00:00Today, this presentation starts with you.
00:14I need to find one person in the crowd, one person in the crowd only, and I'm going to
00:21have you start this presentation.
00:23Does anybody want to do that?
00:25Anybody want to do that?
00:27I'm looking in the crowd.
00:28I see my brother with the yellow flag, the yellow flag.
00:34I need you to come to the front and center of the stage for me right now, real quick.
00:38So my brother, where are you from?
00:41You're from Trinidad and Tobago.
00:44So I need you to do this.
00:46I need you to find this young lady right here, because she wanted to participate.
00:51And we're going to do something we call a Soka train.
00:54Now everybody, I need you to follow my brother and my sister.
00:59Get up on your feet, because when I play this song, I need your energy right now.
01:05It goes something like this.
01:06When you're telling her, right now, right now.
01:08One, two.
01:09It goes something like this.
01:10When you're telling them, follow the leader, leader, leader, follow the leader.
01:14Everybody know, follow the leader, leader, leader, follow the leader.
01:18So when you tell them, follow the leader, leader, leader, follow the leader.
01:22Get behind him.
01:23Follow the leader, leader, leader, follow the leader.
01:26Everybody know, follow the leader, leader, leader, follow the leader.
01:29from different and follow dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie dillie
01:59Follow the leader. Everybody don't follow the leader. From the back, just follow the leader. So you tell them, follow the leader, leader, leader. Follow the leader. Everybody don't follow the leader. Everybody in the line right now, put your hands in the air.
02:14Everybody hands up. Everybody hands up. Don't be shy, it's energy today. Everybody hands up. Now on the count of three, I need you to fist pump with me. Get ready. One, two, three, fist pump like.
02:29Fist pump like. Fist pump like. Fist pump like. Fist pump like. Everybody don't tell them. Anybody know about carnival? I need you at the front of the stage. If you know this song, somebody sing with me. We are set.
02:45Yeah, we're ready. I'm looking in the front of the crowd. Everybody come to the front. Start the party. We are set. We're ready. Anybody know soccer music? Yeah, we're ready.
02:53I need you to know about Trilladad and Tobago Calipers. Somebody sing with me. We are set. We're ready for the road.
03:01Everybody just chip like this. Everybody just chip like this. We are set. We're ready for the road.
03:08Everybody on the count of three, just box. One, two, one, two, three, box up. Now we're going to repeat after me just like this.
03:17Somebody say, I love soccer. And we say, I am soccer. Point to them. Say, you are soccer.
03:29Now if you know about Trilladad and Tobago Calipers, who are hands in here right now, let's pretend we're in the island.
03:36Somebody sing with me. We are set. Look how the sun is rising up. Guess what?
03:40On the crowd now waking up. On the watch. Somebody sing.
03:44And nothing can break it up. The girl never wine nonstop. We have drinks.
03:48They're making a bike home. We're going to party all night. All night.
03:52Let's go. Ready now, sir. Ready now, sir. We're going to jump like this.
03:57On the count of two, we are set. Ready now, sir.
04:00I need energy right here. Right here in the centre. One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one.
04:06We're ready for the road. We're ready for the road.
04:21So guys, we're going to make the most of these 50.
04:3650 minutes with this presentation right here. Play that for me, please.
04:41Play that for me, please.
04:43There was a time when we danced upon the soil of our mother.
05:01There was a time when we danced upon the soil of our mothers and fathers.
05:10When spirits came among us and we danced together under the moonlight.
05:16Whispering secrets in our ears, stories only they could tell.
05:23With feet in the soil and eyes to the sky, a thousand tongues became one voice under the sun.
05:33The drum is a heartbeat of the songs that we sung.
05:40Saying, I will never leave you.
05:44How ...
05:53Oh Oh, yeah, and then?
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06:48And as he carried us across the oceans our spirit protectors walked alongside us to the other side
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09:18Are you ready to take this to New York City?
09:20say yeah yeah drop this song
09:50Can we have any proud West Indians right now?
09:58Let me see, let me see.
10:00On the count of three, if you're proud of where you come from, put your hands in the air.
10:09One, two, one, two, three, let me see.
10:13Oh, yes.
10:16One big family, together, let me see.
10:20Love and unity.
10:22Oh my goodness, we're doing it like this.
10:25One, two, three, let me see.
10:27Yes.
10:29Yes.
10:30Yes.
10:31Yes.
10:33Yes.
10:34Somebody sing with me.
10:37I want to see you right now.
10:41Everybody hands in the air.
10:43Everybody hands in the air.
10:45In fact, everybody on stage, hands in the air for me one second.
10:48I don't say one, two, one, two.
11:01Oh my goodness, let's go.
11:04Somebody on the stage, point one way in the crowd.
11:11Somebody on the stage, point one way in the crowd.
11:12Somebody on the stage, point one way in the crowd.
11:13One, two, one, two, three, let me see.
11:17Stop.
11:18All right, go.
11:27Everybody now, we're going to need your energy on this last part.
11:30I believe in us as a community.
11:31Shout out to all my African American family in the building.
11:32All of my African family in the building.
11:33Anybody from Latin America in the building need Latinos, Latinas.
11:35We love you.
11:36And all my Caribbean people.
11:37Now, I believe we can do this.
11:39I'm going to come into the crowd and we're going to make a circle right here.
11:46Right here.
11:47Can I party with everybody right here?
11:48Let's make a circle right here.
11:49Right here.
11:50Let's make a circle.
11:51I believe in us.
11:52I right here.
11:53Right here.
11:54Let's make a circle.
11:55I'm going to put a circle, right here.
11:56Right here.
11:57Can I party with everybody right here?
11:58Let's make a circle right here.
11:59Right here, let's make a circle.
12:00I believe in us.
12:01Almost broke my back.
12:02I'm doing this for you all.
12:03Let's make it a little bigger.
12:04A little bigger.
12:17A little bigger.
12:18I believe in us.
12:19Let's make this a little bigger.
12:20Everybody outside, I need you to come into the circle one time, now we're going to do it like this, one, two, one, two, three, everybody just push back, everybody just push back, push back further, push back, now we are telling them push back, everybody push back, push back, tell them this, push back, this side, this side, push back, that side, that side, push back, push back, push back further, push back, everybody push back, push back, push back, push back, push back, push back, make it bigger, push back, this side, push back, everybody push back,
12:50Now my DJ, I need you to let go of that loop for me, y'all ready, everybody just fucks like this, fucks like this, my DJ let it go, let go of the loop, let go of the loop, everybody on the count of three are gonna run to me, on the count of three where I say, when we run we don't rule, I love, where I say, one, two, one, two, three, boom.
13:20And watch, it's like, ah, baby, everybody, everybody, yes, yes, yes, we don't see skin, we don't see color, we see strength, we see power, we see power, we see power, we see power, we see power, guys, I want to tell you, that was absolutely amazing,
13:50make some noise for yourselves right now, I want to tell you the honest truth, as people of the African diaspora, we took our culture, and we hid it, from the people who tried to take it away from us,
14:08carnival is as much as part of the Caribbean, as it is a part of the African American community, the Latin American community, because it's traditionally,
14:19African, African, somebody say with me, African, so if you love who you are, you love where you come from, put your right hand in the ear and say, yeah, yeah,
14:32this is Know Your Caribbean, we love you, we appreciate you, and everybody make some noise for yourselves right now.
14:41Shout out to all my dancers, Melissa Hartman, for the amazing costumes, it's been absolutely amazing, we appreciate you, we love you, and we're all one people, one African diaspora, thank you so much.
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