[Intro]

 

[Chorus]


They say that 

I reign too lo

ng
              
Forgetting tha

              
t my constitut

  
ion is strong
Instead of respecting my long long reign
              
They making pl

              
ot to take dow

        
n my name

[Verse]


I've been brea

king down wall

s
              
Ever since I w

       
as small
They could stand up tall and strong
              
Like a wreckin

              
g ball I go kn

          
ock them down

[Chorus]


They say that 

I reign too lo

ng
              
Forgetting tha

              
t my constitut

  
ion is strong
Instead of respecting my long long reign
              
They making pl

              
ot to take dow

        
n my name

[Verse]


Everywhere I r

eign supreme
              
The one and on

             
ly calypso que

en
No man alive or dead
              
Could come and

              
 take the crow

         
n of my head

Them foolish a

nd petty men
              
I don't worry 

        
'bout them
They've been trying to take me down
              
But to the end

              
 I retain my c

 
rown

[Chorus]


They say that 

I reign too lo

ng
              
Forgetting tha

              
t my constitut

  
ion is strong
Instead of respecting my long long reign
              
They making pl

              
ot to take dow

        
n my name

[Verse]


They used to c

all me small i

sland girl
              
Now I travel t

    
he world
Everywhere the go they know
              
I am calypso r

              
ose queen of c

   
alypso

I am the daugh

ter of the war

rior
              
No time to res

         
t or retire
Others have come and gone
              
But calypso ro

              
se is still si

    
nging on

[Chorus]


They say that 

I reign too lo

ng
              
Forgetting tha

              
t my constitut

  
ion is strong
Instead of respecting my long long reign
              
They making pl

              
ot to take dow

        
n my name

Songwriters: Jose Manuel Chao, Ivan Duran, Drew Gonsalves, Allan Thomas