Bring Back Sweet Parang

Lyrics

[Intro] Yes, ay, ay Yes Hahahahaha-hay Lay, la, lo, dai [Verse 1] Christmas in this country is not what it used to be (Ahh) Since I was ah little boy (Ahh) di parang I used to enjoy Parangderos used to bring you glad tiding (Ayy, yiy, yiy, yiy) About Jesus Christ and his birth dey used to sing (Woi, yoi, yoi) It was Queen Nalimando, Del Nacimento, just so we doh hear dem no more, ay-ay [Chorus] We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again Men posing as parangderos but dey singin' Christmas Calypsos (We want sweet parang again) Ayyy Dey, bay, dim, dey, bay, dim, ayy Dom, ba, ba, dim, ba, ba, dobo, badadim, ayy We want sweet parang again [Verse 2] Ah used to follow daddy, house to house by everybody (Ahh) To get ah maracas buff bass was real parang in di place (Ahh) We going for di whole night an' we wouldn't stop (Ayy, yiy, yiy, yiy) Used to be a strong black coffee used to gеt dem up (Oi, yoi, yoi) Dat used to be rеal fun for di Christmas season Oh gong, now like all ah dat done Ay, ay [Chorus] We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again Ah long to hear ah parang tune from singers just like Papa Goon, ayyy We want sweet parang again (Camarones, cincuenta, cantando los alumno, buscando...) (Parangderos, parangderos, parangderos, parangderos) [Verse 3] Now dat ah have ah band, ah play in parang band (Ahh) But parang get commercial wid too much ah bacchanal (Ahh) If dey hire me band to play in ah party (Ayy, yiy, yiy, yiy) Dey does want to hear songs like Scrunter and Crazy (Oi, yoi, yoi) If we play "Maria", "Alegria, Alegria," pressure, dey tell di dj to take ova, ay, ay [Chorus] We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again Di Lara Brothers still singin' but Scrunter is di parang king, ayyy We want sweet parang again Dey, bay, dim, dey, bay, dim, ayy Dom, ba, ba, dim, ba, ba, dobo, badadim, ayy We want sweet parang again [Verse 4] You might find dat ah strange dat ah doh want to accept change (Ahh) Soca parang make me happy, is di lyrics dat killin' me (Ahh) I does enjoy me ham an' pork for di Christmas (Ayy, yiy, yiy, yiy) But das not di reason why dis day was made for us (Oi, yoi, yoi) Remember each time you sing, whose birthday we celebratin', an sing di song dat fit for di king Ay, ay [Chorus] We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again Wen I tune in me radio, is paintbrush, wine, salfish for so! We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again Ah doh mind dey playin' Soca, but dey should make it take ova We want sweet parang again, bay, bay, do, bay, dong We want sweet parang again, ay, ay If you go up in Talparo, dey people up dey go tell yuh so We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again I now check out weh happenin', I an all get tie up in dis ting We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again Parangderos doh vex wit we, Soca parang have more money We want sweet parang again, ayy We want sweet parang again Now my friend lets us face di truth, I get fired from my parang group We want sweet parang again We want sweet parang again