Cro Cro - Corruption in Common entrance (1988) ttt

[@joncumber2020]

One of the greatest from one of the greatest. Changed things.

[@dariosmagata8481]

I don't know how people accuse him of being racist against Indians on the basis of this song. He calls names from all ethnic groups, it's lower class versus upper class just like most things in society.

[@denisedurity9064]

Still relevant today!!! #2020

[@ivorcumberbatch4381]

The 20% business

[@ettaphil9586]

2022

[@cheryldellareece3357]

The more things change, the more they remain the same. 36yrs. later, this kaiso is as relevant now, as it was then.

[@ebony_momlife]

Still relevant in 2024.🎉

[@seeker6090]

2019...still relevant ...

[@dariusmitchell657]

Sad but true

[@dionwalcott9677]

Ooh my goodness look at cro cro nah😱!!!! I thought dat was really Ah primary school child wii😄

[@BrianRamdial]

Tune Cro Cro 🔥🔥🔥

[@thenewshane21]

This song/ performance still relevant. Doing a History assignment on this song 😌 and beyond happy I chose this.

[@jelliciaheeralal1540]

i got one as well on it due tomorrow can help a sister out

[@remellehunte9941]

@@jelliciaheeralal1540 same here, due tomorrow

[@jelliciaheeralal1540]

Need help I'm here

[@remellehunte9941]

@@jelliciaheeralal1540 omg why i now seeing this.

[@jelliciaheeralal1540]

@@remellehunte9941 sigh I think I end with a bang as I say I quote from our then prime Minister that money was no problem

[@nicholasalonzo7824]

Tune boy....😊

[@shemdickson7235]

TO ALL TRAINING OFFICERS [CARIBBEAN THRU WORLDWIDE], THOROUGHLY TRAIN YOUTHS AND EACH INDIVIDUAL CAN THRIVE, AND TO CRO CRO, CONGRATS FOR YOUR BEST T&T HIT!!

[@normanosborne7367]

WELL CALYPSONIANS GOT TO DRESS THE PART WHEN DELIVERING A PARTICULAR SONG TO THE AUDIENCE, FUN & LAUGHTER.....JUST LIKE IN THE EARLY 80's WHEN KING SHORT SHORT**DROP KANGAROO**JAM ON THE WHOLE CARIBBEAN.WICKED PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNG*****CRO CRO*****BACK THEN.

[@kirthgonzales5247]

so much truth in this calypso

[@shermanhunte5680]

There will be only 1 Cro Cro ....never like him to be seen or heard again.....facts!!!!!

[@miavenicedelysia]

Preach........

[@loveroti5949]

One of the best Exemplars of Trinidad and Tobago

[@jaishemajames4554]

Truth⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@jasonbaptiste293]

One word "CLASSIC"

[@Elton-e1l]

Who responsible for giving Cro Cro that Siparia Boy's Uniform 😂😂😂

[@aliciamirelleemmanuel8965]

Cro Cro can still fit in school clothes?!?!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yihanfelix6183]

Carole Quintal: Was he not proven right? The song The Apology was a response to when trinbagonians found this was true. The comment about Afro people needing to fix the community, this was back in the late 80s our community wasn't as the way it is now.

[@shawncharles4323]

Very true... people need to know their history...

[@Xenonuke]

2022 still relevant

[@winnerwinner8894]

Yes it will never stop

[@galegrant-dear1593]

Cro cro!🤴

[@dionwalcott9677]

Aaaah yesss!!!👍

[@derrickmcintyre]

Best oof the Best

[@Goodnessgraciouswe]

U blame Indians ?? Look who know about the guns and glocks now I love u cro cro but revise now

[@chelisterrochford1951]

Seems like you not very smart, one of the best songs ever made, GO CRO CRO!!!!!!!!

[@trinifirst6702]

@@chelisterrochford1951 It's RACIST!

[@rebeccajodhan4030]

thank you

[@mickeyrulez27]

can someone kindly send me the lyrics please

[@abigailbrown2074]

Chorus Too much high-class in the class, tra la la la la Only high-class in the class, traa la la la la la Too much high-class in the class, tra la la la la Cause it looks like a class from South Africa 1 Me eh thinking vile And me eh trying to project my child But corruption is ah constant annoyance Going on too long in Common Entrance You doh have to be intelligent, that is a lie Yuh father must pull a good string; with complexion high Yuh child could be bright like a bulb, and from Lavantille Forget Holy Name Convent and Bishop Anstey Because they have to pick Lakadeo, Boodoo, Krishna, Maraj Beacause Arjoon and Sarge father have big garage Chaitee, Bissoonie, Yimulie and Pulmani De brother, sister, son and Narwani Hadeed, Montano, Sabga and Abraham Dey pick so much big shot children, they get jam When dey full dem big shot school right up to de neck, They send all dem poor ones to de Junior Sec Chorus Too much high-class in the class, tra la la la la Only high-class in the class, traa la la la la la Too much high-class in the class, tra la la la la Cause it looks like a class from South Africa 2 Before Common Entrance the last year, Ah liming on Independence Square A woman shopping bag fall down on de pavement Ah see uniform cloth for Holy Name Convent Ah say woman how you sure yuh child pass for that school She say connections cool and she eh no fool She say she husband on de staff and she start to laugh She say Cro Cro inside de whole Ministry is Maf (mafia) She say dey have to pick Chin Lee, Chin Fatt, Wong Sang and dem half-white Dey parents know where de going long before dey write And if your name is Corneal, you pass with ease All dem Corneal is for Fatima and St Mary’s You must be politically active and have your party card To get in Big shot school here in Trinidad You eh give teacher Jagessar Royal Saloon by cheque Ah tell yuh buy uniform for de Junior Sec Chorus 3 Dey say dey stopping Common Entrance soon Just o put poor people in more gloom Black Hen Chicken and dey parents go have to groan When dey start the new thing that dey call the Zone It means that if you living in Woodbrook and St Clair You automatically going there where the air rare And if you living Toco and yuh coming first in the race You can’t get into St. Augustine Girl’s by Anna Mahase Because they have to pick Booker, Broker and De Lima Ms De Lima give she daughter a gold watch to give the Supervisor [i.e. Ministry of Education School Supervisor] Dey must be Hassanali, Hyatali, Masang and Rouse Ramoutarsingh give the Supervisor free steel to build he house But ah want a big piece a rope to tie the neck of Pantin Leave him in the sun until he get thin And hen ah get vex I’ll pull the rope and pop he neck Then we go get some High-class in dem Junior Sec Chorus

[@tearypeary]

choon

[@alejandroabreha4516]

Yall Caribbean music is sumn else lol

[@carolequintal3872]

So let me get this straight, the poor children of Indo ancestry from the rural sugar belt of Trinidad that consistently top score in these and other exams are of this so called "high class?" How about our urban Afro population get their act together with black dads being present and supportive and put education first and build a legacy and new heritage to stand firm on and be proud of. We cannot begrudge people their success and cannot make excuses for failures. This composition wreaked of hatred and racism, especially in the way it was performed. This is the sort of thing that tears at the fabric of multiracial societies such as ours. This is the stuff of Nazi Germany and segregated United States back in the day. Sad and pathetic.

[@junior2404]

🤔... Are you suggesting that what he "sang" about did not happened? The song called out the CE scandal of that period. There were many people who I knew personally wasn't bright at all, but got into prestige schools(???). I had 2 friends (indo-trini of working class background) who were doing just as well as me, if not better, yet both had to settle for Jr-Sec places, whilst I got my first choice. Is Cro Cro controversial? Definitely. Most times I choose to ignore him, because he have a recurring theme. His delivery is often feisty, however, he was spot on with this one. BTW, you assume that urban "black" children, are not working hard. Any way that's a subject that needs time, which I don't have at the moment.

[@wasonaudiovisualentertainment]

the song is not about race, it is about CLASS !!

[@dandredone6618]

@@junior2404 claiming this happened only on one side is hypocrisy.

[@junior2404]

@@dandredone6618 huh?

[@kennywill3849]

But it's a reality that in the hospital, there were biases as to who were given opportunities.

[@jumpup1703]

Didnt he get slap bya Indian police going home after this performance....

[@Kish8_6_8]

I rell saying he a child yuh know 😂

[@electratrinidad810]

Black people really have to fight for what we deserve and be excellent

[@stefansantokhie2513]

I think that goes with all people. Not just Black.

[@afromoreno7460]

but we blacks need to put our community together before moving forward

[@clintjohnson1023]

@@stefansantokhie2513 if you listen to the lyrics of the song the man talking about black people specifically.

[@brianramirez4953]

so who is it keeping black people back? Let me tell you, it is black people.

[@rogerbedassie4778]

Mm

[@criccro1]

CRO CRO IS THE BOSS.

[@trinifirst6702]

Yes the boss of RACISM. PETTINESS, AND ENVY.