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‘Pokemon Blues’

sung by “Crazy”
composed by Gregory Ballantyne

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“Pokemon Blues”
“Crazy”
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)

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LYRICS

Verse 1

The country gone crazy - people walking behind cell
Meh girl Daisy - wouldn’t leave this new game alone
The game they love in town is Pokemon Go
From Blanchisseuse to Tabaquite to Scarborough
All over the country - is virtual reality
If you see meh baby please send she home for me

Chorus 1

By the big tree in UWI - she catch ah Pokemon
Behind ah wall by Massy - she catch she Pokemon
In Movietowne - she spinning round -
She eh want to miss none
Ah feeling shame - ah video game -
Giving me ah good horn
Pokemon - the thing now is Pokemon
She having fun - playing with she Pokemon

Verse 2

This game addictive - like nothing I have seen before
Some people cyar live - unless they catch more and more
In New York Central Park, they had ah stampede
This vice on ah device hit Trini with speed
Since yesterday me eh see - dis girl who I love dearly
She must be on the Avenue collecting Pokey

Chorus 2

Churches and temples busy - ‘cause dem is key locations
Inside Smokey and Bunty - you could catch Pokemon
In Movietowne - she spinning round -
She eh want to miss none
Ah feeling shame - ah video game - giving me ah good horn
Pokemon - de thing now is Pokemon
She having fun - playing with she Pokemon

Verse 3

I sleeping sweetly - in meh house couple nights ago
I thought was Daisy -
Ah phone come through meh bedroom window
Ah jump up - to face ah man with ah explanation
He playing Pokemon - my house is location
I tell him “Man - dat might be true -
“But like you missing ah screw
“This Pokemon is for Daisy, not for you”

Chorus 3

She flag ah red band maxi - looking for Pokeman
She hop ah water taxi - looking for Pokemon
In Movietowne - she spinning round -
She eh want to miss none
Ah feeling shame - ah video game - giving me ah good horn
Pokemon - de thing now is Pokemon
She having fun - playing with she Pokemon

Verse 4

Saudi Arabia - done ban the Pokemon Go
Across in Russia - Pokemon under wraps also
Australia - say - if dey catch you trespassing
Doh come and say is Pokemon yuh playing
Portugal eh making jive
Doh collect Pokey while yuh drive
Well ah hope meh Daisy safe and she still alive

Chorus 4

From Grand Bazaar to Carnbee - you could catch Pokemon
On the inter-island ferry - you could catch Pokemon
In Movietowne - dey spinning round -
Dey eh want to miss none
Ah feeling shame - ah video game - giving me ah good horn
Pokemon - the ting now is Pokemon
Dey having fun - playing with dey Pokemon

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Edwin “Crazy” Ayoung
“Crazy”

Edwin Ayoung or “Crazy” - born Edwin Ayoung in 1944, on Maraval Road in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad of a Venezuelan mother and Trinidadian father of Chinese descent, was - in his youth - as skilled and competitive in his country’s national pastime of cricket, as he has been now for years as a world-travelled musician, performing artist and composer.

Though dubbed The “Loveable Lunatic of Soca,” Ayoung has time and again not been given his due in his native land, yet remains one of the most commercially successful artists on the international soca scene. An experimentalist, he pioneered the unique musical genre known as Parang Soca and played a leading role in promoting Chutney Soca. Crazy would go on to sing several monster smashes in parang soca, including Muchacha and Homemade Wine.

A brilliant double-entendre artiste at its best - Edwin Ayoung has delighted in pushing the envelope in his humorous and witty manner. With songs like Paul, Nani Wine and Suck Meh Soucouyant to name but three, this illustrious performer remains a staple in the music world

He’s been ranked in the top three for Trinidad & Tobago’s annual national calypso monarch competition - his best showing being at position two with Dustbin Cover. He captured the prestigious Road March title (the ‘tune for the road’ during Carnival Monday and Tuesday) in 1985 with Suck Meh, Soucouyant.

“Crazy” has already been heard from for the season on Oh God, Oh God, Gee Gee Ree and Pan Up There. There’s always room for more from the man, so this track written by Gregory “GB” Ballantyne, Pokemon Blues, is up next.

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