Original 'Oh Maninja' from Guyana, later redone by Kanchan

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As Caribbean people, we feel proud in our identity especially in the ways we express ourselves. In this popular Guyanese English Creole number, we could hear the uniqness of our dear Caribbean expression, an essential element of our identity. Thanks Rajinder for the LP and Orin Gorden for the transcription and English translation.

Oh maninjha, cane ah cut and price nah pay at all, rice and flour dear ah shap, ah wha you mean at all

People people come leh we go, pick up yuh saucepan and cutlass and hoe

Me wuk hard in de backdam til me hand get a corn.

When me get ah money e gone in de pan

De maninjha left de estate, he had to go away, when we me fadda hear dat he cry every day

Carry way me na raja me nah go stan no more

De manjha gane away, we coolie take over, wha me had to say is more harder labor