INTRO – Ritual Build
(Iron, conga, shak-shak, tamborzão, whistle)
MC:
Eh! Eh!
Labba!
From sunrise to sunrise!
From di yard to di favela!
¡Si tú estás ready—grita!
Crowd:
OOOOH!
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PRE-CHORUS 1 – Soca Call & Response
MC:
When di riddim drop—
Crowd: —WE JUMP!
MC:
When di bass line talk—
Crowd: —WE BEND!
MC:
Carnaval spirit, no stress, no fear—
Crowd: —WE FREE OUT HERE!
(Drum fill → DROP)
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HOOK A – SOCA CORE
Money pull up
Action, we a turn it up
Shotta run di place and guess who a bring it up
Pull up
Hot, hot, hot, yeah, we hot (hot)
Bad gyal deh yah, dem a whine it to di top
Money pull up (pull up, money pull up)
Shotta run di place and guess who a bring it up
Money pull up (pull up, money pull up)
Bad gyal deh yah, dem a whine it to di top
(Whistle + chant: PULL UP!)
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VERSE 1 – Afro-Caribbean Swing
Sun down, town light up, speakers shake di street
Flags pon mi shoulder, polvo volando en los feet
Ron en la copa, la mente clear
Venimos a vivir el momento now here, yeah
Port of Spain conecta con Kingston town
Bluefields vibra con el beat del favelón
Todo color, toda nación
Cuando el tambor habla—misma pulsación
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PRE-CHORUS 2 – Lift
MC:
If you feel di heat—
Crowd: —DON’T STOP!
MC:
If you love di vibe—
Crowd: —FULL THROTTLE!
MC:
Si el money pull up—¿qué hacemos?
Crowd: —¡ROMPEMOS CON TODO IS L PESO!
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HOOK A – SHORT REPRISE
Money pull up…
(Half hook, crowd carries it)
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SECONDARY HOOK – “GRRR” (NEW / CROWD WEAPON)
(Beat bounces, bass breathing)
MC:
Dame un grrr
Crowd: (¿Un qué?)
MC:
Un grrr
Crowd: (¿Un qué, un qué?)
MC:
Un grrr
Crowd: (¿Un qué?)
MC + Crowd:
Un grrr
Un grrr, un grrr
Un grrr, un grrr (¿un qué?)
*(DJ echo on “grrr… grrr… grrr…”) *
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TRANSITION BREAK – STRIP & SWITCH
(All drops → tamborzão + bass only)
MC (half-time):
Left… right… slow wine now
Cintura suelta, DAME El SHOW !!!
Hold it… hold it…
MC:
DJ—pull it back!
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HOOK B – FUNK CARIOCA (ORIGINAL – UNCHANGED)
(DROP HITS HARD)
MC:
MC Fioti Gimme some Bum, tam tam
Mueve ese bum bum, tam tam tam
Mueve ese bum bum, tam tam
Mueve ese bum bum, tam tam tam
Mueve ese bum bum
Ese bum bum, ese bum bum
Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
(Bum bum bum bum)
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POST-HOOK CHANT – CARIOCA
Bum, tam tam
Mueve ese bum bum, tam tam
Bum, tam tam
Mueve ese bum bum, tam tam
SECONDARY HOOK – “GRRR” (NEW / CROWD WEAPON)
(Beat bounces, bass breathing)
HOOK A – SOCA CORE
Money pull up
Action, we a turn it up
Shotta run di place and guess who a bring it up
Pull up
Hot, hot, hot, yeah, we hot (hot)
Bad gyal deh yah, dem a whine it to di top
Money pull up (pull up, money pull up)
Shotta run di place and guess who a bring it up
Money pull up (pull up, money pull up)
Bad gyal deh yah, dem a whine it to di top
(Whistle + chant: PULL UP!)
MC:
Labba you are just been silly now (hahahaha)
(Outro 10s)
Labba
