Brother Marvin - Jahaji Bhai

[@gailmohamid4131]

Anyone’s Listening In 2020, I Am

[@yvonnebarnes3425]

After the elections in T and T this year we need this tune. I am listening.

[@krystynfrenche-vincent6911]

In 2023

[@jovijj1234]

2023

[@blueberryprincess2616]

I love the parts when he was saying " whether you're Hindu, Muslim or Christian, let's walk this land, hand in hand" and " so to all races here in Trinbago, Aapko kalyan ho dhaniaho [ you may be blessed, you may prosper" just so touching

[@epicson4274]

Blueberry , have you ever seen pelicans hanging out with pigeons, or eagles flying with doves,, ?

[@Jessica-fw4lm]

❤❤I ❤

[@Ramkabharosa]

As sung by Brother Marvin from Trinidad and Tobago. 1. Kumayeho zindaweho (victory!), kumayeh zindaweh (long live !), aye-aye-yo. I am the seed of my father; who is the seed of my (paternal) grandfather; Who is the seed of my par-aaja (great-grandfather) - he came from Calcutta. With a stick & a bag on his shoulder; his pagri (turban) & his kapra (clothes). So I am part-seed of India, India ! [ bahut = very ] This indenture-ship and this slavery; bound together two races in unity. Achchha dosti [ good friendship ]; there was no more Mother Africa; No more Mother India, just Mother Trini; janma bhoomi [land of birth]. My dear par-aaja planted sugar-cane; down in the Caroni plain. So Ramlogan, Basdeo, Prakash, and I - we're jahaaji bhai. (Ref) Brotherhood of the boat, jahaaji bhai [ship mates (brothers)]. (2) 2. I would be a disgrace to Allah; if I chose race, creed, or colour. My par-aaja had to make that journey; for I to have zindagi [life]. So it is a great privilege, to have such a unique heritage; Fifty percent Africa, fifty percent India, India ! I have "do chhutti" [ two holidays ] - Emancipation and Arrival Day. Anta bhala, so bhala. [ All is well, that ends well. ] Since (the ship) Fatel Razack made the journey; 150 years gone already. Bahut achchha [very good]; whether you're Hindu, Muslim, or Christian. Let's walk this land hand in hand; we'd only prosper if we try as jahaaji bhai.(Ref) 3. Kumayeho zindaweyo; kumayeh zindawey aye-aye-yo, kumayeho zindaweyo. O mera dost, mera saathi; chal tahalna ek mat, agal bagal. [O my friend, my companion; let's stroll together, side by side.] For those who're playing ignorant; talking 'bout true African descendant. If you want to know the truth; take a trip back to your roots. And somewhere on that journey; you will see a man in a dhoti; Saying his prayers in front of a jhandi (flag/banner), jhandi ! Then and only then you'll understand; what is a cosmopolitan nation. Haath milaao [let's join hands]; there's no room for prejudice at all. United we'll stand, divided we'll fall; so to all races here in Trinbago Bachchho' baat ko suno; aapko kalyaan ho, dhanya ho. [Children, listen to what I'm saying; may you prosper, may you be blessed.] Let us live as one, under the sky - as jahaaji bhai. (Refrain) 4. Indo- and Afro- Trinibagonian, we should learn to be one. Our ancestors came by boat, with the salt water in their throat. Great-grandma and great-grandpa; one was a slave, and one was indentured, indentured (another kind of slavery)! But the religion or color; didn't intefere with their love for one another; Nahi', nahi' [no, no]. I am the proof of racial unity; and that is the way everybody should be; achchha shaanti [peace-loving] . Everybody should have that tone in their prayer; let's show each other we care. As we all know on Carnival Day, unity is there - jahaaji bhai. (Refrain) Kumayeho zindaweho; kumayeh zindaweh aye-aye-yo, kumayeho zindaweho. . [Everyone should be aware that DNA studies proved that ALL of humanity came out of AFRICA. Yes those outside Africa do have a tiny bit of Neanderthal or Denisovan genes.] .

[@kaushal8202]

Please also the translate kumaveho.........aye aye o

[@Ramkabharosa]

Kaushal-bhaiya, I have no idea - but this sounds like some West African language, Yoruba maybe. Perhaps, it means: "Victory or Long live!" - like Zindabaad.

[@simodian12]

Thank you for this break down.

[@Ramkabharosa]

@@simodian12 You are most welcome, brother. One Love !

[@ameeliaramotar8450]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE LYRICS OF THIS DIVINE SONG .YOU PUT IT UP SO WELL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ALWAYS. I am from Guyana and love this song when I was a child, I didn't understand much the lyrics but listening to it often on the radio , sent something down in me. I got goosebumps everytime. Bless up to Brother Marvin. I love him very much. Wish I could meet with him. He is a great example of Racial Unity. Thank you.

[@rubiejackson4135]

This song was to powerful to win the crown that year only after the competition Trinitarian realize how powerful this song was blessings brother marvin 👑

[@alana6779]

On this Indian Arrival Day in my beautiful homeland of Trinidad and Tobago this song brings back such wonderful and beautiful memories of my growing up in my country of multi races....I appreciate it so very much it has helped shaped me into the tolerant, compassionate, human being I am today! Thank You Brother Marvin for this inspirational song!! 🇹🇹❤🤍🖤🤎

[@rahulsadiq3421]

listening to this from fiji island in 2020 yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@edwardspencer63]

Enjoy and be safe

[@rahulsadiq3421]

@@edwardspencer63 same

[@DJ-sw5hg]

@@rahulsadiq3421 Afzal from florida would love to visit Fiji one day.

[@rahulsadiq3421]

@@DJ-sw5hg U r most welcome

[@kangaroorunii2652]

So many years later and it isn't Indian Arrival Day without this song! 🇹🇹❤️🇮🇳

[@carolinesampath7578]

So true. I listen to this song everyday. Happy Indian Arrival Day 2021!

[@aliciamirelleemmanuel8965]

I STILL dunno why de damn judges rob Brother Marvin so. He should've got the crown instead of Cro Cro......PERIOD!!!!

[@gailmohamid4131]

Yessss Agree Always Remember Dat ♥️

[@drgill.Hon.A.A.Thompson]

Of course he should have won but Cro Cro is PNM and the judges wanted nothing to do with anything suggesting unity as a statement would be sent somehow that they’re giving power to the Opposition

[@adamsamuel8593]

CRO CRO IS WAY BETTER THAN HIM LYRICALLY. CRO CRO COULD EASILY WIN EVERY YEAR. HE SINGS WITH TRUE MEANINGS.

[@deborahdaniel9791]

@@adamsamuel8593 Not that year !

[@neshangooljar]

You saying he was rob in the calypso monarch,,,,ent this was the same song he performed at the soca chutney monarch and was placed down the order.

[@chevonkeller7732]

one of the best produced songs ever to come from Trinidad and Tobago

[@gordongaskin7343]

This song can relate to Guyana as well🇬🇾🇬🇾🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@reyazalli4287]

Guyana needs to listen this 😢right now 2019

[@patsebu7731]

Oh you are so so correct! 👍🇬🇾

[@ameeliaramotar8450]

@@reyazalli4287 And forever. The problem is during Election times especially when Afro Guyanese politicians do not want to accept Indo Guyanese to be President of the land .This is where racial divide is instigated in the past and even now.

[@mrfreeze5524]

Of course I’m like brother Marvin black and Indian heritage lol 😂

[@Calypsocalover]

this guy is very much underrated. A very good song.

[@ameeliaramotar8450]

Sadly enough, some of our African Trini put him down and became cynical of Brother Marvin saying in the song No more More Mother Africa , only Trinidad now. I genuinely don't believe Bro Marvin meant anything wrong at all just that he could have said from " from Mother Africa , we are now Trinidad .But it goes to show how some of our African West Indian brothers can misinterpreting and misinformed only understanding their own racial flaws. This song is truly loved by 99% Indians in Guyana , Suriname and the Caribbean but many African brothers and sisters so cynically objected to it that it caused more division than ever. SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS CAN BE A CRIME.

[@sarnathkerala8160]

when music was music the radio stations r vile

[@mahaliastewart8846]

This song is a Masterpiece never stop listening to this song. One of the greatest

[@khariinaction]

Although the judges robbed him we all knew who the true winner was/is . NOBODY remembers Cro cro song OR cares to remember that year.

[@alexkeithsteele1]

Hey, what song did cro cro sing that year ?

[@denzelmodeste6485]

@@alexkeithsteele1 Cro Cro sang "All Yuh Look Fuh Dat" and won in 1996

[@mrladnek5858]

Brother Marvin a man of mixed Indo & Afro Trinidadian (Dougla) descent spreading that love that both races should always have for each other in Trinidad 🇹🇹 as our ancestors both faced hardships at the hand of the British during the colonial era where we were divided against each other but love will always bring us together. Unity is Strength

[@bobbyboodram1712]

Imm u uuhh uu uuj nn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnj kkkkk k kkkkkk k kkkk ii iiiiiiiiinini iiiiiiiiiiiii ii knj j n

[@bobbyboodram1712]

Hd H0

[@milanwilson1517]

All our grandchildren and great grandchildren should hear this .

[@freshkalongi2759]

this song is a big lie,confusing history listen to GB jahagi blues

[@freshkalongi2759]

Africans did not get to Trinidad on the same boats nice Melody well composed but lyrics all lies. know your history

[@stopbystopbuy08]

@@freshkalongi2759 Literally or Physically this is the message and you not getting it...we all in the same boat.

[@ameeliaramotar8450]

@@freshkalongi2759 Not true, it is loud and clear .It is a fact that the descendants of Africa and India are technically born in Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and the rest of the Caribbean and are then identified in these locations. Just one part of the song said ' no Mother Africa but Trinidad. Perhaps Brother Marvin could have said, from Mother Africa we are Trinidad because we born in Trinidad .Yet I don't see the baseless point in bashing the man's intelligence and understanding making it as if he is a criminal. SAD , DISAPPOINTED HOW PEOPLE THINK AND WHICH CAN LEAD TO HATRED .

[@ameeliaramotar8450]

@@stopbystopbuy08 Well said. Absolutely correct but it goes to show how corrupt of the minds humans can get for simple statements.

[@angusbaptiste4838]

Tears in my eyes listening this song

[@eliteharrington7377]

You are not alone.

[@official_mya8483]

Omg

[@Ok-rr8iz]

Omg

[@official_mya8483]

@@Ok-rr8iz fjrjjfjdjdjdjrjrjetakebabogyal

[@kal6576]

Happened upon this video. Hits home still, after so many years.

[@vimprashad]

Listening to this after many years tear me up, a great reminder oh why can't we live as one.

[@biancavillafana9001]

2022. A classic! Needs to be a national song.

[@dooleesingh8687]

This is true brotherhood of the boat. This is love. We are Indian and African children of this bless land. Let always walk hand in hand.❤

[@monsieurmike2072]

We need Unity more than ever now...God Bless T&T..🙏

[@drgill.Hon.A.A.Thompson]

The year is now 2020 and yet this song of the 80’s was the true representation of what the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago’s unity meant between those of Indian and African descent as decreed in 1962, and is even more relevant now

[@gerardhernandez1416]

wrong dr gill this performance was in 1996,bro marvin came 2nd to the mighty midget cro cro with 'you look for dat',his third crown 1988,1990,1996,and 2007.

[@nigelkhan5331]

Proud to be of mixed heritage

[@mrladnek5858]

Nigel Khan Dougla is the best mix ever

[@kevinbee25]

I love the way we can be proud of our mixed heritage. No where in the world has such a peaceful rainbow population living and enjoying each other cultures. And somewhere along the line one trinbago culture emerged and my god is that culture beautiful. I love Trinidad and Tobago. Couldn't think about being anywhere else ❤🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@richardramsingh8166]

I must say that you are right only in Trinidad best place to live and enjoy your life I miss being there.

[@ameeliaramotar8450]

Well as long as I am alive , this song remains in my heart and I have no negative comments what so ever because Brother Marvin ' s messages for racial unity is loud and clear. Yes, perhaps he could have said there are mother India and mother Africa but the new combination is now Trinidad and Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean. Not forgetting Surinam. This is a MAGNIFICENT man and lyrics.I feel this song in my soul with tears in my heart. LOVE ALL , FORGIVE ALL WE COULD ONLY PROSPER IF WE TRY.. BEAUTIFUL LYRICS. GOD BLESS BRO MARVIN AND HIS GREAT MUSICIANS FOR CREATING THIS SONG. SHARE IT TO THE WORLD. BE PROUD OF YOUR ROOTS , PEOPLE.

[@mandulis]

Brilliant Composition....

[@judymatthew5675]

Very nice

[@lyric5919]

I had the great privilege to perform with Brother Marvin with our band Scarlett Evolution here in Canada 🇨🇦 He was the nicest guy, classy and so down to earth! So nice to see this video. 💙🇹🇹🇨🇦

[@neilrambally5609]

Boss of a song. True meaning to bring unity to we people

[@rabihahkeshwah1791]

memories....pore raising performance

[@yoshimidickson5952]

2023 still listening... such a powerful song!

[@toolsierammahase8884]

This is the best song I ever heard about unity

[@pyrotrini1967]

May the most high bless big breddah for this spectacular and outstand display of Trinidad culture and unity , not perfect but very much a happy Blessed country ,which I am proud to call home ,and is the home of the Dougla 50% Indian 50% African not to forget our Chinese cuzins in there too lol , one love

[@radhyasharma4645]

We didn’t have Douglas in Fiji..mix marriages did not happen with the natives in the indenture days..

[@toolsierammahase8884]

This is a very inspirational song ,well sang brother

[@xrenbri]

i will always love this song

[@sx8246]

It is August 2024 and this video just came up on my feed. I remember this performance, the best part of it was at the end where his daughter who was I think 12 years old at the time came on the stage with that amazing back up vocal and dance. I think they placed 2nd in the competition 🙂

[@soogrimarjoon4974]

One of the best song i heard.

[@RaphaelEdwards-g2x]

If you look at history the black man always calling for unity black people are the ones that always willing to forgive . while other races are not that quick to forget and forgive .Ras shorty started soca a blend of music unitying africans and indians black stalin and supper blue sang about sundar popo. what indian artistis sang about any black man

[@carlcooper7720]

a truly great performance and a powerful appeal for racial unity, all while "speaking" the truth

[@davidblandin8139]

Every child in school should be taught this song

[@angelacrick5430]

Thank you Brother Marvin Real UNITY son.

[@ngautam007]

what an amazing brotherhood song-addresses so many issues in one single song. great Brother Marvin-keep sailing !

[@roclobster1211]

Sweet music. Send chills down my spine

[@ameeliaramotar8450]

Exactly. And hair rising in my head. I am from Guyana and it's a shame how some of our African Guyanese political brothers and sisters still demonstrating racial divide in Guyana just because An Indian president legitimately won the majority of ballots votes in the general election.

[@leahmanrakhan2814]

Happy 60th Independence Day Trinbagonians God bless our twin island nation One of the greatest trini songs ever !!! Such an evergreen classic !!! Might never be again replicated by another In lyrics, music , voice rendition, dance and meaning Besides inclusive of our history, culture, bits of our ancestral language etc Guess it was too too good to win 1st place in competition ??? Was the others better that year ??? No

[@anthonylincoln5695]

Big tune I sang this so much in school hope to write a song of its class and calibre one day,, respect Bro Marvin!!

[@shebawolf529]

That was truly amazing.

[@scottr3262]

Brother Marvin awesome song about unity between African and Indian will go a long way to improve the nation healing.. Thank you

[@ameeliaramotar8450]

I pray and hope for this to happen in Guyana; Trinidad and Tobago and everywhere Indentured and slavery occured.

[@carlroberts4540]

From.trinidad.to.india.❤❤❤❤

[@Luke-Emmanuel]

Lovely voice🔥🇹🇹🌎

[@Southkali]

I just learn a piece pf history behind this song that brother marvin was trying to bring trinis together and stop the hate and racism and dont let the politics divide us…. I was a kid when this song came out and remember sweet tnt back then

[@kelvingill7758]

A Relevant composition for today after so many years we are Just"HARDEN" People .

[@lauraharripersad8207]

Love this song till this day

[@bnishak]

Love this song..

[@javedk]

Very moving song and performance.

[@jennyvaldezantwine5300]

Ah love this Kaiso

[@angelacrick5430]

Tha evil powers that be in Trinidad and Tobago do not the Africans and East Indians to unite, but Almighty knows what in the dark will come to light. God created us all as His children

[@ashnarayan6832]

To all my jahaji bhais never forget what happened to our ancestor's. After slave trade was so called abolished. They used the indentured labor system to legally slave again just calling it a different name.

[@waheedamohammed6989]

very goood blessing

[@official_mya8483]

This song is fire

[@vishnuboodram6358]

Anybody else came here in 2022 to view because today is Indian Arrival day?

[@katrinajames6576]

Blessed song

[@ebunny5]

I believe that the little girl singing background was his daughter. Great song! 2020

[@richardoalmeida]

Africa Unite!!!!!!

[@anyka1111]

great song!!!!!

[@darrensaunders6581]

BEST SONG

[@jspearsgregory111uuyb5]

Listening July 2024 ❤

[@dorianadrianoleebraga744]

Brilliant composition.

[@bondarkenergy]

A good choice for our national song

[@lloydpersaud6261]

Masterpiece

[@reyazalli4287]

2023 may ..big up brother

[@ryanyouk-see9656]

2020 vybz right now

[@ladyd55101]

Very Good. I'll give you 9 butterflies. From Lady Dynamite.

[@kingcookie5853]

❤🙏

[@tanyasen.2783]

Listening in 2022

[@stopbystopbuy08]

That we say...one you-nitt-tie=u-nitt-tied =UNITY

[@123ryansohan]

Because of de judges bro marvin song live on

[@jennifermaharaj3551]

The background singers must be commended.

[@bondarkenergy]

Plenty love, Indian arrival day 2021

[@katrinajames6576]

Cool song

[@LiterallyKatt]

I played this song on steel pan

[@crystalolton1739]

Listening in 2024

[@Jessica-fw4lm]

Watching in 2024❤

[@nicolebenny4651]

How are people clicking thumbs down.

[@dannorth9032]

Nicole Benny divisive racists nah

[@curlinmiller6703]

Where he lives now.

[@harolddass6136]

He was to win

[@katrinajames6576]

Nice song

[@ramkashramdial926]

Nice and real

[@MegaMrJIN]

D bhagi dryyyyyyyy And its good for the goat D bhagi dryyyyyyyyyyyyyy Cause it stick in meh throat D bhagi dryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@dproffessa]

The Mafia robbed bro Marvin to give Sparrow the crown in 92

[@SocaPhD]

+dproffessa Really? What song did Bro. Marvin sing in 1992 that he deserved to win with? I hope you realise that above live performance was in 1996 Dimanche Gras and Sparrow did not take part that year.

[@trini_ray2730]

...they robbed him with this song to give it to cro cro!

[@rihaztnerb2071]

2023

[@rihaztnerb2071]

Classic

[@SeanR.L]

What was the exact year of this?

[@AllKinaTing]

2021

[@rogerrousco2921]

For those who playing ignorant, talking bout true African descendant? That's why he lost.

[@roses4me451]

Because EVERYTHING about African history was taught to be "bad or negative". African history is a very RICH history and without it the western hemisphere would have never been developed into what it is today. Great job Brother Marvi. "Jahaji Bhai" is a great song of our history and culture.

[@SpongieTT]

Listening in 2022

[@katrinajames6576]

Cool song