Comments on: Cocoa Tea’s Barack Obama Reggae Song & Lyrics

By: Aliaksandr Harbunou

Aliaksandr Harbunou — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:46:42 +0000

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

By: omega crook

omega crook — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:25:48 +0000

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: Jared

Jared — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:55:59 +0000

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

By: Obama Wins. at saidia.org

Obama Wins. at saidia.org — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:09:33 +0000

[...] lyrics are so great, I looked them up and found them in full at Cocoa Tea – Barack Obama Reggae Song, Video, Lyrics. Reposted below for your [...]

By: Black Virus

Black Virus — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:35:16 +0000

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: Cocoa Tea: paint all the white house black « No Sabe / No Opina

Cocoa Tea: paint all the white house black « No Sabe / No Opina — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:23:50 +0000

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By: pfunk

pfunk — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:28:07 +0000

@Carlos, Thanks for the help with the lyrics! I’ll add in your changes…and I wish I could be at the victory party to hear the song!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:52:30 +0000

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: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:47:28 +0000

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: “Barack Obama” by Cocoa Tea « On Deaf Ears

“Barack Obama” by Cocoa Tea « On Deaf Ears — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:05:16 +0000

[...] Here’s an approximation of the lyrics, courtesy of Video Sundry: [...]