| Sans tout l’art du génie Michael
| Without all the art of the genius Michael
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| Que feraient les ondes?
| What would the waves do?
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| Sans l’courage de Mandela seul
| Without the courage of Mandela alone
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| Que serait le monde?
| What would the world be?
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| Sans rêves comme sait le faire Luther King
| Without dreams like Luther King knows how to do
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| Pas d’paix dans nos villes
| No peace in our cities
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| Sans l’herbe et le verbe de Shakespeare
| Without the weed and the Shakespeare verb
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| Beaucoup moins de rimes
| Much less rhyming
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| On n’invente rien, on s’inspire, on essaie
| We don't invent anything, we get inspired, we try
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| Faut se souvenir de c’que les anciens ont fait
| You have to remember what the elders did
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| Y avait qui avant nous?
| Who was before us?
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| Y avait qui avant nous?
| Who was before us?
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| Y avait qui avant nous?
| Who was before us?
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| Y avait qui avant nous?
| Who was before us?
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| Gandhi a fait marcher les hommes
| Gandhi made men walk
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| En braves et en sages
| In brave and wise
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| Et grâce à Hendrix, la paix raisonne
| And thanks to Hendrix, peace resonates
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| C’est là son message
| This is his message
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| Si Marie Curie ou Darwin
| If Marie Curie or Darwin
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| Savaient avant nous
| Knew before us
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| Les silences de Charlie Chaplin
| Charlie Chaplin's Silences
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| Vivront après nous
| Will live after us
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| Y avait qui, dis-moi, bien avant nous?
| Who was there, tell me, long before us?
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| Et puis, juste avant nous
| And then just before us
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| Il faut pas qu’on oublie
| We must not forget
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| Ceux qui ont fait qu’on est ici
| Those who made us here
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| Y avait qui?
| Who was there?
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| Qui a marqué les grandes heures?
| Who scored the big hours?
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| Y avait qui
| Who was there
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| Avant les pyramides?
| Before the pyramids?
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| Y avait qui?
| Who was there?
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| Dis-moi qui s’est battu sans peur?
| Tell me who fought without fear?
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| Y avait qui
| Who was there
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| Juste avant qu’on arrive?
| Just before we arrive?
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| Y avait qui avant nous?
| Who was before us?
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| Y avait qui avant nous?
| Who was before us?
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| Y avait qui avant nous?
| Who was before us?
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| Y avait qui avant nous? | Who was before us? |