| On nous fait danser
| They make us dance
|
| Ouais, c’est interminable
| Yeah, it's endless
|
| Faut pas perdre la boussole
| Don't lose the compass
|
| Tu vends, un coup de vent et tu es redevable
| You sell, a gust of wind and you owe
|
| AFRICA
| AFRICA
|
| Encha? | Encha? |
| n?? | not?? |
| fond de cale? | bilge? |
| m? | m? |
| me le sol
| me the ground
|
| Pourquoi cette dette ce poids sur nos t? | Why this debt this weight on our t? |
| tes
| your
|
| Le g? | The g? |
| nocide pass?, les? | nocide past?, the? |
| changes, la traite
| exchange, milking
|
| Notre sang, nos anc? | Our blood, our ances? |
| tres, n’ont-ils pas trop servis
| very, have they not served too much
|
| Aujourd’hui leurs enfants payent un cr? | Today their children pay a cr? |
| dit? | said? |
| vie
| life
|
| Pourquoi cette redevance, nos pays n’ont ils pas contribu?
| Why this royalty, our countries did not contribute?
|
| Au d? | On the d? |
| veloppement des USA, de l’Europe, donc de la France?
| development of the USA, of Europe, therefore of France?
|
| Pourquoi? | Why? |
| et de quel droit divin?
| and what divine right?
|
| On veut notre pain pourtant on vous laisse le vin
| We want our bread yet we leave you the wine
|
| Qu’ils reconnaissent l’esclavagisme comme crime humanitaire
| That they recognize slavery as a humanitarian crime
|
| Et qu’ils payent comme ont pay? | And they pay as they paid? |
| les fachos d’hier
| the fagots of yesterday
|
| Parlons d’histoire, parlons donc des b? | Let's talk about history, let's talk about b? |
| tises d’hier
| Yesterday teas
|
| Pourquoi nous taire, regarde le monde et son b? | Why shut up, look at the world and its b? |
| tisier?
| weaver?
|
| Sauvez? | Save? |
| mille lieux des milliers de jeunes qui errent
| a thousand leagues of thousands of wandering youths
|
| Annulez la dette et l? | Cancel the debt and |
| chez donc la terre m? | at therefore the ground m? |
| re
| D
|
| C’est l’histoire de ce champignon qui vit au profit d’un arbre
| This is the story of this mushroom that lives for the benefit of a tree
|
| Histoire de rapports entre nations faites de pleurs et d’armes
| History of relations between nations made of tears and weapons
|
| I ran away to find my liberty
| I ran away to find my freedom
|
| Let’s make this world a peaceful place
| Let's make this world a peaceful place
|
| I wish to find myself a holding place
| I wish to find myself a holding place
|
| Where men can live equally
| Where men can live equally
|
| J’r?ve que tous les pr? | I dream that all pr? |
| sidents Africains se tiennent la main
| African people hold hands
|
| J’aimerais tant qu’on reparte qu’ils aient? | I would like so much that we leave that they have? |
| t? | you |
| bons ou mauvais
| good or bad
|
| Effacer le pass? | Delete pass? |
| donner 1 lendemain
| give 1 tomorrow
|
| 1 nouveau d? | 1 new d? |
| part? | go? |
| nos enfants une nouvelle destin? | our children a new destiny? |
| e Faut plus se l? | e Need more l? |
| cher, ?duquer et avancer
| dear, educate and advance
|
| Faire fructifier et pouvoir garder nos int? | Grow and be able to keep our int? |
| r?ts
| roasts
|
| Les fils d’Afrique en ont marre de trimer, marre de pleurer
| The sons of Africa are tired of toiling, tired of crying
|
| De se faire rouler, souiller, exploiter, insulter
| To be tricked, defiled, exploited, insulted
|
| Mais je sais qu’il faut un remboursement dans l’histoire
| But I know there needs to be a payback in history
|
| Pour le monde 2 sacr? | For the sacred world 2? |
| es questions que valent 20 millions de noirs
| the questions that 20 million black people are worth
|
| Et quel est le prix de ces mati? | And what is the price of these materials? |
| res premi? | stay first? |
| res d? | res d? |
| rob?es
| dresses
|
| Sans lesquelles ne peuvent tourner vos belles bentley
| Without which your beautiful bentleys cannot turn
|
| Notre sang a la m? | Our blood has the m? |
| me couleur que le v? | me color than the v? |
| tre
| be
|
| On a un c? | We have a c? |
| ur comme les autres, de qui? | ur like the others, from whom? |
| tes vous ap? | are you ap? |
| tres
| very
|
| Annulons au moins cette dette date, trouvons la bonne voie
| Let's at least cancel this old debt, find the right way
|
| Redonner 1 droit de vivre la paix et la foi
| Restore 1 right to live peace and faith
|
| Il y a 1 N dans ONU comme dans reN? | Is there 1 N in ONU as in reN? |
| gocier
| gobble
|
| Et tant de haiNe qui tra? | And so much hate that tra? |
| Ne depuis que j’suis N?
| Ne since I was N?
|
| Dans N? | In? |
| griers N? | griers N? |
| faste et iN? | pomp and iN? |
| galit?s
| equality
|
| Mets en 2 dans aNNuler recoNNaissance et trop ont caNN?
| Put 2 in cancel recognition and too much have can?
|
| Il y a 1 hIC dans AfrIQUE politiQUE et critIQUE
| There is 1 hIC in POLITICAL AND CRITICAL AFRICA
|
| Tout comme dans raz le bol syst? | Just like in pissed off syst? |
| matIQUE
| matic
|
| Ma musIQUE est 1 cri, mon cric, je plaide l’artistIQUE
| My music is 1 cry, my jack, I plead the artist
|
| Alors dis? | Then say? |
| la presse de parler de la pompe AfrIQUE
| the press talking about the pump AFRICA
|
| Qu’ils disent vrai quand le continent lance un SOS
| Let them tell the truth when the continent launches an SOS
|
| Et si tous le savent pourquoi personne ne se dreSSe
| And if everyone knows why no one stands up
|
| Y' a des S dans eSclaves colonies et d? | Are there S's in slave colonies and d? |
| treSSe
| braided
|
| Dans eSp? | In eSp? |
| ce dans caiSSe et dans sans ceSSe
| this in cash and in constantly
|
| Et? | And? |
| a depuis le XV? | has since the XV? |
| me si? | what if? |
| cle c’est la que le bas bleSSe
| key that's where the bottom hurts
|
| S dans god bleSS et filS d’un pays SouS StreSS
| S in god bleSS and sonS of a counTry Under Stress
|
| Dans pareSSe oppreSSions eSprit oppoSition
| In laziness oppression spirit opposition
|
| Y’a ce son dans mon nom, mon son et dans r? | Is there that sound in my name, my sound and in r? |
| volution | evolution |