Fire Tender: If you know you doh give a damn; Leave she alone!

Calypsonian Fire Tender, aka singer-songwriter Gillian Moore, offers a suggestion to men who pretend to love women in order to get sex with her Carnival 2025 ‘womanisfesto’.

Leave She Alone is arranged by Phil Hill, and includes drummer Gerard Rajkumar, bassist Joanna Hussain, guitarist John Hussain, and jazz horn player Rellon Brown. Makesi Joseph shares co-production credit with Hill:

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  1. A message that is most relevant across the globe, any time of the year, but certainly most relevant here for Carnival. Well done, Fire Tender!

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