DESCRIPTION:
Carnival Mentality is Tracey Michelle Lucas' 2010 Carnival contribution. This song was adapted from the poem "Carnival Mentality" written by Maurice Ferraz, her grandfather. It was his vision that ultimately resulted in the creation of this song; sadly, he did not live to hear the end result.
The song features rapso giants 3canal, and was worked into their 2010 Carnival Show JAM-IT!!!!! in which Tracey played the Jamette Alice Sugars. She thanks 3canal immensely for their contribution to the song as well as the opportunity they have afforded her to perform it and live up to her grandfather's dream.

Lyrics:
Take de toc toc shake the shac shac,
Bring de drums and the congo beat
Steal de grater from de kitchen drawer
Later on yuh go take de heat
Now its a theatre in the streets
Full performance in de blazing heat
Imagination, mas invasion
Music, art, magic creation
Wine and wave and ramajay
Breakaway and dingolay
We not hearing what they say when dey running dey mout and talking about we

[CHORUS] Carnival Mentality; Its a new time swing on a ole time ting (x2)


I tired hear them call it slackness
Saying is a wicked and evil practice
Put an end to this, its a new genesis
And de reason for dis ingenious mix
In de true vision of nationalism
We transcend the boundaries of race and religion
Two hundred years now we fighting de system
Good ting we harden sometimes and doh listen
When we wine wave ramajay
Break away and dingolay
We not hearning what dey say
When dey running dey mout and dey talkin about we

[CHORUS] Carnival Mentality; Its a new time swing on a ole time ting (x2)



[BRIDGE]
Bring de poets , de drummers, composers arrangers, de painters (tell dem come)
Bring de playwrights , de artist, bandleaders, designers and tailors (tell dem come)
Call de lighting technicians and de musicians (we go meet so tell dem come)
Bring de skill and de will we go fill up a village and build it to greatness with de true


[CHORUS]Carnival Mentality; Its a new time swing on a ole time ting


Take me back to the mas camp
the brains of the operation where the ideas flow
Sound waves of talent from the panyard
crash in yuh ears tellin yuh spirit to go go go
listen to de soul in the soca
born from the core of the sweet calypso
So when yuh miss meh, yuh go find me
acting like a jamette on de road wit de moko
Wine and wave and ramajay
Breakaway and dingolay
We not hearing what they say
when dey running dey mout and talking about we

[CHORUS] Carnival Mentality; Its a new time swing on a ole time ting (x2)



*** Special thanks to Trevyn Roberts, graphic artist of the video still used in this clip. WOI WOI***