating in somebody band

I am down on my knees, and telling you flat

No, ah didn’t come back for that.