When I was a young man growing up in Trinidad, pelting mangoes was a whole Olympic sport. If you had a mango-focused arm, you got to enjoy sweet mangoes; if your aim was poor, you had to watch your friend eating the best mangoes. But King Luta’s “Confused”? This one is much better than pelting mangoes—because Luta is not pelting fruit. He is pelting boulders, and some of them bounce straight off a blackboard with a loud tack, leaving chalk dust flying in the wind.
This song is calypso mischief at its finest: sharp, clever, and delivered with that grin‑behind‑the‑lyrics energy only a seasoned kaisonian could pull off. Luta hears a certain “doctor, teacher, professor, author, lecturer” making some bold statements about calypso, and instead of staying quiet, he steps forward with a tune that politely says, “Boss… are you sure you want to go down that road?”
The beauty of “Confused” is that it’s not rage, not bacchanal, not disrespect—it’s precision commentary, the kind that makes you laugh, wince, and nod all at once. And if there’s one moral tucked inside the melody, it’s this: do not go in a bar, drink, become tipsy, and start talking about things you will regret when a calypsonian hears you. Because once they put it in a song, the story is done. In other words, "Mouth Open, 'Tory Jump Out!"
So after all the stones Luta pelted—clean, accurate, and with that trademark grin—you can’t help but wonder if certain “doctor‑teacher‑professor‑author‑lecturer” types might think twice before liming, sipping, and letting their mouth outrun their common sense again. Calypsonians don’t miss, and Luta certainly didn’t.
But I’ll leave it right there. Because if I say anything more, I might end up in a verse myself—and trust me, I am not taking that chance. Let King Luta finish the story… he already started it with style.
Production Notes/Music Credits:
Song Title: Confused
Artist/Performed by: King Luta
Composed by: Morel Peters, "King Luta"
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by: Ebony Sound Factory.
Guitar by: Kyle Peters
Background Vocals by: Roxy Singh
Brass Recorded by G Note Studio in Fyzabad, Trinidad
Trumpet, Charles Williams
Trombone, David Jacob
Origin: Trinidad, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.
Genre: Calypso 🎶
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