"West Side Story - America Lyrics
Artist: West Side StoryAlbum: Miscellaneous
Genre: Pop
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Puerto Rico, you lovely island
Island of tropical breezes
Always the pineapples growing
Always the coffee blossoms blowing
Puerto Rico, you ugly island
Island of tropic diseases
Always the hurricanes blowing
Always the population growing
And the money owing
And their babies crying
And the bullets flying
I like the island Manhattan
Smoke on your pipe and put that in
I like to be in America
Okay by me in America
Ev'rything free in America
For a small fee in America
I like the city of San Juan
I know a boat you can get on
Hundreds of flowers in full bloom
Hundreds of people in each room
Automobile in America
Chromium steel in America
Wired spoke wheel in America
Very big deal in America
I'll drive a Buick through San Juan
If there's a road you can drive on
I'll give my cousins a free ride
How you get all of them inside?
Immigrant goes to America
Many hellos in America
Nobody knows in America
Puerto Rico's in America
I'll take a T.V. to San Juan
If there's a current to turn on
I'll give them new washing machine
What have they got there to keep clean?
I like the shores of America
Comfort is yours in America
Knobs on the doors in America
Wall to wall floors in America
When I will go back to San Juan
When you will shut up and get gone
Everyone there will give big cheer
Everyone there would have moved here"
Island of tropical breezes
Always the pineapples growing
Always the coffee blossoms blowing
Puerto Rico, you ugly island
Island of tropic diseases
Always the hurricanes blowing
Always the population growing
And the money owing
And their babies crying
And the bullets flying
I like the island Manhattan
Smoke on your pipe and put that in
I like to be in America
Okay by me in America
Ev'rything free in America
For a small fee in America
I like the city of San Juan
I know a boat you can get on
Hundreds of flowers in full bloom
Hundreds of people in each room
Automobile in America
Chromium steel in America
Wired spoke wheel in America
Very big deal in America
I'll drive a Buick through San Juan
If there's a road you can drive on
I'll give my cousins a free ride
How you get all of them inside?
Immigrant goes to America
Many hellos in America
Nobody knows in America
Puerto Rico's in America
I'll take a T.V. to San Juan
If there's a current to turn on
I'll give them new washing machine
What have they got there to keep clean?
I like the shores of America
Comfort is yours in America
Knobs on the doors in America
Wall to wall floors in America
When I will go back to San Juan
When you will shut up and get gone
Everyone there will give big cheer
Everyone there would have moved here"
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Remember third world countries?
Many were island nations due to the inability to prosper mostly because everything had to be imported?
Hawaii overcame that and so many countries have too!
Today, our ten year old Craftsman ride on lawn mower took its last breath.
And so Hubby and I made the decision after three previous resurrections that it was time to let the old fellow go... our good ole boy, crafts man!
For one of his kind he was considered older than most to be around for as long as he was.
And he served us well during his lifetime, no regrets...
We as a family unit thought of his replacement to be a sleeker model with more compact styling, but with maneuverability, yes self propelled, but in its rear end is what Hubby felt was where he needed that specificity, and how lucky for us that today was the last day of sales from the 4th holiday that Sears was offering a 30% off on this particular choice we both made from their online showroom/adoption center!
For you don't own them, they own you...NOT!
Any-who, the fellow who sold Hubby our new addition to our family was from Trinidad, and his name is Barry.
All I could think of was from my childhood of stories of Trinidad and Tobago being deserted island paradises, boy was I soon to learn how things have changed!
This below info was mind blowing and awe inspiring both at the same time, as well as making me wonder how we as such a so-called advanced nation with so much abilities have literally fallen so behind... and perhaps couldn't we learn something from them?
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago is one of the wealthiest and most developed nations in the Caribbean and is listed in the top 40 (2010 information) of the 70 High Income countries in the world. It has one of the highest GDP per capita of USD $20,300 (2011) in the Caribbean.[44] In November 2011, the OECD removed Trinidad and Tobago from its list of Developing Countries.[45] Trinidad's economy is strongly influenced by the petroleum industry. Tourism and manufacturing are also important to the local economy. Tourism is a growing sector, although not proportionately as important as in many other Caribbean islands. Agricultural products include citrus, cocoa, and other products.Oil and gas account for about 40% of GDP and 80% of exports, but only 5% of employment. The country is also a regional financial centre, and the economy has a growing trade surplus.[13] The expansion of Atlantic LNG over the past six years created the largest single-sustained phase of economic growth in Trinidad and Tobago. It has become the leading exporter of LNG to the United States, and now supplies some 70% of U.S. LNG imports.[46"
That's just their economy!
My other impressed portion of this small nation of less than two million people is their atitude towards the importance of education!
"Children generally start pre-school at the early age of two and a half years. This level of tuition is not mandatory but most children start school at this stage as children are expected to have basic reading and writing skills when they commence primary school. Students proceed to a primary school at the age of 5 years. Seven years are spent in primary school. The seven classes of primary school consists of First Year and Second Year, followed by Standard One through Standard Five. During the final year of primary school, students prepare for and sit the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) which determines the secondary school the child will attend.
Students attend secondary school for a minimum of five years, leading to the CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate) examinations, which is the equivalent of the British GCSE O levels. Children with satisfactory grades may opt to continue high school for a further two-year period, leading to the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), the equivalent of GCE A levels. Both CSEC and CAPE examinations are held by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Public Primary and Secondary education is free for all, although private and religious schooling is available for a fee.
Tertiary education is also free for all, up to the level of the Bachelors degree, at the University of the West Indies (UWI), the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), the University of the Southern Caribbean (USC), the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT) and certain other local accredited institutions. Government also currently subsidises some Masters programmes. Both the Government and the private sector also provide financial assistance in the form of academic scholarships to gifted or needy students for study at local, regional or international universities."
Thanks to:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago#Economy
Now why can't we do this?
To me it was a shocking reality check.
Oh don't get me wrong I do love America!
And no I did not arrive via Westside Story, but who doesn't love that song who grew up in the Northeast!
We had the full cast album and saw the movie as soon as it came out, with its iconic story of the modernized version of Romeo and Juliette!
And what young lady didn't sing I feel Pretty at one time or another, truly?
So I leave you with a question, a note of desire to want to improve, as individuals, as a nation, as a blip in respected time, now allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all those overages and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!