once i had finished the course, i had gotten an internship at a studio in trinidad and tobago. really excited about it. we were preparing all the songs for carnival season. it almost didn't seem like work. it was more fun. i was getting into the belief system of rastafarianism. the basis of dreadlocks, it's like a natural connection. they're considered like antennas. you get your spiritual energy through them. we used to go down to shoot some pool. me special some of the artists i was working with, we ended up talking with this girl, nakisha. she was very easy on the eyes. she had very appealing contributes. we ended up falling in love with each other. at this point, i don't think my life could have gotten much better. made me feel really like this is where i kind of needed to be. this is home. ♪ the carnival in trinidad, i never thought it was going to be as crazy as it was. just insane. it's just getting rid of all those inhibitions. freeing yourself of everything. so after carnival was done, my money supply was just about gone. because i knew it was time to head back statesi

country, engaging solidarity with espanola and obviously being a british subject, born in trinidad and tobagothat obviously he has a bone to pick with london and being born here in north america with my jaundice view of the fruits of 1776, i'm taking a jaundice view of this particular country of the united states of america. in any case with regard to your earlier point, i'm speaking at a forum in a few days by a newely formed haitian studies institute at the city university of new york which i'm quite optimistic about what it'll be able to do. i think it too the formation of this institute reflects the interest in haiti that you're making reference to because i think once again those of us whose ancestors suffered slavery recognize that had that institution might have continue today persist and so we owe gratitude to haiti which many are trying to repay. after doing research in haiti, the archive in haiti like many buildings in haiti it was devastated by the earthquake, at the same time they have been able to achieve -- foreign aid and was rebuilding this archive. it's a tremendous archive,

and, obviously, being a british subject, born in trinidad & tobago, a former establish colony, that obviously he has a bone to pick with london. and being born here in north america with my jaundiced view of the rotten fruits of 1776, i'm taking a jaundiced view of this particular country, the united states of america. but in any case with regard to your earlier point, i'm speaking at a forum in a few days by a newly-formed haitian studies institute at the city university of new york. which i'm quite optimistic about what it'll be able to do. and i think it, too, the formation of this institute reflects the interest in haiti that you're making reference to, because i think that once again those of us whose ancestors suffer the travails of slavery recognize that institutioning might have continued -- institution might have continued to persist but for the heroism of the haitian revolutionaries. and so we all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to haiti which many of us are trying to repay. and one of the points that i'm going to mention at the institute formation meeting is that after doing rese