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>> All I need is your love and affection.

Wawawa.

Girl, you're sweet and I just have to mention.

Yeah, yeah.

Hold me, darling.

All night we jammin'.

>> >> Hello, hello, hello, hello.

Hello, hello, hello, hello.

She had a thing I love.

I wish she from, I don't know.

Rock she wears and go low.

She got the place like a go-go, yeah.

Say we say, we say, we say.

Pretty girl, will you come my way?

We do, we do, we do.

I must get you.

Girl, I love you when you show me that way.

Girl, I want you, girl.

Don't be shy, hello.

Hello, hello, hello.

Yeah.

We got a bump the way you blow my mind.

Hold me tight and bring that wine.

Hello, hello, hello.

Darling.

Are you ready?

Are you ready for this?

Are you ready?

Are you ready for this?

You want to give me that.

Go back.

Whine it up.

Right there.

Don't give me that.

Go back.

Just come to me.

I'LL GIVE YOU THAT SWEET side of my love.

Sweet side of my love.

I'll give you that sweet side of my love.

Sweet side of my love.

Hold me, darling.

>> >> Thank you.

>> >> Blessed love.

>> >> We are Kes Band from Trinidad and Tobago representing for Soca music, happy music,

love music.

This is called Falling.

Right now, man, vibes are on.

It's no regrets if tomorrow never comes.

Cuz this is my time I'm letting go.

And every second's a blessing from afar.

It's like a feeling I can't control.

It's in the ways I want to wave, I want to wine.

So, if they tell me I have to go.

No, no.

Oh, no.

>> >> Don't come and tell me it's time to leave.

Cuz I want to wine up to every single song.

I want to sing every melody.

I'll take a jump up with each and everyone.

It's like a feeling I can't control.

It's in the ways I want to wave, I want to wine.

So, if they tell who love calypso music?

If you love calypso music, put your hands in the air for me, please.

Yeah?

Let me get some calypso.

Let me go.

>> >> Let me get some calypso.

Let me go.

>> >> Let's go.

Hear my story.

I do believe in love at first sight.

For you see, last week Friday night,

we got a girl down in this place.

She tell me her name was Miss Grace.

She said, "Boy, I ain't staying long.

So, let me take out this song.

This don't have to be the last one."

So, then I ask what she drinking.

She tell me rum and Coca-Cola.

>> Rum and Coca-Cola.

>> Darling, come a little closer.

>> Rum and Coca-Cola.

>> Rum and Coca-Cola all night.

>> All night.

>> Then she look me in the eye, say, "You ain't leaving here tonight."

>> When that other boy >> She signal me bartender, bring it on.

Start the trouble long till the dawn.

This kind of woman, where she come from?

Oh lord.

How she winding so head nice and I still got to go.

It was rum and Coca-Cola >> >> all night.

Oh, now we walking up in the place.

I can't feel my face.

As soon as I hold she hand, we come up against her ex-man.

Now, they want to start a big fight,

but I ain't come for that here tonight.

So, I picking up the next song.

I ask them what all they drinking.

They tell me rum and Coca-Cola.

Darling, come a little closer.

Rum and Coca-Cola.

>> All night.

>> Now, it's 20 after 5.

The place still have a vibe.

>> When that other boy >> She signal me bartender, bring it on.

Start the trouble long till the dawn.

This kind of woman, where she come from?

Oh lord.

How she winding so head nice and I still got to go.

It was rum and Coca-Cola all night.

Rum and Coca-Cola.

>> Rum and Coca-Cola.

>> Darling, come a little closer.

>> Rum and Coca-Cola.

>> Rum and Coca-Cola, oh mate.

This girl, she a need from the first one.

Give thanks, y'all.

>> >> We see a lot of Caribbean islands inside of here.

>> >> Antigua, St.

Kitts, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana.

Big up to Trinidad and Tobago from my place.

Which island have the sweetest mango?

>> >> Let's go.

Oh, nanana.

>> >> Oh.

Give me the island breeze, cool them vibes.

Coconut jelly, peas and rice.

House and land, I'm a sharp like a knife.

Green in abundance, real lover romantic.

If you want to know where we coming from,

say you're welcome thing for me.

Let me take on the wrong direction, you know that this is the season,

baby.

Watch it.

You surely know your mango sweet, so.

>> Surely know your mango sweet.

>> Tell me how she ripe and sweet, so.

>> Surely know your mango sweet.

>> It's been a while, yeah.

>> Surely know your mango sweet.

>> It's been a while, yeah.

>> Surely know your mango sweet.

>> Yo.

So, let me build it.

Ooh, girl grind fine like chili, baby.

Real thing start and the time going to be mixed good vibes only.

Keep that around, man.

Keep that around, man.

Let me build it.

Ooh, girl waist one time skin fully.

Telling her you look so fine naturally.

Feel right only.

Keep that around me.

Yo, watch your device and sweet.

Cool and nice.

Whole thing set up.

Peace of my mind.

Cool that thing and I will take flight.

Trees in abundance.

Real love around me.

So let we jam with the heart I love.

All I we is family.

It's all down on the ground girl.

You know that this is the season baby.

>> >> See that it's nothing sweeter.

Girl know it.

Don't trust no girl.

I know it.

Pick never worry as you can let me show you girl lay.

>> >> Tell me how she ripe and sweet so.

>> >> It's been a while yeah.

Woah yeah.

Since we feel the vibe yeah.

Girl lay.

Yo.

So let we build it.

>> >> Cool girl grind fine like chilly baby.

Real thing start and no time for no gimmicks.

Good vibes only.

Keep that around me.

>> >> Keep that around me.

Let we build it.

Cool down ways one kind skin fully.

Telling her you look so fine naturally.

Keep that around me.

Woah my neighbors.

So neighbor woah neighbor woah >> >> neighbor woah >> >> neighbor woah neighbor

woah neighbor woah neighbor woah yeah.

Give me the island breeze.

Cool them vibes.

Coconut jelly.

Peas and rice.

House and land and me sharp like a knife.

Green in abundance.

Real love around me.

You want to know where we coming from.

Say you have something for me.

It's all down on the ground you know that this is the season baby.

Miss Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene yeah.

Jolene Woah How you sweet so >> >> Yeah.

>> >> Well, there's only sweet vibes in here.

I'm talking about sweetness.

Nothing like a good cup of cocoa tea.

Yeah.

When I'm feeling under the weather, you just make me feel sweet.

I see cocoa tea with the sugar, and together we are complete.

Darling, heat me up.

Only you alone can put fire back in me, so heat me up.

And they're telling me I should leave that fire alone.

Well, before they tell me say more, I'm holding you close.

I could never let you go.

Miss How She Name.

Girl, I coming over and I see you again.

Hold it through the night I'm dreaming.

Yeah, Miss How She Name.

When you turn it up, make it smooth, my darling,

when no side is boring.

What to Put up a turn the fire.

Bubbling, you're bubbling, you're bubbling it's over.

Raise the temperature higher.

Coming in, you're coming in, you're coming in closer.

Make the thing catch a fire.

All on the go.

All over the counter.

With a button in the fire, is your cocoa tea I love.

Oh, I I barely could concentrate.

I feel that sugar rush in my vein.

One coffee does make my day.

I'm missing it when I want to love on you.

Heat me up.

Only you alone can put fire back in me, so heat me up.

Girl, you are that thing I could never leave you alone.

And no matter what they going to say, I'm holding you close, close, close.

I could never let you go.

Miss How She Name.

Girl, I'm coming over and I see you again.

Hold it through the night I'm dreaming.

Yeah, Miss How She Name.

Miss How She Name.

When you turn it up, make it smooth, my When no time is boring,

babe.

Put it button the fire.

Bubbling and bubbling and bubbling it over.

Raise the temperature higher.

Coming in and coming in and coming in closer.

Make the thing catch a fire.

All over the All over the corner.

With our button the fire, is your cocoa tea a lot.

When I'm feeling under the weather, you just make me feel sweet.

I see cocoa tea with the sugar, and together we are complete.

>> >> Thank you.

Thank you.

Right now, we're going to play a classic.

We're going to play a Oh, they're all classics,

but this one This one is it.

We need you to represent, yeah?

Yeah.

And I feel like I just won a million dollars.

Everybody watching me, wearing a million colors.

They want to talk, talk on this.

How when I wind it, they go talk on that.

When I get in on the go talk on that.

Call your friend on the go talk on that.

Look so good on that talk on that.

Tiny desk, talk on that.

You, I don't care what they say.

>> >> No, no, no.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Let's go.

>> >> I want this.

I wind it away.

Feeling so nice, so nice, so nice.

Sweat dripping on me.

But it's all right.

All right, all right.

>> How you feeling?

>> And I feel like I got spend the million dollars.

Everybody watching me.

Wearing Caribbean colors.

They want to talk.

>> >> Talk all day.

>> I'm going to find them and talk all day.

When I lift them up, they going to talk all day.

Run them somebody.

>> Talk all day.

>> Cook something and talk all day.

Cook something and talk all day.

>> You.

>> I don't care what they say.

Cuz right now I just want less.

And I don't really care less.

My girlfriend she going to get vex miss her my little sentence.

I don't care what they say.

They say I'm moving reckless.

I don't really care less.

Yeah.

>> Tell me.

>> Tell them come.

>> Tell them come again.

>> >> I going to take the plane.

>> Yo.

>> Let's go.

Tell them come again.

>> Woah.

>> I going to take the plane.

>> Yeah.

>> Right now I just want less.

Roll your waist.

>> Right now I just want less.

>> Whine your waist.

>> Right now I just want less.

>> You want to put something to waist?

>> Want less.

>> What you tell me?

>> Right now I just want less.

>> Tell me.

>> Right now I just want less.

Right now I just want less.

Right now I just want less.

>> I want less.

>> >> Woah.

>> >> It's an honor to be here.

To represent for the culture.

Trinidad and Tobago >> We all on the ground.

We all in the town.

We open the store.

It's a banana J'ouvert morning.

J'ouvert morning.

Everybody coming in.

They ready to ready to go, yeah.

We going make them jump.

We going make them turn up.

We going make them wine.

We going make them free up.

It's the place of a canal.

In Africa, tell me girl, this carnival, I want you to find your way.

Everybody on stage If you coming down for me mountain >> >>

When you with the beating of tongue See you jumping on piece of fire

brass >> >> piece of fire brass You could see it over in the

costume.

>> >> When the people tell you to put it in the canal See

the spirit jumping in town.

You coming wrong. piece of fire brass piece of fire brass We open the

store.

We take over town.

We make it the most.

Two days not enough love.

Love we feeling.

Look at everybody when we parade.

And they ready to ready to go, yeah.

We going make them jump.

We going make them turn up.

We going make them wine.

We going make them free up.

It's the place of a canal.

In Africa, tell me girl, this carnival, I want you to find your way.

Everybody on stage If you coming down for me mountain

When you with the beating of tongue See you jumping on piece of fire

brass piece of fire brass You could see it over in the costume.

When the people tell you to cannot wait.

Feel the spirit jumping in town.

You coming wrong.

>> >> No we ain't here to steal fun.

Let's go.

If you loyal, then you loyal.

Hey.

>> >> Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We are Kes the Band.

Blessed love.

>> >> Thank you.

>> >> Thank you very much.

Yo, thank you.

>> Thanks for watching.

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