Wedding

A group of ladies by the stand pipe While the tassa men play their tune This is the lawa morning I getting marry this afternoon A bunch of foreigners clapping And their mom drinking coconut water They come from the Middle East Because I marrying her daughter My wedding suit hanging in the closet Made by ram mohess tailoring Riad gone for ice by the round about And the family home busy cooking Roger and them boys down stairs Sugar bring out a case of rum Shirley and rianna join the lawa Dancing to beat of the tassa drum They wouldn’t let me see her My beautiful bride to be And her family in the kitchen Tasting curry goat and dhalpurie They have she down by nazim in penal Three days I didn’t get to see her And Suzy calls to say they leaving And junior driving the wedding car Curry goat, chicken, alloo and channa Curry mango and nice hot kuchela And the best roti in Trinidad From uncle Jap up in Marabella Roger packing his fridge and freezer Cause Julie bring some bee,s ice cream The whole place buzzing with excitement Today I marrying the of my dreams Family and friends come from allover Texas, New York, UK and Canada Omg she looks so beautiful Coming out the wedding car Here she stands in next to me The woman that will share my life And today before god, friends and family We become husband and wife I feel happy, but still I’m very sad Because I wish my father was here But I know he is up in heaven Looking down from somewhere