Petit Valley

Album: Not Released on an Album (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • On this song, Ferg details meeting a girl on his home island: "I'm in love with a girl from Petit Valley. She have a tough life but she pretty smiley," he raps.

    Petit Valley is the name of a community in the city of Diego Martin, which is situated in north west Trinidad. Ferg hooked up with the girl during a visit to the Caribbean island for Carnival. Once he returned to his Harlem home, the rapper kept in touch with her over the phone.
  • This is a reworking of the song "Carnival Tabanca," by the Trinidadian singer Bunji Garlin.

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