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Dasia Lloyd climbing to stardom
Dasia Lloyd recording a song at the Super Love Studio
during her recent visit.
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Singer Dasia Lloyd, who is already claiming moderate
success in her career and is still making that steady climb to the top of the
musical ladder, is grateful for what she has earned so far.
At only 24 years of age, breaking in the business some
four years ago, Dasia’s popularity is growing in Reggae/dancehall capitals of
the world, in Europe, the US and around the Caribbean as well as in Jamaica.
Dasia came on the entertainment scene with the song ‘Down
Here’ a hard-hitting social commentary on the life of people living in
Jamaica’s lower class. The song made it on the local charts and got airplay in
the US and Eastern Caribbean.
When asked to rate the progress of her career Dasia said,
“I’m not on top yet but I’d be ungrateful if I said that I was still
struggling, but I’m not really midway.”
“I have achieved a lot: I have performed in Europe and
all over the Caribbean. For me that is a major achievement, for someone who
has just started out in the business. I’m going back to Europe for a tour
although I’m not sure of the date.”
Dasia who performed at the Kings Centre here in the
Cayman Islands said that she loved her stay.
On her visit to the island, Dasia had performed at the
1000-Volts John Hold and Friends in Concert and after that she did some
recordings at local studio, Super Love.
With all that Dasia has going for her career wise, she
said that the music industry could be more welcoming to women.
“The business could be more receptive of female
artistes,” she said. “They (producers, promoters and record labels owners)
need to give us a chance. They say we are too emotional and soft but they must
remember that there are women before who did well like Judy Mowatt, Carlene
Davis and Lady Saw.
“It just proves that we can do what the men are doing,”
she told The Jamaican in Cayman.
As she makes her climb to the top, Dasia said that she
wants to be known as a Reggae Diva, who is versatile. As a result, she has
done many crossovers from reggae to dancehall, soul, and R&B.
“I want to touch on every genre and as a young singer
coming up I have been able to suit all my fans,” she told The Jamaican in
Cayman, adding that she wants to do an album
where she performs different types of genre.
Down Here
Dasia Lloyd-Williams
Maybe if yuh did live down here wid wi
Inna di same constituency
Di police woulda come wen wi call
Di fire truck woulda come wen wi house a bun dung
Live down here wid wi
Inna di same constituency
Yuh wouldn’t encourage di yute’s dem fi fight
Wi coulda sleep in wi bed at nights
How can yuh represent wi wen
All yuh duh is mislead di yutes dem
Play all sorts a game wid di truth, den
Leave wi at di mercy of di dons on di corner
On di streets where you live I’m sure
Di police don’t come in di nights to
Come kick down your front door
But on di corner where our children play
Di police duh as dem like cause
Poor people nuh got nuh say
How can yuh represent wi wen
All yuh duh is mislead di yutes dem
Play all sorts a game wid di truth, den
Leave wi at di mercy of di dons on di corner
Maybe if yuh did live down here wid wi
Inna di same constituency
Di schools woulda have better teachers
Some contract money woulda reach yah
Live down here wid wi
Inna the same constituency
Yuh coulda si why the yutes dem rob
Baby ah bawl, daddy can find nuh job
How can yuh represent wi wen
All yuh duh is mislead di yutes dem
Play all sorts a game wid di truth, den
Leave at di mercy of di dons on di corner
Wi tired of livin’ off di crums from your table
All wi want is a chance,
cause wi willin and wi able
Suh wen yuh sit up inna house of parliament
Yuh an yuh fren dem wit yuh caylis argument
How can yuh gain our trust
Wen yuh don’t even care about us
How can yuh represent wi wen
All yuh duh is mislead di yutes dem
Play all sorts a games wid di truth, den
Leave wi at di mercy of di dons on di corner
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