In Grenada, carnival came from our European ancestors
The slaves had to disguise themselves for fear of reprisals
Sometimes, they would play with a cloud of powder
This will be a cloud of dust and then they would all disappear
Jab Jab is a way
for us to honor the challenges
that our African ancestors
went through as former slaves
We therefore in recognition of them
adorn ourselves in black
We are not slaves recently liberated on the plantation.
But it's still a form of protest
to different types of enshacklement
This is us
we are proud of who we are
and we are willing to show it to the world
It's the greatest freedom one can get
Jab Jab
There is no man and woman
There isn't boy, girl
There isn't rich, poor
There isn't black, white
Because we all
in skimpy old clothes
close enough to naked
in black