Alison Hinds introduces the world to Faluma

[freakystylo]

big up all the surinam/south amircan people

much love and peace from holland

the music brings me back to surinam

great country

[chocomamma81]

WUK!

[delicia11]

She starts it off so beautiful!

[csimm48891]

I was listening to Slacker Radio on my cell phone, very early this morning, as I was doing laundry when I heard this song for the first time in its entirety. This is a very beautiful song. Thumbs up to you Allison and everyone else who collaborated with you to get it out. Well done! 

[alexgaudino1000]

MUY BUENAS ROLAS  LAS DE ALISON FELICIDADES

[antiembishop07]

touching performance.

[ecurtright]

Lets not argue amongst ourselves. Its a beautiful song! Original and this one!!

[viewmasta]

just proves that all our Caribbean popular music are derivatives of the same root.

[surinamheritage]

The original song is from Surinam !!!

[jmeqt74]

I saw her in Trinidad a week ago during a fete. Such a beautiful woman!

[calypsoking23]

yes she is a beautiful woman.

[shamelse]

This tune is BIG. The original is BIGGER but Square one has a wonderful rendition that relayed it to the rest of the Caribbean. They have always given acknowledgment to the original authors of this song. Big up Suriname. Its amazing to see what displacement has produced...

[kevynsken]

This was popular while I was in high school. My American classmates would come up to me and say, "You're from Barbados, what is she saying in that song?" None of us knew but we all dance our asses off to it. Music transcends all!

[shelbie008]

How could the original be bigger when it was Square One that make the song the global hit it is? Say Faluma to a person not from Suriname and they will say Square One or Alison Hinds. Respect to Suriname, but Square One and Alison bust the song and make it a HIT worldwide

[Haiwill]

Listen to the originale from Suriname

[tinettesab]

qui chante l'original ?

[kevynsken]

I like the original as well. I thought is was from Africa. I went to Ghana and we played some calypso music during down time. About 20 kids from the village gathered around the house and were wining their butts off! LOL!

[askyme]

mmmmm look at them thighzzz

[calypsoking23]

still to this day, dat song does mash up any party

[chychy25]

Thanks for sharing. I've always loved "Faluma"..

[FullaML320]

mi love har da gal ya bad nuh bloodclaut

[MizzzBrown]

memories... :)

[gilamonster1e]

sweet sranang

[gilamonster1e]

i love it how some people try dance on pokoe

[bowwowunleashed19]

i fort alison was jamaican

[nipbru]

yea u is a cunt and u can't spell she bajan and its thought not fort

[deejeedadiva]

princefarai did i ask what languages you spoke??? no i did not... you are basically talking crap about barbados and allison hinds...if you claim you can't understand what i am saying...let me break it down for you...HOW IS ALLISON HINDS A THEIF? AND HOW IS SHE A CARRIBEAN PIRATE?

[deejeedadiva]

i hate wen ppl tawk bull bout barbados.. princefarai since wen is allison a theif.. she's singing dat song to the people of Suriname && no1 has a problem with it...look how long this sing has been out && yur contradictin it...&& watchu mean how she sleep at night? she sleeps very well && if she's if so called "carribean pirate" yu is a rasshole cunt

[princefarai]

deejeedadiva speak english. i tought the official language of barbados was english. i can't understand that crap that you speak. in suriname the official language is dutch but we also speak perfect english,surinamese,portugese,a­nd 17 other languages

[BuffyJr213]

Man yhu cant tink dat bout anyting

If yhu not bajan den fuhget bout it nobody told yhu tuh say anyting nd it not crap yhusz a fhuckin cunt yhu piece of shite!!

[princefarai]

oh. and we speak spanish also. it is mandatory in the first year of every middle school

[princefarai]

allison is a thief. she stole the song from a suriname group and made millions without payind any royalties to the surinamese group yakki famirie. she is a thief. how do you sleep at night allison??. your number one song of all time you stole. you're nothing more tha a carribean pirate.

[ryflecrew]

MILLIONS!!! LMAO

[nipbru]

wow........she is not a pirate u dumb idiot

[Jamila182]

when was she preforming this?

[shaheeramalinga]

shes BAJAN !!!!!!!!!!!

[carterbaby25]

am 14 an i rember these times

[takan123]

this is sranang? didn't know that...

[ButtalTV]

Alison is so sexy!!!

[Anzonetta]

this song brings back only sweet memories.....i was into soca hard in those days...Allison is the best

[Caphale1]

This song brings back memories!

[dcelliston]

Anyone can translate this would love to know what it is saying

[princefarai]

dcelliston. you know why you can't understand it , because it is surinamese

[Noette7]

woooooo

[etedram]

yeaaaaa yeah allison

[JamKick]

I must admit Alli, I have impure thoughts about u, lol

[nobitchassness123]

Reppin' dat B-dos bad bad bad......Man, wen dis song first came out bwoy.....mmmm mmm mmm.....Yo...another part of the best times on my life....love soca music!

[stev84]

I thought she was trini.

[jizzyisme]

nah she say she trinibajan

[ujan0zbas]

@jizzyisme TRINIBAJAN! GUEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHAHAHAHaHAHHA

[Keezie27]

Still love this song! Alison is the Queen

[nobitchassness123]

Alison is ALWAYS the queen.....no dubt about it......

[pbvbvb]

she is a bajan study it

[rashmail]

Allison Hinds... STILL LOOKING GOOD!!!!

[ninikellya]

jadore ce son

[murderer972]

putain les souvenirs

[bajangal1988]

big up barbados!!!

[trini583]

alison big up yuhself girl

[likkletiney]

is it true Alison's dad is white from london and when she got to i think 9-10yrs old she moved to barbados with her bajan mother?!

[socaholicbajan]

nah....both parents are black,yes shes english,not sure when she came to barbados but i think she was younger and its her husband that is white

[JoSpfan]

yeah she's originally from london

[natsannho]

Amazing song I love this. Good performance too :)

[ladyg1972]

This is a language spoken by one of the maroon tribes in surinam. They are descendents from runaway slaves, and live deep in the surinam forest, and got the strongest ties with africa. Even thouhg they got no contact with african people.

I,m not a maroon myself, and this language goes very deep. I,ve been told that FAll i can pick out of the lyrics is:

[ladyg1972]

FALUMA is a DOVE(the pronouncion is better in original video)What i can make out of it, is that some one killed a dove.INTRO she asks:

MAMA A Y,E DU NOH? = mama(woman) did u do it?

some one said u did it.

BLAKA WEFI a ye e du nah?=BLACK WOMAN

and then she says that it wasn,t the animals because the were not there.Like:

KAPASI deh dja noh

BUFRU(bufalo) deh dja noh

PINGO(kinda wild pig) deh dja noh

TIGRI(tiger) de dja noh

BIG UP SRANANG/CARIBBEAN!! MI BRADA +SISA MI LOB UNU.hope i helped

[PrinceHill]

1st time i've actuallly heard an interpitation of it ...

[EMPRESS686]

@ladyg1972 u know your stuff girl... thats tru... no one could have said it better.....

[EclecticTrebleMaker1]

@ladyg1972 Thank you for that Ladyg! I'm American, but I still love Soca like I A Caribbean gyal lol! Thank you for the translation! Very appreciated...even 3 years later :)!

[charm11769]

wow that was very informatiive.thx for the input..

[mssubwayspr]

Soca is a genre that speaks to the cultural richness of the Caribbean People evident in the lyrical command of the local dialects incorporated into its songs, particularly "Fulama" by Soca Queen Alison Hinds

[yankees4eva15]

can some1 plz post the lyrics and a meaning of dis song?

[decadenciaalbicelest]

faluma

[LibQueen4Eva]

what is the song about?

[jamalh222]

just got back from Crop Over it was great, Square One reunion show was awesome, I really think you guys should get back together permanently we love and miss you. Alison Hinds is so much better performing with Square One.

[acanadian4obama]

I love this song.

[niki24668]

i remember i heard this song wen i was like 6

[Alana11349]

This is the actual performance OMG!!!!

[msseductive1990]

love her she really does BARBADOS proud!!!!!!!!!! LOVE U ALISON!!!!

[ponomonaone]

what is this song about

[kasheaa]

I use to get on so baad to dis! One of my favourites!

[shelianny]

big up to suriname cant wait to go there again

[MUFFiNTHADiVA]

DING ...\\BADD

[leeentertainment]

what year was this??

[trinibadboy92]

this song is being sung inna language from Suriname called Sranangtongo!!

[TheDreamReborn]

Thanks. I was researching that.

[EVAfreshNcleaN]

big tunneee

[boyassta]

what language is dat???

[BrandonReviews]

I defintely love this song right here. Alison Hinds is indeed one of the Soca Queens. She's earned that right for sure

[rocares07]

some one can tell me the exact name of this song? Thank you very much guys!!!

PS: Nice song!

[MICHELE1934]

the name is faluma

[missvion01]

LOVE it ...our black culture all over the world is soooo HOT!!!! FALUMA DING DING DING!!!!!!

[youemmy]

Love this songggggggggggg!!!!!!

[naynayakarenee91]

wheres suriname?

[chaljen]

Suriname is a South-American an carribean nation, it was a dutch colony therefore we speak dutch and many other dialects and sranangtongo our creole language. Guyana is our western neighbour, French Guyana east, Brazil south and north is the atlantic ocean and carribean sea.

[naynayakarenee91]

o ok. Thankx for that!!

[Starburst213]

next to guyana

[mugabeone]

Just read the video info ppl,

This is an old Suri folklore song that Sq1 heard when over there on tour, liked it n made their own cover version of it, you can even find a interview with Alison explaining how it came about right here on youtube..

Surinam loves Alison for spreading it worldwide,

get goosebumps whenever hearing it here in euro

Sosso Lobi,

Sranan Srada n Sisa BIGUP unu srefi!!!

[mugabeone]

The language is one of many spoken in Surinam,

[babykoolgal]

wut language there speakin (da song)

[mugabeone]

One of many languages spoken in surinam,

Probably one of the Maroon languages, Saramacaans or Djuka, could also be Kromanti, and old Akhan tongue from Ghana that has been preserved by the Maroons through the years, spoken by some Maroons in other parts of the caribians aswell..

[babykoolgal]

ok :) But do u no da words in ENGLISH?? that she is singin

[realtaser07]

tHIS IS A ROPA  tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunne.

[koolie4life]

LUV THIS SONGG!!

[Longboardingbrnguy]

straight up thats how music survives the ages, by being copied. Mind you copywright all creations from the start so none of this shit happens but still, if it didnt, half of the music and stories in the world wouldnt exist, infact history wouldnt exist.

[deeva5]

Caribbean people need to quit hating, everyone in the Caribbean samples from each other. No one complains when Americans and Europeans sample our music and make millions, but we want to turn against each other scrambling for whatever crumb they decide to drop. Lets support each other, because no one else has our back.

[clawalk]

Big up. Fianally someone talking sense.

[MissZ87]

@deeva5...Thank for saying this because it is SO TRUE!!

[kronttoo]

Suriname says thanx to square one!! check also the "original faluma" on youtube

[sweetly93]

she's really the queen of soca ! Love her so much

[tmjewel]

d badbad chuneeeeeeeeeeee!

[jamsmen]

Miss aquare one sob sob

[123princessa]

Me encanta esa canción.

[Westindianwoman]

Bajan Creole lol.OK The language is called Sranantongo. It's not a dialect anymore.

[wwerulestna]

Oh, thanks!

[easyboy68]

Hi wwerulestna just educate yourself to the vibes of the caribbean and you will soon find out that FALUMA is one of the modern day classics coming from one of the greatest soca bands ever to grace the stage. They are called Square One and they are from Rihanna's hometown of Barbados.

[wwerulestna]

Who in the blue hell is Faluma

[bajejam]

Are you mental? This is one of the greatest songs of all time by Square One! Anyone who knows them, LOVES this song!!!!

[cruziandancer]

Love her and this song. My all time favorite also.

[empressthes]

this is one my favorite songs

[sblizzy]

This is one of my all time jams!!!

[nadiyemorgan]

square 1!!!! cha memories boy!

[macouba]

Square One! gOOD oLE Time iN Da West Indies.That's Not Creole, What language is this?

[kidkenetic]

dunno, could be sranan tongo, saramacan or some other language from suriname. if it is either of these it is a contact language which in linguistics is considered a creole language although not Creole (capital C) in the sense of the various french based contact languages spoken in several countries in the west indies and indian ocean.

[macouba]

That's Bajan (barbadian Creole).

[kidkenetic]

It's a traditional folk song from Suriname that Alison hinds and the band learned down there in fact. Cheers.

[Sleepless4Life]

no it's not. see post above. it's a creole dialect from Suriname, SouthAmerica. Song was made popular by a group called "Ai Sa Si". Alison liked it very much n rerecorded it. She did a awesome job by the way.

[Kiranmpat]

Does anyone have the translation for this song?

[c1212]

Alison is one of a kind. I hope she gets the recognition she deserves as a trailblazer.

[FamusRice]

She never ceases to amaze me I love Allison Hinds And square one!

[catbirdtree]

Sweet times in Trinidad with these fabulous artistas! Keep em close to my heart cos they're wonderful, is why.

[Adriananu]

i m an antiguan, and i was there that night of this song....girl u sweetee a rass