Kaiso Newscast

If I had the choice I would choose To live back when calypso brought the news If I had the choice I would choose To live right back when calypso brought the news No more reporters, no anchormen No recorder, no pad and pen No nosy cameras to point and shoot No red ink to cross out the truth Three cheers, three cheers America I hear how allyuh catch a dictator Went down in a hole to catch a mouse While a rat livin' large in the white house Three cheers, three cheers America I hear how allyuh catch a dictator Went down in a hole to catch a mouse While a rat livin' large in the white house Kaiso don't use jargon or doublespeak To place the truth beyond your reach No more big words to bus' your brain Even the weatherman would be talking plain No nonsense terms like gale and squall Instead you hear how wind pelting big tree and all And we don't need no picture from outer space To tell we what is going on in front we face Flood, flood, flood in Port-of-Spain Investment dollars falling down like rain Rush, rush, everything has a price In Trinidad, petroleum paradise Trinidad, petroleum paradise Trinidad, petroleum paradise Kaiso better than Fox News or CNN Because calypso don't pretend To inform without comment Or separate fact from argument It don't hide behind stats and figures admits its sources are gossip and rumour But you will never hear how Bin Laden was seen Liming with Chavez down by the Muslimeen