(heavy drums, heavy trumpets and nyabinghi)DON’T SURRENDER FOUR YEARS
FOR FOUR HOURS OF ATTENTION!
Jah...
Rastafari...
Eastern Region...
Delegates, listen...
The ballot may take only seconds...
But the consequences—
CROWD:
FOUR YEARS!
LEAD:
Forty-eight months...
CROWD:
FOUR YEARS!
LEAD:
Two hundred and eight weeks...
CROWD:
FOUR YEARS!
LEAD:
More than two million minutes...
CROWD:
FOUR YEARS!
ALL:
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!
LEAD:
Don’t surrender four years
for four hours of attention!
CROWD:
DON’T DO IT!
LEAD:
Don’t surrender four years
for election-season affection!
CROWD:
CHECK THE RECORD!
LEAD:
The handshake may last ten seconds...
The food may last one evening...
The money may last a few days...
CROWD:
BUT THE MANDATE LASTS FOUR YEARS!
ALL:
FOUR YEARS IS TOO LONG FOR REGRET!
LEAD:
Suddenly the phones are ringing...
CROWD:
WHAT CHANGED?
LEAD:
Suddenly the calls are answered...
CROWD:
WHAT CHANGED?
LEAD:
Suddenly the smiles are wider...
CROWD:
WHAT CHANGED?
LEAD:
Suddenly the constituencies
are important again...
CROWD:
WHAT CHANGED?
LEAD:
The visits have returned...
The promises have returned...
But Delegate, ask yourself—
Will this new-found attention
survive election day?
CROWD:
CHECK THE RECORD!
LEAD:
When there was no campaign tour—
CROWD:
WHERE WERE YOU?
LEAD:
When the branches needed attention—
CROWD:
WHERE WERE YOU?
LEAD:
When constituency executives
needed support—
CROWD:
WHERE WERE YOU?
LEAD:
Where were you?
What did you do?
Who did you help?
How available were you?
CROWD:
SHOW THE RECORD!
LEAD:
Not four hours of attention—
CROWD:
FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE!
Eastern Region...
Let us reason together...
Twenty twenty-four—
Three constituencies gained!
CROWD:
THREE CAME IN!
LEAD:
Three constituencies lost!
CROWD:
THREE WENT OUT!
LEAD:
Three through the front door...
Three through the back door...
CROWD:
NET GAIN — ZERO!
LEAD:
So what worked?
CROWD:
ASK!
LEAD:
What failed?
CROWD:
ASK!
LEAD:
What must change?
CROWD:
ASK!
ALL:
EASTERN REGION NDC
MUST WORK AGAIN!
LEAD:
Not sudden phone calls—
CROWD:
CHECK THE RECORD!
LEAD:
Not last-minute smiles—
CROWD:
CHECK THE RECORD!
LEAD:
Not banku and tilapia—
CROWD:
CHECK THE RECORD!
LEAD:
Not money bags—
CROWD:
CHECK THE RECORD!
LEAD:
Service!
CROWD:
CHECK IT!
LEAD:
Accessibility!
CROWD:
CHECK IT!
LEAD:
Organisation!
CROWD:
CHECK IT!
LEAD:
Reconciliation!
CROWD:
CHECK IT!
Delegate...
When that ballot
enters your hand...
You are choosing—
CROWD:
FOUR YEARS OF LEADERSHIP!
LEAD:
Will your calls still be answered?
CROWD:
THINK ABOUT IT!
LEAD:
Will your constituency still matter?
CROWD:
THINK ABOUT IT!
LEAD:
Will the branches be remembered
when the posters disappear?
CROWD:
THINK ABOUT IT!
LEAD:
Because once the ballot
enters the box—
CROWD:
YOU CANNOT CALL IT BACK!
LEAD:
Forty-eight months!
CROWD:
TICK-TOCK!
LEAD:
Two hundred and eight weeks!
CROWD:
TICK-TOCK!
LEAD:
One thousand,
four hundred and sixty-one days!
CROWD:
TICK-TOCK!
LEAD:
More than two million minutes!
CROWD:
TICK-TOCK!
LEAD:
Four years—
CROWD:
TOO LONG FOR REGRET!
LEAD:
Delegate—
CROWD:
SHINE YOUR EYES!
LEAD:
Ask the hard questions!
CROWD:
CHECK THE RECORD!
LEAD:
Think about the branches!
CROWD:
THINK!
LEAD:
Think about your constituency!
CROWD:
THINK!
LEAD:
Think about Eastern Region!
CROWD:
THINK!
LEAD:
Think about the next four years!
CROWD:
FOUR YEARS!
LEAD:
Don’t surrender four years
for four hours of attention!
CROWD:
DON’T DO IT!
LEAD:
Election-season affection—
CROWD:
IS NOT FOUR-YEAR COMMITMENT!
LEAD:
The handshake may last ten seconds!
CROWD:
BUT THE MANDATE LASTS FOUR YEARS!
LEAD:
The food may last one evening!
CROWD:
BUT THE MANDATE LASTS FOUR YEARS!
ALL:
FOUR YEARS IS TOO LONG FOR REGRET!
LEAD:
Eastern Region...
The time has come—
CROWD:
RESET!
LEAD:
Eastern Region NDC—
CROWD:
MUST WORK AGAIN!
LEAD:
Four years—
CROWD:
TOO LONG FOR REGRET!
LEAD:
Comrade Abass Sbaabe...
CROWD:
ONE OF US, FOR ALL OF US!
ALL:
DON’T SURRENDER FOUR YEARS
FOR FOUR HOURS OF ATTENTION!
CHECK THE RECORD!
SHINE YOUR EYES!
FOUR YEARS
IS TOO LONG
FOR REGRET!