Manmay LaKay Magazine Issue 2 April 2018 | Page 26

Both of your songs last year
were awesome and they carried
poignant messages. How did you arrive at
those choices?
'Your King Already Reigning' was on repeat
in my head for an entire week. I tried getting
a melody for it. I went to the tent leader and I
told him I don’t have a song as yet but my
first sense was to do a calypso review. Sadly,
the tent leader passed away that same year
so I moved to the South Tent.
The leader there told me he’ll give me a few
writers to hear what they have. He said my
song doesn’t sound too bad but to keep
checking. It might not be the one so he gave
me Mr. Trescot aka Sucu. He told me he
doesn’t like to write for people so just give
them a song, he prefer going with what they
like. I told him I have something but I don’t
know what he'll think about it.
I sent him the chorus of the song and he fell
in love with it. He said, "Wow! I need
somebody who is thinking on the same
wavelength with you. I’ll have the verses for
you by the end of the week." By the next day
he sent me the verses. So this one was a
collaboration between myself and himself.  
WOW! Talk about "Your King Already
Reigning' what's the message there?
I think the song met its purpose, it had
people thinking. I really didn’t go there to
beat them down. I was just asking for a fair
chance and I just wanted people to see that,
hey, we have the potential but if you don’t
treat us the right way the art form will
die. We will get discouraged and we will stay
out.