Cocoa Tea’s Barack Obama Reggae Song & Lyrics

By coco tea on Oct 1, 2008 | Reply

how you live in dakota

By ObamaSongs on Oct 5, 2008 | Reply

Thanks for writing out these lyrics!

Suggestions:
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“Well some of dem are just ??? / And some ah take back dem ???”
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“Well some of dem are just smart / And some ah take back dem chant”
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“And I can’t believe that you”
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“And I can’t believe it’s true,”
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“How you livin outta ???”
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“Or you live in Nort’ Dakota (Obama!),”
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“how will join this alliance (Obama!)”
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“How all ya join this alliance (Obama!),”
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By Carlos on Nov 4, 2008 | Reply

Great job transcribing these lyrics! I play with a reggae band that performs the song and I think I can refine what you have here a bit:
Some of it is in the Jamaican patois phrasology that is a little foreign to American ears, so it wouldn’t seem to make sense just reading the words, but having spent many years dealing with Jamaican culture and singing reggae, here is a more accurate rendering of the lyrics;

Barack Obama by Cocoa Tea:

Woy woy why why why woy why whyyyy lord
Be bungi yungi dengi yungi denga denga denga deng
diggadiggadiggadiggadeng

1)
Well, this is not about class,
nor color, race, nor creed.
Make no mistake it’s the changes
whey all the people dem need
Dem a shout out…
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
Dem say
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
2)
Now you can hear it in the morning (Obama!),
And you can hear it inna the evening (Obama!),
Black man and white ‘oman shouting (Obama!),
Dem inna the groove and dem is moving (Obama!).
And you can hear them saying…
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
Dem say
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
3)
The momentum is hot (hot)
And no one can’t stop that (that)
Well some of dem a dress back
And some ah take back dem chat
All some of dem who was racist
jumping and dancing in the street
and a shout out…
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
Dem say
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
4)
It is not Hillary Clinton (Obama!)
and it is not John McCain (Obama!)
It is not Chuck Norris (Obama!),
And I know it’s not John Wayne (Obama!),
It is not the one Rambo (Obama!),
And it is not the Terminator (Obama!),
But a new trendsetter (Obama!),
Him hottin’ up the whole America
and dem a shout out…
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
Dem say
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
5)
African-American rise…
and keep your eyes on the prize (Obama!),
Cause now nuff of dem a realize,
the black man is in their eyes. (Obama!)
Well it’s no joke it’s a fact,
we’re gonna paint all the white house black (Obama!),
And nuff cyan believe a true
black house fe run the red, white and blue…
Dem a shout out…
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
Dem said
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
6)
Me callin’ all liberal Indians (Obama!),
whey live up on the reservation (Obama!),
the Japanese and all the Chinee-man (Obama!),
the Indian and all the Mexicans (Obama!),
Arabs and Jews and Palestinians (Obama!),
all time fe we join up as one,
and a shout out…
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
Dem say
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
7)
Cause this is not about class (Obama!),
nor color, race, nor creed (Obama!),
but it’s about the changes (Obama!),
what the Americans need (Obama!).
So, whether you come from California (Obama!),
Or you live in Nort’ Dakota (Obama!)
You could have come from Texas (Obama!),
Or you’re living inna Florida
I want ya join disya line ya (Obama!)
And let me hear you start shout,
Just shout out…
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy
shout
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama woyy woyy

By Carlos on Nov 4, 2008 | Reply

THIS IS IT!!
I’ll be playing the song at his victory party at House Of Blues-Cleveland tonight.
http://www.myspace.com/carlosjones

By Black Virus on Nov 25, 2008 | Reply

This song had been my morning and evening prayer…. thanks Cocoa for publishing it.
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….And it is not the Terminator (Obama!),
But a new trendsetter (Obama!),
Him hottin’ up the whole America
and dem a shout out…

Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama

By Jared on Jan 9, 2009 | Reply

top 2 dumbest songs i have ever heard in my life…barack hussein obama sucks

By omega crook on Feb 9, 2009 | Reply

THANK YOU COCOA TEA FOR THE ENRICHMENT THAT YOU HAVE BOUGHT TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. THIS SONG GIVES AND EXAMPLE THAT WE AS A PEOPLE CAN STILL PRODUCE MUSIC THAT HAS POWER WITHOUT CURSING AND SEX.

By Aliaksandr Harbunou on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

Very cool reggae collective. Where I can find more Cocoa Tea songs?