Mardi Gras, in the Tremé

Mardi Gras, in the Tremé

It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans

The Tremé, the Tremé, Mardi Gras

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit

I'ma tell you what it means to love New Orleans

When you gotta have your Jazz and monday red beans

Mardi Gras day on Clairborne in Orleans

And if you forget it you know what that means

I'ma say what it was, 'cause it ain't hard as it seems

I was a Joseph eighth-grader 'cross the street from Tremé

Whilin' out, I bailed when I was just about fifteen

Six-baller feet girl where the troops get mean

We got fourth ward, sixth ward, seventh ward, eighth ward

Claiborne, Rampart, Orleans, Saint-Bernard

Iberville, French Quarter, Canal Street, endlessly

Mardi Gras, downtown bus drop me near Tremé

You tell me what other city you know

Can go on leave on Mother's Day and get a free car show

Stayed out so late you ain't get home till four

And gotta got to work at six, man, you already know

We got Armstrong Park in the heart of Tremé

Congo Square where the slaves would celebrate and sing

People come to check us out from a long, long way

And I'm proud to call it home, yeah, that's where I stay

They say it's hood and it's ghetto, why they wanna come back?

But for us it's not back, it's getting back on track

And we just found out that Obama won

Now New Orleans really feelin' like a change gon' come

So let that reverb run and them trombones play

And the hi-hats ride to the 808

The Indians on the air shouting "fee-na-nay"

And give 'em a dime 'cause I only got eight

No matter what, no matter where I lay

Baby Jay is NOLA-bound at the end of the day, wait

So now you know, what I mean what I say

A-Jock-o-mo fee-na nay, oh hey!

Mardi Gras, in the Tremé

Mardi Gras, in the Tremé

It's Mardi Gras, in New Orleans

The Tremé, the Tremé, Mardi Gras

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit

Claude Tremé was a brother back in the 1700s

He started selling his land to all the free slaves

And they started to build what they called the Tremé

Soon the Jazz started poppin' as I know you can see

That's a little bit of history about the Tremé

So Mardi Gras morning, drive around and see

Trombone Shorty and The Reverb is about to play

You gotta come to the hood 'cause we here to stay

I wanna tell the whole world all about the hype

I know you wanna see us so just catch a flight

And once you get your ass here you won't believe the sights

'Cause the party don't stop until the morning light

We down here smoking with this Tremé shit

You can tell by the tuba that we got a new hit

Now it's Mardi Gras morning and we down in Tremé

If you a scary mother-lover you can ride with me

Smoke weed with me, get high with me

Drink a 40 with me, don't get shy with me

Behind that second-line beat you might die with me

So put your hands in the air and get high for me

The baby dolls all coming and the skeletons too

I gotta tell you baby girl, they be actin' the fool

It's so hot here in Tremé I gotta jump in the pool

Take it on to the bridge if you wanna be cool

If you wanna catch a party on Mardi Gras day

On Basin Street and Robertson, the heart of Tremé

With the U-Haul truck parked up the one-way

With my troubles in my hands, watching Zulu parade

But that's the way we do it come Mardi Gras day

So throw her something in so she might show you her play

It's the old man smoking, watch out, I'm here to stay

The Tremé Mardi Gras will blow you away

Mardi Gras, in the Tremé

Mardi Gras, in the Tremé

Mardi Gras, in New Orleans

The Tremé, Tremé Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras in Tremé, y'all

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit (Mardi Gras)

Tremé Style

Hey Kermit, hey Kermit (gotta come back)

Hey Kermit

Mardi Gras, in New Orleans (Tremé!)

Mardi Gras, in New Orleans

Mardi Gras, in the Tremé

Tremé, Tremé Mardi Gras, yeah!

The Tremé, Tremé Mardi Gras

The Tremé, Tremé Mardi Gras

The Tremé, Tremé Mardi Gras!