00:00Mama good, good son. Mama good, good son. Mama good, good son. Just get gunned down.
00:13As she holds her son's lifeless body, crying out in pain. I hear a lady in the background shouting,
00:22woman you will not have no shame. Like the same boy who used to curse you, treat you like a dog and hate you.
00:31Now you're here with tears in your eyes, crying for this ungrateful child. He was a person in the community.
00:40On the heels of a year ending on a high of 624 murders in Trinidad and Tobago,
00:47Squeezie Rankin's justice appears to have struck a chord with the national community.
00:53Yes, mommy crying for justice for her son, but then the community now, where,
00:59because if you listen to this song good, if you listen to this song you'll hear what I'm saying,
01:02where the community now, they believe in their heart and the way we now get justice because
01:09you may not play on this community for as long as you live.
01:14Nobody cares for nothing. Nobody is going to do nothing because you use who you is.
01:20And now that you passed and gone, it's like a breath of fresh air now.
01:25And this is going on in a lot of communities in Trinidad and Tobago right now,
01:30and a lot of people don't want to talk about it. I say, you know, I need to say something about this right now.
01:36And then there are certain things that are going on in communities where,
01:40you know, I can't sit and write it with myself and other people now.
01:43So it's time for people to talk about it.
01:46And despite Rankin specifically calling out mothers and deviant sons in the song,
01:51he notes crime is a whole of society problem, beginning with the breakdown of the family and family values.
01:59You see it all on social media. You're seeing a whole set of parents going to the school to assault the teacher.
02:09And when I mean verbally assault teachers, principals, then it's on the road.
02:16A lot of children, a lot of youths have no manners.
02:19The youths don't care no more. And it's from home that's starting.
02:23Right. And this is one of the main reasons why this is happening today.
02:27Rankin says justice is simply an attempt on his part to improve Trinidad and Tobago through song.
02:34So it wasn't his intention when he penned the song.
02:37He's hopeful he secures justice at the Calypso Monarch.
02:41You're hearing the talk already, Squeezie Rankin for Calypso Monarch 2025.
02:46What do you say to that?
02:48I like that talk.
02:51When I say I like that talk, I hope everybody's mouth is full.
02:57I like that talk. I'm doing this one for my deceased dad who's not here to see me.
03:08My deceased dad. I made a promise to the both of them when I was younger.
03:16So if this happens to me, it's the greatest thing ever.
03:19I'm doing this for my dad and the people.
03:22I say the people, I mean the people. Because the people behind me are doing this for the people.
03:52Brunette for Cutting, TV6 News.
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