MX Prime registers

There were concerns about Thomas’s decision to stay away from any competition this year, what with his song as an informal anthem in Trinidad and Tobago.

With the refrain “we jammin’ still’ on almost everyone’s lips, the song is considered as a top contender for the road march competition.

Thomas’s manager, Marlon Benacia, said the song was registered on Tuesday night. “This is no longer Ultimate Rejects’ song, but the people’s song. We are bound by duty to give the people what they require, so it is dutiful for us to enter the song for the road march. He has registered the the song and we made an official announcement on our Instagram page today.

“This whole thing is not really about competition.

He (Thomas) thinks that competition does not do great justice for the artform and it does not allow the younger, up and coming artistes to prevail, or be showcased as they should. We, Ultimate Rejects, opted as a group not to enter the competition, especially the Soca Monarch which everybody is talking about,” Benacia said.

However, he said as the song continued to get airplay and become popular, Thomas said it’s no longer their song, no longer their choice.

He said the only reason they took so long was because they were trying to see what was the right decision. “We are not doing it for the competition, we are doing it because most of the people...we have thousands and thousands of messages from the man on the street to prominent people in society reaching out to us and saying at least do the road march, the people want to hear the song on the road.