Bright Sparks & Diktats ( A Calypso)

Bright Sparks & Diktats ( A Calypso)

Oh la la, oh mama

This little land of ours

Got its own tin pot dictators

“Look!” the Presi said to Bobby

“Lower the bridge toll

Or we bringing water taxi”

Ow lard! …Suffer the fools onto thee

But yuh know I cayn tek stupidee...

Dems eh when yuh getting old

It does cause you to reminisce

All dem old men in the cabinet

Using too much blue pills

Like the Viagra harden dem brains

One of dem was heard to say

“We never had no bridge

When David and Moses lived in Whim

Dem used to paddle balahoo

So let we go back to that.

We could paint the boats green and yellow too

 “Consider it done” said the Minister of Rain

“We could event throw in some umbrella for shade”

Well the question I have fuh dem

Is why stop there atall?

Leh we keep going back

Forget ‘ bout minibus

Leh we all ride pan jackass cart

Forget all the coca cola

Leh we move back to coconut water

Enough with these bright lights

Leh GPhell turn off at midnight

Plantin and duff was good fuh we

Who really needs allo curry?

But the most important change we need to make is

Please please…

Leh we bring back Burnham!

Now dat was a dictator

That no one dared ignore

If he did say lower the toll

Not a peep woulda been uttered by a soul
So lard… take we back to the past

When it was good ol’ Apaan Jatt

An’ not this “democracy” rass

When yuh could announce election result

Two week before the event

No Surujbally to prevaricate

Verify and pontificate

Enough with this pappy show

Let we get down to business

Forget the parliamentary process

Bring on the edicts and diktats.

(Deep Speaking voice)Yes lord, we ask you to take us back to a simpler time, where the simpletons we elected would shine like bright sparks and a tried and true dictator ruled our land with his iron fist. This we ask in ……