Soca Warriors

VM-matchen mellan Trinidad & Tobago och Sverige bevittnade jag som bekant på en sportpub på just Trinidad. Det är ett jäkla go i människorna där, det märks inte minst på deras nationella fotbollslåt. Den klår nog de flesta svenska sådana. Jag är allt lite nostalgisk... attityden, tugget... Läs låttexten vet ja! Och lyssna nu för bövelen, det här är sköönt.




Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls
Good afternoon
And we are gathered here for the game of your life (lovely! lovely!)
I want to see yuh put yuh flags up in de air right now
Sing!

(chant)
Oh oooh oh oh oh!
Oh oooh oh oh oh!
Oh oooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oooh oh oh oh!

Chorus:
I am ah soca warrior
I say win or lose i am ah fighter
I'm ah soca warrior
I come to shine meh nationality brighter
I am ah soca warrior
I say win or lose i am ah fighter
I'm ah soca warrior
I come to shine meh nationality brighter

We will attack
We will defend
We going to pressure dem to de very end
And any opposition dat we meet, hear me now
We go defeat dem by we feet
We go shine with all we might
90 minutes of red, black and white, hear me now
Anytime you see we in we uniform
To get de victory is ah norm

Well, i'm ah soca warrior
I say win or lose i am ah fighter
I'm ah soca warrior
I come to shine meh nationality brighter
I am ah soca warrior
I say win or lose i am ah fighter
I'm ah soca warrior
I come to shine meh nationality brighter

Show them ... up on de field
Let dem know de position done seal
Every tackle, every pass, hear me now
We have dem eating off the grass
We never say it would be easy
To the battle almighty father lead we, hear me now
Anytime yuh see we in we uniform
To get de victory is ah norm

I am ah soca warrior
I say win or lose i am ah fighter
I'm ah soca warrior
I come to shine meh nationality brighter
I'm ah soca warrior
I say win or lose i am ah fighter
I'm ah soca warrior
Ah come to shine meh nationality brighter

(chant)
Oh oooh oh oh oh
Oh oooh oh oh oh
Oh oooh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oooh oh oh oh

Oh oooh oh oh oh (warrior! warrior!)
Oh oooh oh oh oh
Oh oooh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oooh oh oh oh

Still in abundance
Fit like a fiddle
So long we wait to hear de whistle
From down de way or thru de middle, hear me now
Every net ah get a riddle
We committed to de mission
Ready for any, kind ah situation
Hear me now
Anytime yuh see we in we uniform
To get de victory is ah norm

(chant)
Oh oooh oh oh oh
Oh oooh oh oh oh
Oh oooh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oooh oh oh oh

Oh oooh oh oh oh (warrior, warrior 2x)
Oh oooh oh oh oh (warrior, warrior 2x)
Oh oooh oh oh oh oh oh (warrior, warrior 3x)
Oh oooh oh oh oh (warrior, warrior 2x)

We will attack, we will defend
We going to pressure dem to de very end
And any opposition dat we meet, hear me now,
We go defeat dem by de feet
We go strive ... (we go strive, with all we might

(http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Maximus-Dan/Fighter.html)