Lyrics

VERSE

Everybody in mas ah ready
Hope ya book yuh flight to Trinidad
Who in de gym, and who done fit ah ready
Nah making joke, 'cause dey love dis real bad
Is a Carnival venom, in your blood
Come down for J'Ouvert, bathe in mud
And have a time
When we start up de jamming, cyar stop de wining
Misbehaving again

Chorus

When you get hooked on de rhythm, from de iron man
You will get hooked on de tempo, and de bacchanal
And when you get de addiction, 'cause de music sweet
You will get hooked on de steelband and de soca beat
Why we love it so, we don't know... we cannot explain it
You will get hooked, I tell ya so... give me de tempo now
Take out ya flags and shake em up
And take out your rags and wave dem
Shake up ya rear, now get on bad, and hands in de air
There's no place like home (no place like home)

Verse

When you touch down in Soca Island
I'll be glad to see you once again
When you reach, there's no way ya leaving
Pandemonium dis year again
Time to start back de liming, have no fear
Forget ya worries, we doh care
'Bout stress and strain
'Cause again we'll be jumping, get yuh heart pumping
Panorama again

Chorus

Bridge
Time to start de Carnival
Leh we make a bacchanal (leh we go)
Carnival, Carnival, bacchanal, bacchanal (Repeat)
So when you think ya could take it no longer
Pack ya bags and find your way back home

Verse

Well you may have your own impression
Of our desire to just misbehave
But it's simply a burning passion
A fire blazing to free up on stage
So jump in a steelband, move ya waist
Look de expression, on ya face
Doh let this end
Yes my friend you'll be crying, feel like ya dying
If you miss dis again

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