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Christmas Morning Kaiso Parang

• Corie Sheppard

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We’re back with our annual Christmas episode, sharing calypso and parang music from Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 — a simple holiday check-in we do every year for our audience.

As always we’re joined by my son and our producer  Zachary for a relaxed Christmas lime filled with music, laughter, and conversation. Together, we revisit Christmas traditions, talk about music old and new, reflect on the year gone by, and make space for younger voices while still honouring the culture we grew up on.

As always, this episode is our gift to you — something to listen to on Christmas Day while you cook, lime, or take a quiet moment to yourself. We also acknowledge that while the season is joyful for many, it can be a difficult time for others, and we hold space for that too.

🎄 Merry Christmas from our family to yours.

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SPEAKER_12:

Hello, welcome to the Exactly Shepherd Podcast. This is officially my podcast, you know? You know, I take over. This is the very special guest, Corey Shepherd. Nice to have him on my podcast, you know. We just come to Merry Christmas and thing. We know we just do this annually, so we are right back again.

Corie:

Yeah, because nobody has any idea what it is you're doing. Who invites you here?

SPEAKER_12:

Um, well I invite myself.

Corie:

Enough. Final as if we can tell most in the song.

unknown:

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

SPEAKER_12:

Merry Christmas. I'll brighten a broth, brother. We celebrate in this one. Then the breeze goes to a brother. I have nothing much to offer. But a standard greeting to you. Do all the leader that is funny. That's true. It just bullets and by a man. I'm standing my greetings to you.

SPEAKER_11:

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

unknown:

Merry Christmas.

SPEAKER_11:

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

unknown:

Merry Christmas.

Corie:

Merry Christmas. Have a bright and a prosperous new year. Welcome to your quarry shop at podcast. Welcome back to this. Everybody who's been listening. Welcome to all the new listeners. How are they going? Is a while since you do this enough?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, that's why.

Corie:

You said last year. Remember when we were Christmas last year? Can't remember. What do you do for Christmas last year?

SPEAKER_12:

Dancing, whatever.

Corie:

It's my original way.

SPEAKER_12:

Oh, what?

Corie:

Remember we used in the saints last year? We traveled for Christmas. First Christmas, white Christmas, we spending a long time. Why are you enjoying that white Christmas boy?

SPEAKER_12:

White Christmas was amazing.

Corie:

Food? This is the greediest man alive. I wanted to live this man an idiot, eh? So as the episode goes on and the blood sugar change, this man is gonna get grumpy as hell. One of the problems we're having today is that we're rushing to come here. Zachary falls, Zachary move late, he wake up late, he starts late, and he stays whole time cutting clips and things, and can't come in his studio to record. So you know who else we forget?

SPEAKER_12:

What?

Corie:

You forget the quattro. Oh shit. We not the first people leave women's remember.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05:

Then the hire me and the palamant balancing.

SPEAKER_12:

Whoa! But when we reach up, we realize we can find no instruments if you bought. It's the money that stands the lady and people with the old day. Oh, you better dance on this boat. Beaten all you're saying. Tell me about this man, it's big money.

SPEAKER_11:

No what the feel like we got before this.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, let's be that we don't. Oh that music, all that big it's up the dough, I don't let up. I've got the top top.

SPEAKER_11:

I went topic, that's the puff we tough.

SPEAKER_12:

You know what I find? I find that as me getting the Christmas gifts I want, like a certain guy.

Corie:

I don't nothing about that. I see a lady on TikTok the other day. She said the new soaker parang and them ain't good at all. She says the soaker parang singers today need to stop singing. And all we go play is Skrunt and Baron and them. You remember when Rome was here? Rome says it's important that all your fellas, all your youths, get a chance to play the music that all you like. Because all you can go ever connect to the songs in the same way we connect to Skrunt and them. Although you like some of them.

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, I love some.

Corie:

Yeah, your mother makes you like some. Between your mother and your father think bad, you know?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah.

Corie:

But it's important that our youthful music and them kind of things. So I want to know what you want for Christmas. If you're talking about you ain't getting where you want and all them kind of thing, and then never gain where you want. What you want?

SPEAKER_12:

I'm a less prepared hell. I'm gonna say it out here.

Corie:

iPad, iPhone, and all this. Well, let's finish immediately. What do I wish on my Christmas list? Immediately. I don't even forget why I want consent.

SPEAKER_12:

Mr. Santa Claus, I think it's high time you take a boss. Well, could you tell me why it became why every year I only get tocks and drugs? Yeah, Robots good. I need to nice. I do all the things I should. It's not watching. I had love in my hand. You do a joke, I would be giving. I'll copy lots of cool. I'll find you that broke it to it. Why every yellow gets up and shots? Tell me why it goes. Why every yellow be gets up and shots?

SPEAKER_10:

When it makes it checking it twice. You have twice this yellow nice. I'm I have it square.

SPEAKER_12:

No damn wear. I'll go on your in there. You think I'm up to this? I got it. Every elbow gets stopped on choice. But could you tell me why it's a lot?

SPEAKER_10:

Why every albody gets up that shots?

SPEAKER_08:

Every street, put off the temple. But everything with a team with open.

SPEAKER_12:

And tell me what it's because I get stopped. I'm drawing. I don't ask you for the tea. I don't find a shirt with something. Every arrow only gets subs and drugs. What could you tell me why it's because why every arrow only gets subs and drugs?

Corie:

That you can also par.

SPEAKER_12:

Love it.

Corie:

Final, as if you tell moon signals on.

SPEAKER_12:

Rambunctious. Blood and the flesh. Tell nobody's name rambunctious.

Corie:

Well, you see.

SPEAKER_12:

You know what I mean?

Corie:

No, I do not. I do not know what you mean.

SPEAKER_12:

S N, same thing.

Corie:

No, it's not Rembunction. It's crazy. So in your mind, you do everything you're supposed to do this year.

SPEAKER_12:

I think so.

Corie:

Yeah, I wasn't sure about that. But let me congratulate you, right? Let me start it. First, I'll tell people why we're here, right? Every year we used to sit down and do an episode just for people to feel good on our Christmas morning. We play a little Christmas music. So this is our gift to you, right? Our gift to the folks out there because and we just enjoy doing it too, right?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, I love it.

Corie:

Yeah, I realize you get dressed with this one, you know, it's a little eager, you know what I mean? You forget your other work to do. But it's nice to come here and play some music for the people and get them something that they could listen to on a Christmas day, you know what I mean? I myself like to look back at it. Do you remember the old episodes on some of the music that you played? A little bit of it. And you pretend like you know so and you know a little bit more back then. But I would say that in terms of you're doing it good on yourself, you're still getting socks and drones for Christmas, right? But I want to take a minute to congratulate you because I saw the amount of work you're putting over the last year to move from 31st and test, like how your father used to come to the first and test.

SPEAKER_12:

I never come to test.

Corie:

I never come to test only. I never come to any high 30s and test in 40 months up to fifth place. Congratulations, my brother. You worked very hard. People might know, right? That you had one point in time you was preparing for tests, and you're like an old man to two parents in hospital, mommy in one hospital, your father doing surgery in the next hospital. And how you doing, how you doing your classes here? I do very good, to be honest. Tell me now, the people want to know. Alright, so I got a little I got a little 83 in my tomb. 83% overall? Yeah. Yeah, embarrassing your father. My good name, you're embarrassing in Fatima. I never get more than about 55% in Fatima. You go on there and get 83% and then you're carrying down my good name. What else you get? What's the subject you do the best in?

SPEAKER_12:

Throw this here. I think I did the best in French.

Corie:

What was the percentage you get now?

SPEAKER_12:

I think I got exactly 90%.

Corie:

That is impressive. You know why you used to get in French?

SPEAKER_12:

Well.

Corie:

Nothing, because you never used to show up for the exam. Where you get in maths?

SPEAKER_12:

I get like 95 in maths. But I was always good at maths.

Corie:

Well, it's clear that you don't know maths very well. Because if you say the highest again is 90, but you get 95 in maths, that's crazy. That is crazy. I you know if you watch somebody take my exam for what I started to be very suspect. And where are you coming in your class overall?

SPEAKER_12:

I come fifth place in my class.

Corie:

Fifth is excellent. Fifth is excellent. Carrying on my good name. Carrying on my good name. No, I will say and I will commend you and tell you that I am very proud, mommy, to all of us, Nana, grandpa, everybody, granny moy. We're proud that you did well and you come fifth in your class. I know you work very hard to achieve that, right? And that is true. But when it comes to you doing all the things you're supposed to do outside of school, I don't know if it's a no truth to that at all. I know if it has no truth to that whatsoever. You find you do it?

SPEAKER_12:

Sometimes.

Corie:

One question.

SPEAKER_12:

What's that? Who does life?

SPEAKER_10:

Woman or man? Who you take? Already, there we go. Christmas Eve with my lady. We know who mentioned your new ho. Life was nice and we were so happy. Everything was low kids go. To walk up getting on it. But boy ain't gonna fight someone. Who is your ready beat? When I think who wants that, it's gonna see.

Corie:

You're a new one of my response. Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah. Listen. You see, this is our gift to the listeners, right? To the audience. And I don't tell you what's your gift. Oh, yeah. Talks and drills.

SPEAKER_12:

Oh, wow.

Corie:

So, I want to talk a little bit about the gift, the gifts of blue and gold. How was gifts of blue and gold this year? Go bag. Salute to everybody who was in go bag. You had to give you a go bag experience. What is go bag for people who don't know?

SPEAKER_12:

Well, go bag is really a concert that expresses Fatima in a way.

Corie:

Expresses Fatima. My good name. Wow. What is do for Go Bag? Where's your involvement?

SPEAKER_12:

I'm in the senior choir. We did two performances by ourselves this year, and at the end everybody comes in, it's a big thing.

Corie:

So wait. It's a concert.

SPEAKER_12:

Yes.

Corie:

Three nights. Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night. Every year in December you'll do it. Every year. Every year. So you're in what form? I'm in form two right now. In a like four months still, but why are you in the senior choir? You're not supposed to be in the junior choir. Why are you in the senior choir?

SPEAKER_12:

Well, because I just are good, you understand.

Corie:

And let's just lie, lie, lie, long, go, go, so how was it? How was your go back experience this year?

SPEAKER_12:

My go back experience was great. That was one of the greatest things I experienced. That was a very fun time.

Corie:

I remember it on my Friday night after Oliver first performance. Guys, be worried about how tired Oli will be because Oli have to do the same performance. Three nights straight is in Fatima Hall. You think we could convince Father Gregory to move it to Queens Hall? I think we could. You think we could? Yeah. Alright, best wishes. Let me see if that works. When he comes here, we go talk to him and see if he's willing to do it, right? But I find that is uh is an excellent production. Who you tell us some of the people who behind it. Well, one of my teachers, Mr.

SPEAKER_12:

Noel, behind it, my French teacher. Bigger Mr. Noel.

Corie:

But that's why I say 90% in French. You call French first. You're trying to you're trying to score points with Mr. Noel. Yeah, I can use the extra two marks. I can imagine, I can imagine. When you go there, Mr. Noel is on a hundred, he's on all. I can't imagine what it's like and I'll I'll know the part where I had a drop and pick it up a hundred times in the lead up. I wish Mr. Noel would cut back on that part where we don't have to drop and pick up every time only had a rehearsal to do. Oli was doing rehearsal up to eight, nine the night, some of the nights, right?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, up to nine.

Corie:

And it's several different choirs. Where you have the senior choir?

SPEAKER_12:

Senior choir, junior choir, mixed choir. Right with the holy name convent girls. Um junior.

Corie:

True, true, truth. So mixed choir, junior choir, senior choir.

SPEAKER_12:

Junior Steel band, senior steel band, band orchestra, all that.

Corie:

Yeah. So only have a good time putting that together. I know, I know that Nana went. We went to it last year. Like I say, both your parents informed, so we couldn't make it to go back this year, but it's not something that I like to miss because you're won an excellent show. What Fatima Parent side, you have to talk about that. The parent side play.

SPEAKER_12:

I am actually not sure.

Corie:

I don't know what's been going on with you insider because the thing about it, right? I don't tell all about Zachary and um and Koba. Let me tell you what he's really interested in, right? The show is an excellent show. It's something that I took I take in last year. And when they get together and they get all these boys together, the reason I say I feel it should move is because when they put all of y'all on the stage, the stage is well designed. I don't know who's doing all the design for the stage. I I imagine Mr. Noel and his team involved in every aspect of it. What songs play, what is what's the order of it and the arrangements of the show, the decor. And was the theme of the show through? What's the theme of the show this year? You don't know. This man don't know nothing. Because here were he interested in the whole in girls. And in the end, what does he do on this Sunday night? Only final night or go back. What does he do?

SPEAKER_12:

Well, this take the holes.

Corie:

You take off your socks, you take off your shoes, and you get wet down. And you take off your white shirt next time, because you go on in your white shirt playing in the mud like Hogglove Mud, and you go on your whole white shirt spoiler was supposed to be your dress uniform. You all perform in dress uniform this year?

SPEAKER_13:

Yeah.

Corie:

Last year sometimes you have uniforms or different costumes that you had to change and so on. But I'll tell all of this. Fatimoparang, right? When I was going to Fatima, they had a fellow named Robert Passad. Salute to Robert, right? Robert was the only baddest squat from an you'll ever hear. He is now one of the people on stage with KESS, managing KES sound through. I want to say song engineer or controlling some colour Ableton for Kess. Bad, bad man, bad, bad musician. And his mother used to teach in Fatima to Miss Passad. He was there while his mother was teaching. And that was the most we know about Parang. I was talking to our next Fatimo boy the other day, who's an amazing musician. And when we were small, going to Fatimo, your age, we had excellent musicians, Tony Woodruff, Jr., Etienne Charles, many, many men. So we never even know they could play music. I find out that's when I was older. So I finally have an excellent opportunity to form a brotherhood while only in the school and understand some of the great musicians around him. Because I watching them youth. I wish I'd known everybody's name. I don't. But some of them is the best pan men in the school. Who's the best pan man all they have in the school now?

SPEAKER_12:

Well, I think it's my friend Jared.

Corie:

Jared, and you don't know nobody in the parent side. Who's the teacher? Who's playing with the parent side?

SPEAKER_12:

Good question.

Corie:

Who's your phone one dean?

SPEAKER_12:

Oh, Mr. DeGale.

Corie:

I don't know. If you come fifth in class, me ain't wanting nobody, men who come to see something, you know. But Fatty Ma Paran's side is excellent. They're always in the um the parent festival, always competing on this song as tight as tight could be. And we was planning to get them a parent, get them back a parent for the Fatty Ma boys, right? But before getting quite trumpy. So you gotta hit them a lot, brothers. What do you think we can work with that? Let me play some quatro for them, yeah. You know who playing quattro on this song?

SPEAKER_12:

That's a good question.

Corie:

Your old father, boy. So you know finding this out?

SPEAKER_13:

Yeah.

Corie:

Money cheese monster.

SPEAKER_10:

Yes, I'm wrong. In Trinidad, we call it moragin.

SPEAKER_13:

Money, cheese monster. Increased hunger. I smell ham and turkey. Uncles making wine. Squid smell.

unknown:

I go with the bright and deep for some.

SPEAKER_10:

So I'm not gonna find the bottom.

unknown:

She's monster.

SPEAKER_12:

She's monster. Increase hunger. Ice my hammer turkey, uncle's making white.

Corie:

That song again, you're more hungry.

SPEAKER_12:

A little bit. Loved it.

Corie:

Yeah?

SPEAKER_12:

Mm-hmm.

Corie:

Alright, so I'm waiting for Mr. Mr. Nigga and them to call me because I'm a big fan there like me. Fatty no car. That's the only reason I do this episode in a talk to Mr. Nigga about bringing me in the pandemic, sir. No. You ever talked to Mr. Noel about putting me front and center like a guy's solo performance inside? Commenting should like things are small. I always believe it. I always believe. Let me play music.

SPEAKER_01:

I can't understand.

Corie:

I see leads.

SPEAKER_01:

Quatro man, quatro man, boy, I can't understand. I see lead singer in the band, but she do want me, she won't quatro man. Aye, ay, ay, aye. Went taparan esperanza. And I see a sweet signorita dancing by herself in a corner. So I say, I could be the man, I a dream. If you only give me one chance, I could show you just what I mean. She said, Mistak you're very handsome, and you sing your song so nice. But I feel like I need a more than just a man like you in my life. I need a man who I can sing with, who know how to strike a chord. And anytime that he starts to play with me, could make me ball out too low. I need a man with magic fingers to do everything I like. And a man who I play this time, not to jump me for a whole night.

Corie:

Patrol man, bat rock, me and playing all them fancy things. Five dollars if you tell me who sing that song.

SPEAKER_12:

I think you're five dollars.

Corie:

No, who sing the song?

SPEAKER_12:

Good question.

Corie:

A man who is playing football with every week. A man who was on this podcast this year. Uncle Keys. So what you don't find someone like Keeks?

SPEAKER_01:

Absolutely like your hard on, or you just can't understand. You could do everything in the world, but you still only be one man. I need a man who could make me happy and keep a smile on my face. And a man to shower me with a love I know I cannot replace. I need a man to make me feel sexy, like if I'm the only one. And a man who has plenty of money to buy me everything I want. Patroman, Patroman, boy, I can understand. I see lead singer in the band, but she don't want me, she wants Patrolman.

Corie:

Send out for Mr. De Gale for now. Right? Send that to Mr. De Gale. I'm listening, good. I want to play next year, right? You want the next parang from a man who you sweat with every week?

SPEAKER_12:

Usa.

Corie:

Finals, if you guess who it is.

SPEAKER_12:

Uncle Keeks again?

Corie:

No. This is for all the people who say the new soccer parang and good too.

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah. Yeah, boy, exavan. We leave in there nowhere. Cosy, having with a schooler dinner. Hey, Spec, Tim, we passing him. No, no, no. Bring your shock, shock, bring your quattro. Let it go, let it go. Yeah, man. Lopino, here we come. Woo! Paramusic sweet for so. Yeah, yeah. We head in Lopino. Oh, Lopino. Good. We go get bust for show. We head in Lopino. Oh, oh, Lopino. But if I ran so nice in Lopino. Then we create our vibes in Lopino.

Corie:

You didn't pick up the voice yet? You playing football with men every week and you know? You want to see who?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, let me see. Really?

Corie:

Who's that?

SPEAKER_12:

Chinese. I tell all my crew, we come out a line, lime, lime, lime, lime, line. We come out to have a really good time, time, time, time, time, time. All my friends and my family. Everybody up there. All the neighbors out here. We don't in Lopino.

SPEAKER_15:

Oh oh Lopino.

SPEAKER_12:

We come out of far and farm. Lopino is paran paran. We come out of paran paran. Don't dare we go. Farang. Eat something and far and far. Drink something and faran paran. Play something and faran faran. Hey, Lopino.

SPEAKER_13:

When it's hard to Lopino.

SPEAKER_12:

Oh, you didn't geography. Educating. Oh, you do in geography. As a next conversation, fine next thing.

Corie:

Lupino is a place in the east. Close to where you says the born and grow, right? Lupino is a place in the east. No for plenty tradition and then kind of known for plenty tradition, plenty. No, those things look up and Lupino because I'm not going to be able to next place famous for pirang and then I'll let you play some of your children. You know is our place famous for pirang when I went down parang the other night? Oh yeah. Which one?

SPEAKER_09:

You don't tell me where you go.

Corie:

Singing sound. Next time you have to say the late, great, right, honorable singing sandwich. One of the greatest they ever do it, right? So Christmas music is supposed to song. What kind of song are you gonna play? Yeah, do you know any parents? You know any soap parents? Only no one. You only know one? Let me hear.

SPEAKER_07:

Jingaling, jingle ling, jingle ling-a-ling. Jing a ling, jingle ling, jingle ling-a-ling. Way, way, way, way. Jing a ling-ling ling.

unknown:

Jing a ling ling-ling ling.

SPEAKER_02:

Jing a ling ling-ling ling-ling.

SPEAKER_12:

Final sequentist. Russica deny.

SPEAKER_02:

Santa Cobo Bandy. I need home green. Santa Boule Hunger. Santa Cobo Bandy. I need home green. Basketball show for the hot dog.

unknown:

Ging a ling ring bling. Santa east.

SPEAKER_02:

You know these lyrics though? Yeah. You say he beat trying to do it something hard. He's got kick punching while I need to get vibes. Jing a ling, ling-ling, jing a ling, ling-ling, ling, ling, he bell ringing.

unknown:

Jing a ling ling-ling. Jing a ling ling-ling ling-ling he's drinking punching.

SPEAKER_02:

Jing a ling ling-ling, ding a ling, jing a ling, jingle ling-a-ling.

SPEAKER_12:

Jing a ling, jing a ling, jing a ling-a-ling Santa Water, Snow Hitzel me full again. Yes. Baila.

Corie:

Baila, Santa baila Santa Water, Snow Hitchelme full as nana so he measured Rakia fuso ma zaki I'm a wakama kawayona Rakia puso Hara new song Kawaiona, Jing a ling ling ling, ging a ling ling ling ling ling the bell ringing, ging a ling ling ling, ging a ling ling ling ling ling Lo Santa dancing Jing a ling ling ling give me a copy, I'm not telling me too small I just copy for who choose that give me a copy I'm not telling me too small I tell them what I want and I can ring me more Jing I ling ling ling Jing I Ling Ling Lingy Bang Jing I Ling Ling Ling Jing I Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Looks and Clash Jing I Ling Ling Ling The Power My Be Lyrics I'm Match I know Jump When I'm Drink Nobody Remember Who Forget Lyrics and Will Forget Lyrics That's When I've Every Christmas Song Yeah So Whites On My One Foot When I Hop In and Drop And Dr.

SPEAKER_15:

Whites When I Bat Rom Every Day That's On Four Christmas You Remember This Yeah Is the First Christmas Song I Remember Well Introduce You Song Then Play Give Me Love For Christmas Marcy Amoranda Let's See You No This Like You're No Jingaling Darling Look It's Christmas Time Of Yeah Jungle Lovin' There's All I Want You Share I Don't Want Good I'm Wings I Don't Muse Fancy Tail The Only I'm Missin Is Never Fun To Love In Cause The Days I'm Getting Shorter Ay Ay What That Nice I'm Feeling Cold O Yo Yo Yo All The String Free They Don't Mean Nothing To Me Give Me Love Give Me Love Give La La La Lala Lai La La L Yo Yo Yo La La La Lai La La La Lai Oh Yo Yo Yo Yo Give Me Love Give Me Love Give I Song Watching Why?

Corie:

Cause I was A Parano One of the Thing I Hate Is Tulby People And All The Gay Is Love You No Is I Looking For Christmas?

SPEAKER_04:

It was Early Morning I was Lying In The Bed When I Year I'm Hallin' It Was Little She Come Happy Fether We O Telly Never Give Me Pizza Never Bring No Damn Never Hurry Ay Ai Bring No Dam Never Ay Ay Ay Ay Spring No Dam W I Wor D Ham I Don't Want No What The Meat Bring No D Honna Taste Good Salt Rufus You know It's Salt Rufus No Clues Christmas Bring No Dump Never Hurry Ai Ai Ai Bring No D Hum Ba Ayay Bring No D Hum Never Hoy Ay Bring No D Hum I Ay Bring No Bam Christmas Time Trouble Lip Hiddy Meat Some Rest It's Only Table Letty Never Get Go Beat Be Betin All Day I'm In Fala All Knight I Little Pizza Ham From A Some Alright The Hust I Ball Belly Mother I Let Me and I Jum Belly In the Ham Get Betty Ham Liver O'Brien How

Corie:

You see those things say Rufus goes to school? Who's Rufus? Who writing on the border? Is that pig? So when they say salt Rufus, it's how man people looking for a free Christmas. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_13:

Yeah.

Corie:

You understand what I mean? No, I was like, hey, listen to something before we start, right? Because one of the things about this Christmas thing, right? Is that everybody festive? How much do you love Christmas? You love Christmas? Yeah, no, the gifts is all you like about Christmas. Where's the next thing you like about Christmas?

SPEAKER_12:

Well, enjoy your celebration with family and friends.

Corie:

Because you just make it up thing as you go along. You enjoy Christmas for what is in the fridge for Christmas. The grediest man on the planet. Remember before we start, I had an episode this week with Saki. Is it Saki's story?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, I heard Saki's story. Sad, right?

Corie:

It's a very, very sad story. But I mean Saki's a very resilient person. I encourage people to go and listen to that episode about Saki. Because before every Christmas, I used to record an episode with you, but I also used to record an episode with a therapist by the name of Niola Zamal. I'm a salute to Niola. And salute to her and Kemba started their own podcast recently. And I used to record Niola every year around Christmas. Because Christmas is a time where everybody else around yeah happy. And everybody else has the most food and the most drinks and the most family and loved ones. But sometimes we had a spare thought for the people who Christmas might come. And they don't have nothing. Is that what I'm saying? Yeah, we should try and help those who feel that way. And we should try and always remember those who may be grieving for Christmas, like Zackie, because Zaki is 22 or 23 years old, young fellow. And losses of old parents and lost the money, I think, at 19, 20, and then 23, so maybe 24, 25. Yeah, when we do this, we always have a few songs that we gotta play. And I kinda old for the people who make me have any kind of happy Christmas that we have. We can do that?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, we can do that.

SPEAKER_13:

Yeah, yeah.

Corie:

Alright, I will play a few sad ones, go and eat your ram, and I'll come back. We're gonna come back in whenever you're ready. I never see our man's only studying food. Bye. Hungry. This shouldn't have another Christmas, eh? But it's a it's a beautiful piece of music. Great piece of music. We must always remember the people who are not having the same kind of Christmas, and we knew we'll always just remind me of that you know, people who suffer in grief. And sometimes the grief is not just for people who died and gone, you know, sometimes the grief is for people who write here. And listen both, they're equally sweet.

SPEAKER_12:

Christmas bells are ringing, everybody's singing, church bells are dangling, young couples romance in my lover from Trinidad Sent me a little postcard. I walk me down red, and this is what the little boss card said Have a Merry Christmas, my dear, and have a happy new year. Rosparos in everything you do, happy holiday to you, Merry Christmas, my dear, and have a happy new year.

Corie:

Rosparos in everything you do, happy holiday to you You see how she missed me And longing to kiss me She's very lonely And she wants me ugly I stood almost to be fine With tears running from my eyes But still I could see It season greetings she said to me Saying Merry Christmas my dear I have a happy new year Rosparos in everything you do Happy holidays to you Merry Christmas my dear I have a happy new year Rosperos in everything you do Happy holidays to you Song like this to lyrical doesn't stop right when Patsy was leaving I know I was grieving yet I tried my utmost to be as strong as I want But love is a crazy thing It is no use pretending I love her so bad tomorrow I'm going back to Trinidad To have a Merry Christmas my dear I have a happy new year Prosperous in everything you do Happy holiday to you Merry Christmas my dear I have a happy new year Prosperous in everything you do Happy holiday to you beep beep beep beeping Yeah feeling good now feeling the energy now we went and eat we went and eat a little pack soup there is like the greatest meal everything is the greatest meal ever to you Yeah no I know I know I know I know we're still in our segment to play a few a few of these sadder songs who people who Christmas time this come one of the things that is create sadness around Christmas Christmas time is not so much those who don't have for themselves but sometimes when you see our children like oh you're gonna have soon you're gonna you feel sad about the fact that you feel sad about the fact that you can't give the children the gifts away that's why I feel sad about because I can't give you none of them gifts you was asking for at all you're going to give me some of them gifts you know the song Yes one Christmas Eve casually I was walking down the street one Christmas eve casually I was walking down the street I was attracted by the voice of a little boy as he folded mother's hands telling her his plans What do you think the conversation could be He said listen mama I want you to dance Santa Claus To bring a trumpet and a Constantina for me I am lonely cause there's no children nearby me Ma you don't know how happy your son will be She looked at him very sad as they wanted filled her eyes To realize that she hadn't the answer for his right She was so worried yet so worried and so confused As they stroll along the street No shoes on his feet while they walk he continued to repeat As he pleaded listen mama I want you to dance and applause To bring a champion and a Constantina to me I am lonely Cause there's no children here by me Ma you don't know how happy your son would be I approached her and promised to give a helping hand She said to me Mr.

SPEAKER_14:

Nap you can do the best you can I gave some money and ask them it's where you live That night at 12 o'clock I brought a lovely box the next day she was too marry and gay when she heard listen mama I want you to chance Santa Claus for the Constantina the trumpet he brought for me I'm so happy I have no time to take some teaching Whoa what a nice godfather he is to me one more song I had to play along them lines right because sometimes we grieving for the people but he thinks we don't have to maybe if you know this one.

SPEAKER_03:

Mommy please sing changle pals for me no it's not Christmas yet.

Corie:

They're not getting any toys want to yeah new yeah I'm so clean on you radio set and what is the boo but inside the kitchen is by a phone the butt shining like a saxapon pop we're inside the buttons the ones in my bellies we can spanish but we don't I heard what you say that was you just know Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas I like Lanin to the food cracky on the street nothing in the ocean get rock to eat pop roach in the kitchen he complaining nothing in the cupboard he migrating still on you menu I hear everybody say Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas you see all my people had nothing for the Christmas you know me is a rough thing when you see people have nothing for Christmas way you say this Christmas we're not just giving gifts and getting gifts home right we want to go and do something for the people who are less fortunate and do have what we have at home yeah so get them the iPad and them kind of thing right I mean come on but we could do something nice it reminds me of a song you remember a song we were playing home this week your mother remind me about it you know salute to Paula Stacy every time remind me about a song that I don't know if all these years I never played this song on the podcast but the song was about you we were watching a documentary home about the making of a song called We Are the World Right and it was Lionel Richie who came together and he got Michael Jackson to come he tried to get Prince he got Rachel for Dylan that was a big moment in the world right because the idea behind we are the world was just wait a moment for Christmas here when it was given to the less fortunate so the song was the biggest stars of the day came together and they did this song as a kind of tribute and dedication to get people to contribute to the world. But in not really the idea we don't even have a lot of them do we had the world we have to do something little you know the truth we do here they call it Caribbean for Africa you want to hear it so for Africa some of the greatest ever do it in this summer remember playing this one you're remembering now is the time to show that we are serious together as one to help eradicate salvation see if you make out voices now

SPEAKER_13:

Root set! To show that you can't show some unity. Kelly's in poor boy.

SPEAKER_02:

It's no use. Don't just sit and wonder.

SPEAKER_12:

When will there be an end to this hunger? We must tell us the until It's time for us to show more concern.

Corie:

Yes, Ramdam.

SPEAKER_13:

To show that you're gonna be able to do it.

SPEAKER_09:

Yes, now is the time We must work to maintain the culture. So we can be sure they will have a future.

SPEAKER_13:

To live a life that's empty and sweet.

Corie:

Well black style and loser. He was on the podcast, that's it. David Runner.

SPEAKER_02:

So obviously we are part of this struggle.

SPEAKER_10:

Yes, let us prove what we talk about. Let us show love. Let us all the time.

SPEAKER_13:

I'm in a hunger. We'll send them a big I waste the time when all this will waste the time.

Corie:

It's all your time.

SPEAKER_13:

It's the time to spread.

Corie:

One more buzz now is Time Voice. Alright, enough now is the time, isn't it? Now is the time to stop. You know what I mean? That's something we remember what a half hour was a song. So that is a good little song to remind people that if it is for those who'll have less than us, those who more less fortunate, and if we have the things. Because you know what's a funny thing when you see panging, right? Remember, we go pranging with grandpa or uncle scratching his uncle scratch or uncle less than them now. When you go pranging, you gotta be mindful of the fancy people. Because the idea behind our prang is to really bring chair to people, right? Bring chair and bring joy. But you would imagine that you have some people who not in the mood for that, right? So what do you think is happening? Everybody who comes, they want to come by the next holes. You can't have enough harm and bread and rum for fifty people. And half of them people like you.

SPEAKER_12:

Well, you see, the smallest is always getting more, so I always used to get fed. I didn't have to worry about it.

Corie:

Is it worse? Is it worse? I don't know what way on here. Telling you about people like Zachary when they come in your house.

SPEAKER_00:

They like to use words that's big and long, and they ain't know when they're using it wrong. Some muppers come by me last Christmas day. Eat me out and drink me in the worst away. I had a swell time, they started to boast. But before I go, let me make a toast and they tell me. Yes, to my good friend, I wish that he and everybody live in enmity. I wish him ill health and adversity, disaster and strife eternally. I second the motion. I grab my cutlass and I tell the louse. You better get the hell out of my house. You can't do him that. And next one who said to me, What he said should make you feel happy. I was shocked because this was a friend of mine. I tired lending money with us, get along fine. So when he says he liked the remark, I say he must be boos and making Skylark, but he's time. Me, a cup of sorrow never run dry. Me misfortune follow you until the day you die. You are such a nice, quiet, illiterate lad. You're obnoxious company, make me feel glad. I said my devotion. A long Maga one they call Dario. Say trichets for insipid sparrow. The fame and fortune that he has accomplished, I wish it all would rapidly diminish. His stupidity is unsurpassed. In other words, he's a hypothetical ass. May his friends bring him joy and frustration. Impose on him and leave him to degradation. He's a jolly good fellow and a kind reprobate. Unscrupulous and always inconsolate. I couldn't believe people could be so rude, repaying kindness with ingratitude. Lord, well I grinding like a sugar mill. I know which one of them to kill. But I grabbed me cutlass and a peltablow. I never see drunk in people take off, so my wife laughed, she laughed till she choked. And telling me I must learn to take a joke. She said, most ilacquitably full of shittification. Your splendid forest views are too cats as the colour. To continue moratic and bitching, it's too much, it's too much, it's too much.

Corie:

Yeah, it's sparring for sparring our next level. You know, right? Some song and them you could be familiar with. Because they again they say these days ain't good. You know the shoe?

SPEAKER_12:

Of course I know the single show. What's the name of the shoe? Spanish woman. Who's English?

Corie:

Hey, what's it really?

SPEAKER_01:

And I want her. I love you.

SPEAKER_12:

Oh yeah. I want a Spanish woman to marry me. I saw the barang. Huh? To move a beat. What? Barang so nice and barang so sweet. Wind up your waist and dance to the beat. I don't want no sorrow. No ginger beer. I ain't drinking everything this year. This Christmas, all I want is a Spanish romance. Spanish romance.

SPEAKER_01:

In a remote Spanish romance. Don't I put Spanish romance? Ramish Roma. And that's why. I see her.

SPEAKER_14:

And I want to have a dingy ding ding.

Corie:

Hey, yeah, no, we can't play song for too long again, though. Because right now, your mother waiting for me to come home. So it's not a hunger. I don't know nothing about that at all. Something like what? Something like food. No, you just eat until they know no eat.

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, hungry.

Corie:

Oh my god, I don't know if we can survive this. I don't know if you can survive. You want to hear this full soccer pan? Before we come back to this here, full soccer pan there for me. Finals if it's almost singing. Crazy.

SPEAKER_14:

I took the role of lead singer, parangrama, in a rima, ban stood up my parangbank, to told that my grandson, the well, one DMT Wendy introduced me, the dump team, like an evil, to my rendition, of the line. Alpacata, alpaca, unulom to do paraka. Maria, Maria, Maria, mi corazon. From for the pentu paisabada, everybody does imagine. Maria, Maria, Maria, mi corazon Bay up, baila, baila, baila I sang on the annunciation, to show my appreciation. Then the girl went by, I sang on the foot of the time. My next song, and I win a room, with good rhythm. And fast them, this pretty strong.

SPEAKER_01:

A second time. To see this farm singer.

Corie:

You remember that kind of chill?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah.

Corie:

I find like it's a dead dead Christmas morning. Fine for me to go on parang, you know, you say I want to go on parang people. You're coming on prank people, no?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah, Halloween.

Corie:

All you interested in. All you interested in. I don't know what it is. I burn again. Oh Lord, I'm gonna lead this player basically. Just a couple years ago. But it's important thing sweet as a nice thing and it reminds me of a real, real host barang.

SPEAKER_12:

Hey Dorian, we Spanish bike. It's Christmas time. Oh no, I'll be just girls for Christmas. Christmas morning, I find too many by yes. If you see the for my father, all it's better than she better be so farangi.

SPEAKER_10:

I've been quite full, you both wanna be done with all the easy na fashion by the best.

SPEAKER_12:

She said, Chris, fire must not be. Christmas morning, I pass from any by yes. She turned in and to sing on she bed. Hearing that sweet so that's a long hitchy. Christmas morning, I've passed too many by yes.

Corie:

That is all you tell us a proper. You know it's my favorite new Christmas shoe. And then with the old shoe, right? Because you can't come here and you ain't get them a coming and say, you ain't get them. It's Christmas again, you have to get them that red button. You know it's the biggest bomb. When you play in parang music, right? Let me tell you for when because I may do tomorrow, I might remind you to tell you this one about how much you get complicated, right? When you play in the parang, you're going to make people have a parang side. You know it's in the newest bomb chew in the parang for the people who say it's okay.

SPEAKER_12:

You spend your whole lifetime working to be a host and family. You approaching all your done with sixty. Now it's time to be happy. Spend your money once you're hungry. Just for the acting good friends. Just need about something to get buried. Money for pensioners to live nice. If you're feeling for both jobs for Christmas, eat what you want to eat. No is brandy and whiskey, you're drinking. And every parent stand up beat. Spend your money, bend your back. You make that right to skip your back when you're dancing. Eat them paran when you're dancing. And you start your sweat, pop your shampoo. That you hair. Now it's time to cock up your rear when you're dancing. In them balance when you're dancing. And you start your friends.

Corie:

Spend your pension and then I yes. Buy clothes and look the best.

SPEAKER_12:

Pay your bills and gig one chance. Tony looks like the money in the bag. Not because you retire.

SPEAKER_10:

That don't mean you expire. Nappy cause you retire. That don't mean you expire.

Corie:

In my child. And now that I choose. And granny my child. Grandpa too. And my mother too. Everybody real life.

SPEAKER_12:

When it's parang in parame, start to rest and pick up your case. Prevent from talking to the country. No more fucking taraket. So make them stick your way from children. Now it's time to be happy. Once you're taking any trap from them, make sure it's currently. After reaching month of October, you'll circle in the gate. Take your phone, full of a backer. Love the door, open the game. Bring the money, bring your back. Don't let that break. Just keep your back when you're dancing. In them parameters, when you're dancing. When you start your set, pop your champagne. Now you hear. Now it's time to pop up your wreck when you're dancing. In the parameters, and you're dancing. When you start your sweat. When you bench another Rifles, I love you, yes. When you're building, go leave the set of money in the bug. Not the quadgery fire. I don't mean you expire. Not the quarter eye.

SPEAKER_10:

I don't mean you expire.

SPEAKER_12:

You only talking about your pension. Asking you for the bit card. Don't want to carry you to the doctor. But your host, they won't be fine. When they ask you who get property, who treats the best they want them low. And when they home, take long and block them. You in the fence and you're winding low. Tell them you need a driver. So take back you and your wife. And it's the whole night, you're drinking. You won't take no chance with your life. Bend your money. Bend your back. Don't let outright just keep your back when you're dancing.

Corie:

When you go by Auntie Christine and my grandpa, yeah, don't play that for them, right? Don't let outright just keep your back. Wow. No, I ain't wrong. I know nothing about that. Okay, I bring me that. You know what I mean? So as we come to a close, what is your message for the nation for the Christmas? Merry Christmas and the first one.

SPEAKER_12:

I wish everybody blessed this Christmas. I wish you a Merry Christmas for your family. If you're going through something this Christmas, I'm afraid I get to the city. And I wish you all a safe and happy Christmas. I was well done.

Corie:

Yeah, but I want to be on the stage. We want to be in the crowding roots of the mistake on the alphabet.

SPEAKER_09:

Yeah, sure.

SPEAKER_11:

Neighbor, neighbor, open the door, neighbor. It's Christmas morning. You should be waking, put your dreams on the table. I hold you by it. Me and the wine's gonna give you a param. We are giving the lily car. Oh yo yo, yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on, Fred, let me take our next one. Oh yo yo. We have one for ten months to me. Oh yo yo, yeah, yeah, yeah. We can get from pain to kerosene. Oh yo yo. It's Christmas. Merry Christmas. It's Christmas. Merry Christmas.

Corie:

We just want to say from the Cory Shepard podcast, a Merry Christmas to everybody. If I ain't see Oliby. Well, I see an Olive for the new year, right? Because let me tell them this, right? I have a whole year full of very, very special guests. But the last guest for the year might be more special than all the other guests. Bye, Bandy Ram, if please mat and heidi ham. Bring one more club. Never hear them say everybody's special, but some more special than others.

SPEAKER_09:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_11:

We go in my eyes when we all day. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Corie:

By the time you're listening to this, it's Christmas Day, right? The Christmas Day is the Thursday, the Friday. So Thursday night, all the one we put out an announcement of who coming next. Right. Right? I have a man who's saying that call animal farm. He said all animals are equal. And some are more equal than others. We might have one that's more equal than all the rest. You want to take a guess? I'll give you three guesses. The last guess for the year.

SPEAKER_12:

Me?

Corie:

Wrong.

SPEAKER_12:

Wow. I I don't know where else.

Corie:

Zachary says, Merry Christmas to everybody. Enjoy it. Enjoy it with your family. Enjoy whatever you have. Don't run down the study to buy no iPad and no iPhone and thick for them. Them trends don't need a thing. We need good. All we need is love and family and fellowship and thing, right?

SPEAKER_12:

Yeah. Thank you so much this year for listening to the podcast and tuning in. Whether you listen on YouTube, whatever you listen on.

Corie:

Apple Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever you listen. We thank you. This year was like a different kind of year for the podcast, right? So it's only fitting them a partner, come back and get them a little episode. I ain't seeing in a long time here. This was my producer one time, and he used to sit down with me and do episode abandoned me now. When he comes in here when it's junior league.

SPEAKER_13:

Yeah, yeah.

Corie:

Yeah, but I'll see you all here in 2026. I'll see you all in before, but for 2026 for now, unless this man comes back. Is it by?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah.

Corie:

Can I buy is uh by can I buy?