3. Pueblo Lanta Music: I. Calister Lyrics: I. Calister As appeared on cd ‘Speransa’ (May 2009) 3. People get up English translation Note: Tula is a historic figure who led an uprising against slavery in the eighteenth century. He was executed, but became a hero on Curaçao and a main character in songs. Nos a pidi Tula no wak ainda Nos a pidi Tula warda Nos a sigur’é di ta na kaminda pero Tula si bo wak nos bo tin mañe spanta Tula, nos mester di un bon konseho Tula, nos a bin seka bo Tula mustra nos kon pa uni un pueblo si, t’e úniko manera pa nos logra algun kos. KORO Mi pueblo mansu lanta Mi pueblo mansu lanta Lanta ‘riba i drecha bo bida Sagudí bu i libra bo mes di esnan ku ta tene lanta Tula no t’asina ku n’ tin speransa Tula nos no a lubidá Tula nos ta bon prepará pa lucha Nos tin tinu dje kaminda ma nos a desviá Tula, Tula Ma t’un kos ku por kambia Nos tin tinu p’e Ma t’un kos ku por drecha Nos tin tinu p’e KORO Si un kos mester kambia nos ta bai kambié Si un kos mester drecha nos ta bai drech’é We asked Tula not to look at us right then We asked him to wait We ensured him we were on the right track But if you would look at us now, Tula, you would be appalled Tula, we need advice We came to you Show us how to be one unified nation, it is the only way to get things done CHORUS My people lose this tameness My people lose this tameness Stand up and mend your life shake it off and free yourself from hangers-on Tula, there is hope We did not forget We are well-prepared for the struggle We know which road to take, we just deviated Tula But it can change We do focus on it But it can be fixed We do focus on it CHORUS If something needs to be changed We will change it If something needs to be fixed We will fix it