 we come here to shine dave martins we come here to shine dave martins we come here to shine dave martins webmaster mon 5282018 1940 my artist in residence involvement with the university of guyana has produced some very fulfilling exchanges some of which i had expected but there were some surprises which i ve mentioned before one of them as a result of some whim that i can t recall was a poem i wrote after an exchange with some turkeyen students entitled we come here to shine and sent to vice chancellor ivelaw griffith ever an instigator the vc promptly suggested that i put the poem to music which i promptly did but since the song has to be sung by a student the deputy vc dr paloma martin located a young lady diana chapman to tackle that part the next step was for diana to record the song but some technical problems including equipment malfunction at the studio got in the way however the project is going forward with the equipment fixed and the plan now is to get the recording done during the upcoming week diana is a good vocalist and will sing it in her style with a drum track of her choice but to get the interest going i am including here the lyrics of the song we come here to shine copyright dave martins 2018   verse 1  we come with our intentions strong to prove that yes we do belong to do the work and toe the line we come here to shine we come to learn and to prepare we see the future very clear the time for us is waiting there yes we come here to shine  chorus  we come here from supenaam lusignaan new amsterdam we come from kingston and backdam we come here to shine we come here from lbi from rosignol and from annai from uitvlugt and karasabai we come here to shine  verse 2  we come from logee on the ground or bottom house in albouystown but we won t let that get us down cause we come here to shine we know how hungry belly feel and why some people turn and steal we see the wrongs we need to heal so we come here to shine  chorus  we come here from supenaam lusignaan new amsterdam we come from kingston and backdam we come here to shine we come here from lbi from black bush polder from annai from buxton and karasabai we come here to shine  verse 3  dont talk to me bout separate we come here to congregate and help each other stand up straight we come here to shine we know it s not an easy time we know we have to bear the grind we re here to seek and yes to find we come here to shine  chorus  we come here from supenaam golden grove new amsterdam we come from linden and backdam we come here to shine we come here from lbi from providence and from annai from uitvlugt and karasabai we come here to shine we come here from adventure vreed en hoop and parika we come here from bartica we come here to shine article adapted from  https wwwstabroeknewscom 2018 sunday soitgo 527 wecomeheretoshine  dave martins artist in residence 