CARNIVAL IS – (NOW!!!)
Copyright 2006 Ken P Haywood. Key: Am Time: 4:29 tempo: 155

Intro: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for being here. I am your host, Ken Hunter, and I am here to tell you… Carnival Is Now!!!

Chorus: Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your rag ah ready – Jump up!
Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your flag ah ready – Jump up!
Ah come to hear brass
Come out to play ah mass
Come with yuh flag come with yuh rag
And everybody splash up – Right Now!

Gimmie de Brass – Right Now!
Gimmie de Soca – Right Now!
Gimmie de Steel band – Right Now!
Come let we jump up – Right Now!
Gimmie de Brass – Right Now!
Gimmie de Soca – Right Now!
Gimmie de Steel band – Right Now!
Come let we jump up – Right Now!

Oh ooh oh oh, yeah ye yeah yeah (4 times)

Verse 1: Carnival is a brass band coming down on a big truck
Carnival is ah rhythm section heading up in de same direction
Everybody nice and jumpin as de base line ha yuh pumpin
Ten woman to hold one man now is the time ah Carnival

Chorus: Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your rag ah ready – Jump up!
Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your flag ah ready – Jump up!
Ah come to hear brass
Come out to play ah mass
Come with yuh flag come with yuh rag
And everybody splash up – Right Now!

Gimmie flag, gimmie flag, gimmie flag gimmie flag (4times)

Break 20
Chorus: Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your rag ah ready – Jump up!
Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your flag ah ready – Jump up!
Ah come to hear brass
Come out to play ah mass
Come with yuh flag come with yuh rag
And everybody splash up – Right Now!

Gimmie de Brass – Right Now!
Gimmie de Soca – Right Now!
Gimmie de Steel band – Right Now!
Come let we jump up – Right Now!
Gimmie de Brass – Right Now!
Gimmie de Soca – Right Now!
Gimmie de Steel band – Right Now!
Come let we jump up – Right Now!

Verse 2: Ah feel the anticipation of ah Steel band Soca nation
We can’t wait to celebrate wine on a bumper celebrate
2 Million People feting here 2 Million rag up in the air
Ah see them jumpin on de road come let we jump up on de road

Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your rag ah ready – Jump up!
Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your flag ah ready – Jump up!
Ah come to hear brass
Come out to play ah mass
Come with yuh flag come with yuh rag
And everybody splash up – Right Now!

Gimmie flag, gimmie flag, gimmie flag gimmie flag (4times)

Gimmie de Brass – Right Now!
Gimmie de Soca – Right Now!
Gimmie de Steel band – Right Now!
Come let we jump up – Right Now!
Gimmie de Brass – Right Now!
Gimmie de Soca – Right Now!
Gimmie de Steel band – Right Now!
Come let we jump up – Right Now!

Oh ooh oh oh, yeah ye yeah yeah (4 times)

Verse 3: All my people representing, show dem what we know bout feting
Carnival in every region reaching out to every nation
See dem flag up in de sky put dem up and wave dem high
Let de Soca music play every hour every day

Chorus: Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your rag ah ready – Jump up!
Tell me are you ready – Jump up!
Get your flag ah ready – Jump up!
Ah come to hear brass
Come out to play ah mass
Come with yuh flag come with yuh rag
And everybody splash up – Right Now!

Gimmie flag, gimmie flag, gimmie flag gimmie flag (4times)

Break 20 (2 times)
Ad lib and fade out…

Copyright 2006 Ken P Haywood. (COTTT) (ASCAP)
Written, Produced and Performed by Ken P. Haywood – “Ken Hunter