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Mama good good son - It's the refrain on everyone's lips this year, and Squeezy Rankin is hopeful that the message in his hit song 'Justice', will not only touch the hearts and minds of those who need it most, but also bring him the title of Calypso Monarch 2025.
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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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