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Roll up de Tassa, or Mr. Bissessar (1988): Back to Main Lyrics Page
Singer: Drupatee Ramgoonai
Composer: Wayne McDonald

[Spoken]
Whee-This is jam/This is a soca tassa jam
My bleddy ting na

Come on-aha
That is it dear

Aranguez savannah
Red hot with fever
Indian bazaar, and dey jammin de soca, jammin de soca

Old man Bissessar/take off him kapra
Pull out de tassa, and start jammin de soca
Jammin de soca
Aha

Well de music soundin sweet
And de crowd get inna heat
If yuh hear how people bawl
Bissessar don't stop at all

Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
O bayta, roll up de tassa, roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Rip up de tassa, Bissessar
Rub up de tassa, Bissessar
O bayta,...
Ah boy, tings warmin' up!

Come on!
Come on, Bissessar!

People from afar
Penal and Couva
Come together
And dey jammin de soca/ jammin de soca

A section from Debe
Join and start to play
Indian lavway
And dey jammin de soca/ jammin de soca

Ai yai yai

--when de old man gettin hot
and the tassa start to cot,
see how people from Valley lime
And dulahin start to wine

Roll up de tassa....Bissessar
Ah Bissessar boy
Look how yuh have dem sweatin
Is first time they gettin dis kinda soca tassa
Yes, roll it up man

Look at Radhica
Look at Rafi
Man, everybody sweatin
Wey buss it up
Buss it up

....Phagwa
....Hosay and laawa.
Ali and Mustafa
Ramesh and Sookdath
Hold on Radhica
And dey jammin de soca/ jammin de soca

When Sita and Parbati
Start a song now in Hindi
But meh nani get on baad
She get the old man stick all hard

Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Rip up de tassa, Bissessar
Rub up de tassa, Bissessar

Ai ai ai
Look at my nani
She real get on baad
Yuh no maan

Was past de night
Everybody tight
But dey jammin de soca/ jammin de soca

Findin......edge
Climb on de stage
De young and de aged
And dey jammin de soca/ j de soca
Yes maan, they doin de ting

When de action out of han[d]
Wid dem rival tassa ban[d]
I can tell you without fear..
I can't miss this fete next year

Roll up------------

Look at de wais[t]

Wine wine wine

O bayta, Bissessar

Ah ha rub it up rub it up rub it up

Yes yes

Roll up de tassa, Bissessar

Come on, come on

Rip up de tassa, Bissessar

My god look at Rahim!
Look at dulahin

Yes maan shake de waist

Roll up de tassa, Bissessar
Rip up de tassa, Bissessar
Rub up de tassa, Bissessar


O bayta.....
Indian is great
.............
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